
Jonathan LaPook, M.D
@drlapook
Chief Medical Correspondent, CBS News. Professor of Medicine, NYU Langone Health. All tweets represent my personal views. Retweets do not = endorsement.
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http://www.cbsnews.com/lapook 20-02-2009 04:26:24
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1/ My colleague Jonathan LaPook, M.D's interview with HHS.gov Secretary Kennedy raised critical questions about public health, vaccines & government responsibility. youtu.be/yoU-CRwdvCQ on CBS Mornings

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., in his first network TV interview since becoming Health and Human Services secretary, spoke with CBS News’ Jonathan LaPook, M.D about weight loss drugs and health program cuts. cbsn.ws/43HMysb

Why has U.S. FDA delayed approval of Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine? Secretary Kennedy told Jonathan LaPook, M.D: "it is a single antigen vaccine. And, for respiratory illnesses, the single antigen vaccines have never worked" tinalexander.github.io/notes/2025/04#…






Eli Lilly’s experimental pill, orforglipron, helped people with type 2 diabetes lose weight and improve glucose control—matching the effectiveness of injectables like Ozempic. If approved, it would be the first of its kind available without a needle, Jonathan LaPook, M.D reports.

Many thanks to Jonathan LaPook, M.D CBS News, with whom I spoke earlier today about the Journal of the Academy of Public Health.

Cancer deaths have been in a steady decline over the last two decades, but there are troubling trends in the National Cancer Institute's new report. Jonathan LaPook, M.D explains on CBS Evening News Plus.

An experimental immunotherapy treatment at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is offering new hope for patients with certain early-stage cancers. CBS News’ Jonathan LaPook, M.D explains how it works.

#NewsEmmys Noms Investigative News Coverage – Short Form: - Dealing the Dead NBC News - Europe's Migration Crisis BBC News (World) - Grandmother Shot & Killed Fleeing Gaza CNN - Hospitals in Peril, The Looting of Steward Health Care CBS - Maine Shooting: Missed Warnings Scripps News


Honored to be nominated for our investigation into the collapse of Steward Health -- and those who got rich off it. Congrats to all the nominees! w/ Jonathan LaPook, M.D, Sheena Samu

⭐️ MEET THE SPEAKER: Award-winning CBS News Chief Medical Correspondent Dr Jon LaPook, who founded the NYU Langone Empathy Project, will lead a session on ROE: Return on Empathy at the Global Empathy in Healthcare Network symposium 🔗 global-empathy-in-healthcare.com/symposium-2025… Jonathan LaPook, M.D


A child diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder was successfully treated with a customized CRISPR gene editing therapy in a historical medical breakthrough. CBS News' Jonathan LaPook, M.D has more on the life-saving treatment the baby received. cbsn.ws/43013GX

Billy Joel is calling off his tour through July 2026 after being diagnosed with normal pressure hydrocephalus. CBS News’ Jonathan LaPook, M.D explains what the brain condition means and how serious it can be. cbsn.ws/3FodzqM



With new COVID-19 vaccine recommendations for children and pregnant women announced by HHS Secretary RFK Jr., CBS News’ Jonathan LaPook, M.D explains the relationship between pregnancy and a mother's ability to fight disease.

The Trump administration has pulled funding from Moderna’s bird flu vaccine program, even as the company reports promising test results. CBS News' Jonathan LaPook, M.D has more on the research underway to keep it from mutating into a form that could spread person to person.