Also a fun response in RFK's questions for the record for the drug pricing lobbying nerds out there.

I wrote about the future of the MAHA movement with or without RFK. theatlantic.com/health/archive…

EXCLUSIVE: CDC advisers push agency to explain data removal, say when info will be restored After being interviewed by Usha Lee McFarling one said, "“We expect to be fired” for speaking out. statnews.com/2025/02/01/cdc… via STAT

Cassidy is a YES on RFK

Not to admit that I buried my own lede, but flagging detail from my new story: DOGE is claiming it's saving money on the National Immunization Survey. CDC, DOGE and NORC (the group that runs the survey) would not comment on what that means for its future. theatlantic.com/health/archive…

Before voting to confirm, Senator Cassidy said he received assurances from RFK Jr to "maintain the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices without changes"

Deeply proud to work for an organization that recognized this is an issue worth covering, and who could put words to the sorrow I feel over this change. theatlantic.com/culture/archiv…

The WV lawmaker who pushed this bill told me about a month ago he hoped that #MAHA would push his bill (which died on the vine last session) over the finish line. I admit I did not expect it to happen that quickly. theatlantic.com/health/archive…

In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on the Houthis in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

STAT reporting cuts to ASPE. Perhaps worth noting that HHS/Sec Kennedy shared this photo recently. statnews.com/2025/04/02/tru…

I tried to make sense of the last few days. Read it here theatlantic.com/health/archive…

Very proud of my former colleagues, though I'm still salty we didn't win the year I got to attend!

I've been thinking about the effort to ban soda in SNAP for the better part of two years now. Grateful to finally get some thoughts on paper (and thankful for all the folks who have shaped my thinking about this.) theatlantic.com/health/archive…

Seen this morning at HHS. Missed it by a day!

If you've got burning questions about FOOD—raw milk, beef tallow, seed oils, ultraprocessed food, the pic of french fries in my breakfast article, etc.—here's your chance to ask me and my brilliant colleague Nicholas Florko! Our Reddit AMA is live! reddit.com/r/Health/comme…

The only thing better than getting sent to a candy convention is having great art to go with it. theatlantic.com/health/archive…

The 3 most recent posts on my feed are a video of a Japanese omelet, game play from a video game I've never heard of, and a video of someone leaving a snide remark as a "tip" at a restaurant. Needless to say...it's time to leave. Follow me at @nicholasflorko.bsky.social

Woah...big news in the land of tobacco harm reduction.

The Trump administration will pay to incinerate enough food to feed 1.5 million children for a week. When the packets burn, their labels will read: THIS PRODUCT IS A GIFT FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. 500 tons, from us, to no one.