i'm signed up to get a moderna covid vaccine next week and after reading Keren Landman's new piece I'm switching to novavax vox.com/even-better/39…

Mad The New York Times’ puzzlemania came out earlier this year and I missed it in the print paper I pay for Madder the replacement cost $13, half of which was shipping Maddest we still haven’t gotten it despite ordering a week ago and have therefore not had puzzles this holiday

Eric Topol JAMA Pediatrics As always, the UK Science Media Center provides some insightful expert commentary. Some key points are that none of the key studies were carried out in UK or USA, and when you focus only on studies at low risk of bias the "effect" was about 1 IQ point! sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reactio…

There are all kinds of ways to get sick and one really good way to prevent it — keeping your hands clean. But it turns out not all soaps are created equal. This week on Explain It to Me: Should you up the ante with antibacterial or does bar soap set the bar? Keren Landman

I went on Vox 's delightful Explain It To Me podcast with the extremely delightful Jonquilyn Hill to talk about soap and although I sound kind of insane it was really fun and hopefully will be useful to some of you nerds podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/exp…

Feeling a little queasy? You're not alone. I wrote about how everyone's barfing right now (and the prospects for a Norovirus! Vaccine!) for Vox vox.com/even-better/39…

I just got laid off from Vox along with 11 other talented and delightful people. I'm leaving with a deep bench of sources and a million ideas. Editors assigning work on public health, misinfo, $/religion in healthcare, please reach out! Gonna go have cookies for lunch

Meet me in Candler Park

I had the pleasure of editing Oshan — who is probably one of the smartest people I know. His work regularly changed how I thought about the world (and the mind!). Vox's loss is YOUR gain, though, so HIRE HIM!

Trump's EO pulling out of WHO says all payments must immediately end & withdrawal must be effectuated, but that violates the clear text of Congress' 1948 joint resolution The President cannot unilaterally He must get congressional approval, give 1 year's notice & pay our debts

For the second time in 11 days, Atlanta is a snow globe right now. ❄️☃️

An urgent message from the nation's health journalists:

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

Explicit antisemitic attitudes are now much more common among young voters - 18 year old registered voters are now ~5x more likely to say that they have an unfavorable view of the Jewish people than 65 year olds.

1/ After residency at Mass General Hospital, I reported to Atlanta to meet my fellow CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service Officers. I have never felt so intimidated by my peers The best and the brightest, they were star clinicians, had served in disaster zones; MD/PhDs and MSF.

Rep. McBride is incredibly thoughtful and a great example of how the people with the most at stake are often the most pragmatic about their politics

Some CDC staff say that they have long feared the day that escalating animosity toward the agency would culminate in actual violence, Keren Landman reports: theatlantic.com/health/archive…