With the FDA designating the shortage of tirzepatide as resolved last week, compounding generally has to stop. Some patients are worried they won’t be able to access treatment any other way: cnn.com/2024/10/09/hea…

Florida’s health dept is warning residents to take precautions around floodwaters as #Milton hits - in part to avoid the risk of infection with Vibrio bacteria. It caused 11 deaths after Hurricane Ian in 2022, of about 150 total associated with the storm:

When Nobel winner Geoffrey Hinton warned last week about risks of AI, he joined a series of laureates who highlighted potential dangers of their own work. Here are other times Nobel winners have made similar warnings: cnn.com/2024/10/13/hea…

Millions of Medicare beneficiaries could benefit from more help with home care. Here’s what both presidential candidates have put forward about the issue:

RFK Jr: “President Trump has promised me … control of the public health agencies” - “HHS and its sub-agencies, CDC, FDA, NIH and a few others, and then also the USDA.” Public health experts say what alarms them most is what RFK isn’t talking about: cnn.com/2024/10/30/hea…

Aren’t… strawberries… nature’s strawberries?

.Craig Melvin is one of the nicest people I’ve met in TV. So happy to see this announcement! nytimes.com/2024/11/14/bus…

Trump is on the verge of announcing RFK Jr. for HHS secretary, ⁦Kaitlan Collins⁩ ⁦Kristen Holmes⁩ report cnn.com/2024/11/14/pol…

Trump confirms on Truth Social he's chosen RFK Jr for HHS secretary

RFK Jr, who’s pledged to make a significant dent in chronic diseases including diabetes in the U.S. within 2 years, says Ozempic is sold to Americans because “we’re so stupid and so addicted to drugs” cnn.com/2024/11/17/hea…

A CDC spokesperson pushed back on comments Dr. Deborah Birx made about the US testing strategy for H5N1 bird flu Friday, calling them "out of date, misleading and inaccurate.” cnn.com/2024/12/27/hea…

The movie Major League played an oddly large role in my childhood. Bob Uecker’s voice will forever be in my head (making me laugh) cnn.com/2025/01/16/spo…

As expected, Ozempic & Wegovy join Medicare’s list of 15 drugs next to face price negotiations. New price would take effect in 2027: cnn.com/2025/01/17/pol…

Moderna gets $590M in HHS funding for development of vaccine candidates for pandemic flu, including H5N1 bird flu: cnn.com/2025/01/17/hea…

Biden issues pardon to Dr Fauci, Gen Mark Milley & members of Congress on Jan 6 committee. “These public servants have served our nation with honor and distinction and do not deserve to be the targets of unjustified and politically motivated prosecutions.” cnn.com/2025/01/20/pol…

Trump issues executive order to withdraw U.S. from the World Health Organization: whitehouse.gov/presidential-a…

Trump Administration pauses external communications from health agencies including FDA, CDC, NIH - first reported by The Washington Post. Sources told Brenda Goodman & me they weren’t told why or for how long cnn.com/2025/01/21/hea…

RFK Jr's Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 29 Senate HELP committee expects to schedule their hearing for RFK Jr. for the next day, a committee spokesman tells us

New from Meg Tirrell @cnn Once weekly semaglutide and alcohol use disorder-a 9 week trial cnn.com/2025/02/12/hea…

So excited to get to call Sarah Owermohle a colleague! Welcome!