Wondering when to get your shots (COVID, flu, etc.) this fall? It's confusing. statnews.com/2024/09/04/cov… via STAT

Could teaching people about algorithms help fight misinformation on social media?niemanlab.org/2024/09/want-t…

Agreed that the U.S. response to the H5N1 outbreak has been "lethargic." statnews.com/2024/09/08/mis… via STAT

Animal markets (like those in New York) are not set up to avoid outbreaks. This is another way we're not prepared for the next pandemic. nytimes.com/2024/09/09/hea…

Here's why you shouldn't worry about toxic chemicals in tampons: slate.com/technology/202… via @slate

Very helpful bird flu update from Those Nerdy Girls open.substack.com/pub/thosenerdy…

This series from ProPublica is chilling. The consequences of abortion bans are real and serious. propublica.org/article/candi-…

My latest for Those Nerdy Girls - what's going on with mosquitoes?! open.substack.com/pub/thosenerdy…

The way the healthcare system treats women in pain does a lot to erode an already fragile sense of trust. thehill.com/policy/healthc…

This is why people don't trust the healthcare system. kffhealthnews.org/MTkwNTQxOQ via @kffhealthnews

This report suggests that lack of access to healthcare could be a driver of despair. wapo.st/3ZIjChK

A roadmap for medical debt relief from North Carolina, using federal funds to offset hospitals' paying off patients' medical debts and, in the process, requiring them to provide programs to prevent and relieve medical debt. kffhealthnews.org/MTkxNzEzOQ via @kffhealthnews

Helen Branswell being wise and measured about how much we should be worrying about bird flu - and how much we just don't know. statnews.com/2024/10/16/bir… via STAT

On the U.S. response to bird flu: “It is frustrating to me that we cannot do this better because we have the tools to do it better.”statnews.com/2024/10/16/bar… via STAT

Even members of the GOP are afraid of RFK Jr.'s health plans. statnews.com/2024/10/18/rfk… via STAT

Compelling essay about the need for family physicians to be trained in providing abortion care. statnews.com/2024/10/22/pri… via STAT

On the front lines of the important work to find problems (including fraud) in scientific papers. The discussion around how pressure to publish flashy results has led to fraud in some cases has intensified lately. statnews.com/2024/11/04/who… via STAT

Part of Trump and RFK Jr.'s strategy here is to prey on the low trust that people already have in the healthcare system. By threatening to dismantle agencies like the FDA, they are implying that those agencies are useless and corrupt. statnews.com/2024/11/06/tru… via STAT

There might be some checks on what Trump and RFK, Jr. can do to vaccines, but what I'm most worried about is the further mainstreaming of anti-vaccine sentiment and distrust. statnews.com/2024/11/08/tru… via STAT

I've definitely seen this kind of reproductive health misinformation - the idea that contraception should be "all natural" - in my study on the topic for Critica, my research non-profit. statnews.com/2024/11/05/soc… via STAT