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Must read: second installment of Eric Boodman's investigation into reproductive care for sickle cell patients. I will steal this line next time I am recommended Tylenol for gyno pain! "Taking a Tylenol was like using a squirt gun against a house fire." statnews.com/2024/05/28/sic…

Gene therapy could eventually "cure" some kinds of congenital deafness. Some see that as a possible boon in a world designed for hearing people. Others see it as an attempt "to erase the deaf world". A deep piece from Timmy Broderick statnews.com/2024/05/28/gen…

Newborn screening promised to speed diagnosis of cystic fibrosis. But it's still missing some children of color, whose families often have to fight for more testing nytimes.com/2024/05/29/wel…

This series, Coercive Care, by Eric Boodman, tells the stories of women with #sicklecell struggling with reproductive health decisions. Heartbreakikng and enraging. statnews.com/2024/05/28/sic…

An enraging, important story from Isabelle Taft for Mississippi Today about hospitals sending patients without criminal charges to jail to await mental health treatment. mississippitoday.org/2024/05/28/bap…

False negatives in newborn screening for cystic fibrosis can mean delayed diagnoses for infants of color — upping their risk of complications. From Liz Szabo for NYTimes Well nytimes.com/2024/05/29/wel…

I wrote about a woman in Texas whose doctor refused treat her sickle cell crisis unless she promised not to terminate her pregnancy. statnews.com/2024/05/28/sic…

A useful companion to Eric Boodman's horrifying piece on sickle cell patients pressured into sterilization ( statnews.com/2024/05/21/sic…) is a new study by Andrea Roe & co that discusses shortcomings in contraceptive counseling for sickle cell patients. authors.elsevier.com/a/1j1It3kcbYwe…

Texas will continue its ban on abortions in medical emergencies, state Supreme Court rules 19thnews.org/2024/05/texas-… via 19thnews

"Some stories carry echoes of 'Mississippi appendectomies' of the mid-20th century, in which Black women would go in for a different procedure and wake up to learn that their uterus had been removed." Eric Boodman STAT #longreads statnews.com/2024/05/21/sic…

For decades, physicians have steered SC patients toward sterilization. In a STAT investigating series, “Coercive Care,” Eric Boodman highlights the persistent injustices individuals living with #SCD face in their reproductive choices. Read here. bit.ly/3URoCMZ

Biden congratulated Sheinbaum on her election win amid reports that he would sign an executive order limiting asylum at the US border, the most drastic immigration crackdown of his time in the White House—and a bucket of cold water for Mexico’s new leader. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

NEW: I spoke with patients of Zynex Medical, a company selling TENS units that makes most of its $$ sending patients endless shipments of batteries & electrodes. When insurers deny coverage, patients are stuck with a bill for batteries they never used. statnews.com/2024/06/04/zyn…

New: Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 asked the world's top influenza and animal scientists about the bird flu questions they most desperately want answered. statnews.com/2024/06/05/bir… The story is jam-packed with insights, but this is the one I can't stop thinking about

Amazing to work with people like Duaa Eldeib whose reporting on the stillbirths in America that didn't have to happen has prompted Congress to take action. This is significant - it's not every day a reporter helps change federal law. propublica.org/article/matern…

Great piece from Deborah J. Balthazar about how a placenta-on-a-chip could help fill gaps in research on drugs during pregnancy statnews.com/2024/06/13/pla…

Very humbled by this award, which has gone to some of my favorite science writers over the years. And thankful to all the sources — parents, advocates, scientists — who gave parts of their very scarce time for these pieces

Congratulations to the brilliant Eric Boodman STAT for winning an Edward R. Murrow award for excellence in writing (his second!) for his narrative about a conservative, gun-toting abortion provider. statnews.com/2023/09/06/wes…

This profile started with Megan Thielking, my then editor, suggesting I go to Bristol, see what I could find. And it came into its current form after Megan said that my first draft just didn't feel alive; could I make it more vivid? So congrats right back atcha, Megan!

1/ After a fifth-grader got angry with another student at recess last fall, he pointed a finger gun in the school hallway, according to his mom. His Tennessee school expelled him for a year, claiming he had threatened mass violence. propublica.org/article/tennes…