Apoorva Mandavilli

Breaking: Aiming to reverse recent changes to federal vaccine recommendations, 15 states led by Democrats announced on Tuesday that they were suing the Trump administration. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/h...

RFK Jr. said multiple times during his house and senate hearings today that no scientists have been fired from federal agencies. Our reporting has shown that hundreds, if not thousands, of scientists have been let go from NIH/CDC/FDA

BREAKING: Six leading medical organizations filed a lawsuit on Monday against Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, and the health dept, charging that recent decisions limiting access to vaccines were unscientific and harmful to the public. (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/h...

SCOOP: The world is likely to see millions more malaria infections and 200,000 cases of paralytic polio each year, according to a whistle-blower from USAID. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/h...

Tens of thousands of Americans are losing access to treatment for H.I.V. as nearly 20 states impose restrictions on assistance programs and several others weigh such changes. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/h...

Tens of thousands of Americans are losing access to treatment for H.I.V. as nearly 20 states impose restrictions on assistance programs and several others weigh such changes. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/h...

In his first week leading the CDC, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya has been met with praise and gratitude — an unexpected reception for a scientist who has faced scorn from most public health experts. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/h...

Florida is taking a stand x.com/FlyTPA/statu...

A lethal form of bird flu, which has already killed tens of thousands of elephant seals in the Southern Hemisphere, is now spreading in a colony of elephant seals in California. w/ @emilyanthes.bsky.social Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/s...

Adding to a rapid shake-up of the leadership at federal health agencies, the CDC announced on Monday that Dr. Ralph Abraham had resigned as the agency’s principal deputy director. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/h...

This is by now a familiar routine. Trump administration announces cuts that may be illegal. States sue. Judge issues TRO. Here’s step 3 in the events that began Monday with an announcement of $600 mil in cuts to 4 blue states www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...

BREAKING: Four states led by Democrats sued the Trump administration on Wednesday, aiming to halt deep cuts in federal public health funds that had already been allocated. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/h...

The Trump administration plans to rescind $600 million in public health funds from four states led by Democrats because it finds the grants “inconsistent with agency priorities,” according to documents reviewed by the NYT Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/h...

“Based on recent events, we are moving our assessment of one of the categories — stifling speech and dissent — up one notch, to Level 4” The NYT editorial board on its updated autocracy index www.nytimes.com/interactive/...