Christina Jewett

NEW: Noah Weiland spoke to Dr. Marks & we updated the article: “I did everything I possibly could for this administration to work with them in an effort to restore confidence in vaccines,” Dr. Marks said in the interview. “It became clear that’s not what they wanted.”

Who lost their jobs at the FDA? The people who determine if a costly drug is ready to be a generic The people who test food and drugs for contaminants and deadly bacteria in several labs were let go The people talking to overseas drug safety regulators to get ahead of foodborne illness & deaths

NEW: He called Covid vaccines "the most failing medical product in the history of medical products." Now he's running a C.D.C. task force reviewing them. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/h...

NEW: Ken Paxton's office is investigating pediatricians for vaccinating children. He alleged a sprawling profit-driven conspiracy. Pediatricians say the accusations are an attempt at intimidation. 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/h...

FDA nominee Dr. Heidi Overton goes before Senate HELP today. @pambelluck.bsky.social and I laid out the stakes for the abortion pill, vaccines, peptides, AI oversight, food safety & more: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...

🧵NEW: Kennedy drew $4 million in book advances from Tony Lyons, a publisher who also runs MAHA groups that accept $$ from health companies with business before HHS. The advances were set the month when Kennedy dropped his presidential bid to back Trump: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...

NEW: @SecKennedy assured the members of his anti-vaccine nonprofit that they have a 'friend at the White House.' He spoke after someone who said the polio vaccine was a "fraud" and before Andrew Wakefield, the discredited MMR critic. w / @teddyrosenbluth.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/h...

Ready to see the AI doctor? (Most readers in the NYT comment section are not.) HHS officials have been talking about the possibilities -- including with venture capital billionaires -- and even one of @SecKennedy's sons is in on the conversation. My latest: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/h...

Ready to see the AI doctor? HHS officials have been talking about the possibilities -- including with venture capital leaders -- and even one of @SecKennedy's sons is in on the conversation. My latest: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/h...

NEW: Top HHS officials are pushing forward on medical AI, talking about how much to pay AI Doctors that could diagnose & prescribe to patients. Inside government, concerns arose about the outsized influence of billionaire Silicon Valley investors. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/h...

NEW: The Trump administration delayed a rule last year requiring traceback records in 24 hours. It could have sped up the effort to pinpoint the source of the contamination. The case count is up to 24,500 suspected and confirmed cases. 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/08/15/h...

All this talk about the early, terrifying days of Covid .. and I couldn't help but look back at a project I worked on at the time. We memorialized the lives of people who ran into the burning building. Time well spent and worth a moment of yours: www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

NEW: More and more uninsured patients are showing up in hospital emergency rooms and clinics, having lost their coverage under the Affordable Care Act. via @reedabelson.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/b...