Isabella Cueto
@isabellacueto.bsky.social
Reporter covering chronic disease, MAHA y más for STAT.
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Isabella Cueto
@isabellacueto.bsky.social
· May 20
How do you solve a chronic disease crisis? It depends on what you care about most. That's what RFK Jr. will have to decide soon.
Our new project splits the nation's health into 9 "priorities." Choose your adventure based on your top concerns.
Dive in: www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/k...
Our new project splits the nation's health into 9 "priorities." Choose your adventure based on your top concerns.
Dive in: www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/k...
If you haven't cloned yourself to be able to see every cool session at AASLD's #TLM25, maybe read our (free) newsletter?
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November 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
If you haven't cloned yourself to be able to see every cool session at AASLD's #TLM25, maybe read our (free) newsletter?
We'll be sending out letters with interesting studies + tidbits from the conference tomorrow and Tuesday AM. Sign up here: www.statnews.com/signup/aasld...
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7 burning questions about Trump’s big deal for cheaper weight loss drugs.
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7 burning questions about Trump’s big deal for cheaper weight loss drugs
Trump's weight loss drug announcement raises questions from the commercial market to Medicare.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:55 AM
7 burning questions about Trump’s big deal for cheaper weight loss drugs.
Via @statnews.com
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I'll be covering #TLM25 for @statnews.com this weekend. Say hi if you see me, or lmk what you're most looking forward to learning about!
November 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I'll be covering #TLM25 for @statnews.com this weekend. Say hi if you see me, or lmk what you're most looking forward to learning about!
RFK Jr., a longtime pharma critic, embraced Trump's deal to lower obesity medication prices yesterday — despite MAHA's opposition to the drugs. ICYMI: www.statnews.com/2025/11/06/r...
Kennedy, a longtime pharma critic, embraces Trump deal to expand access to obesity drugs
RFK Jr. has railed against drugmakers but he struck a different tone in commenting on President Trump's deal to expand access to obesity drugs
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November 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
RFK Jr., a longtime pharma critic, embraced Trump's deal to lower obesity medication prices yesterday — despite MAHA's opposition to the drugs. ICYMI: www.statnews.com/2025/11/06/r...
New: I spent a week in Texas to see what people thought of MAHA, Secretary Kennedy and health care. To some, this state is the heart of the movement.
I was consistently surprised by what I heard, and moved by how Texans are grappling with poor health. Come w/ me: www.statnews.com/2025/11/03/m...
I was consistently surprised by what I heard, and moved by how Texans are grappling with poor health. Come w/ me: www.statnews.com/2025/11/03/m...
In Texas, the nation's MAHA capital, many are frustrated with the status quo in health care
Texas is the MAHA capital of the country — offering a look at health policies that may soon roll across the country.
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November 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
New: I spent a week in Texas to see what people thought of MAHA, Secretary Kennedy and health care. To some, this state is the heart of the movement.
I was consistently surprised by what I heard, and moved by how Texans are grappling with poor health. Come w/ me: www.statnews.com/2025/11/03/m...
I was consistently surprised by what I heard, and moved by how Texans are grappling with poor health. Come w/ me: www.statnews.com/2025/11/03/m...
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New story up on the non-existent banned words from NIH grants (based on my grant title, word cloud analysis)
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Scientists had to change more than 700 grant titles to receive NIH funding. Health disparities researchers fear what’s next
The titles of more than 700 multi-year NIH grants have been changed this year, according to an analysis by Jeremy Berg, a former agency official
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October 29, 2025 at 12:07 PM
New story up on the non-existent banned words from NIH grants (based on my grant title, word cloud analysis)
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The Trump administration has prepared to weather a shutdown for a long time, but SNAP benefits for November are at risk as the dysfunction in Washington continues.
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Why SNAP benefits are at risk as shutdown drags on
The Trump administration has prepared to weather a shutdown for a long time, but SNAP benefits for November are at risk as the dysfunction in Washington continues.
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October 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The Trump administration has prepared to weather a shutdown for a long time, but SNAP benefits for November are at risk as the dysfunction in Washington continues.
foodfix.co/why-snap-ben...
foodfix.co/why-snap-ben...
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Come for the captivating details like a $5k portrait of RFK Jr with no bidders, stay for @isabellacueto.bsky.social's nuanced portrait of MAHA-friendly regenerative farming in Texas
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In Texas, ex-vegan restaurateurs put MAHA's vision for farming to the test
A former vegan chef is trying to execute MAHA's dream of a utopian future based on small-scale, family-owned farms.
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October 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Come for the captivating details like a $5k portrait of RFK Jr with no bidders, stay for @isabellacueto.bsky.social's nuanced portrait of MAHA-friendly regenerative farming in Texas
www.statnews.com/2025/10/16/m...
www.statnews.com/2025/10/16/m...
Near a tiny Texas town known as the "cowboy capital of the world," siblings who ran popular vegan restaurants in L.A. are trying to make a 200-acre "regenerative" ranch work.
It's an experiment that could serve as a proof-of-concept for MAHA. NEW:
www.statnews.com/2025/10/16/m...
It's an experiment that could serve as a proof-of-concept for MAHA. NEW:
www.statnews.com/2025/10/16/m...
In Texas, ex-vegan restaurateurs put MAHA's vision for farming to the test
A former vegan chef is trying to execute MAHA's dream of a utopian future based on small-scale, family-owned farms.
www.statnews.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Near a tiny Texas town known as the "cowboy capital of the world," siblings who ran popular vegan restaurants in L.A. are trying to make a 200-acre "regenerative" ranch work.
It's an experiment that could serve as a proof-of-concept for MAHA. NEW:
www.statnews.com/2025/10/16/m...
It's an experiment that could serve as a proof-of-concept for MAHA. NEW:
www.statnews.com/2025/10/16/m...
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my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports
CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.
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October 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
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At a time when conflict and cynicism seem to be shadowing much of health and medicine, @statnews.com is recognizing some of the brightest young minds in their fields this morning.
www.statnews.com/wunderkinds/
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Meet the 2025 STAT Wunderkinds
This year, as in past years, we've found inspiring stories and innovative research. All are blazing new trails as they attempt to answer some of the
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October 15, 2025 at 12:23 PM
At a time when conflict and cynicism seem to be shadowing much of health and medicine, @statnews.com is recognizing some of the brightest young minds in their fields this morning.
www.statnews.com/wunderkinds/
www.statnews.com/wunderkinds/
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Our first session of the day: A Milestone for Gene Editing
@jasonmast.bsky.social talks with Kyle and Nicole Muldoon, Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas, and Kiran Musunuru about how CRISPR was used to correct a misspelling in KJ Muldoon genes when he was just 6 months old.
#STATSummit
@jasonmast.bsky.social talks with Kyle and Nicole Muldoon, Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas, and Kiran Musunuru about how CRISPR was used to correct a misspelling in KJ Muldoon genes when he was just 6 months old.
#STATSummit
October 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Our first session of the day: A Milestone for Gene Editing
@jasonmast.bsky.social talks with Kyle and Nicole Muldoon, Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas, and Kiran Musunuru about how CRISPR was used to correct a misspelling in KJ Muldoon genes when he was just 6 months old.
#STATSummit
@jasonmast.bsky.social talks with Kyle and Nicole Muldoon, Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas, and Kiran Musunuru about how CRISPR was used to correct a misspelling in KJ Muldoon genes when he was just 6 months old.
#STATSummit
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The CDC Under Siege
Even critics couldn’t imagine how quickly CDC is being reshaped, with major medical associations, former directors, and surgeon generals all warning that Americans’ wellbeing is being challenged.
We discuss with @danielpayne.bsky.social, Rochelle Walensky and Daniel Jernigan
Even critics couldn’t imagine how quickly CDC is being reshaped, with major medical associations, former directors, and surgeon generals all warning that Americans’ wellbeing is being challenged.
We discuss with @danielpayne.bsky.social, Rochelle Walensky and Daniel Jernigan
October 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The CDC Under Siege
Even critics couldn’t imagine how quickly CDC is being reshaped, with major medical associations, former directors, and surgeon generals all warning that Americans’ wellbeing is being challenged.
We discuss with @danielpayne.bsky.social, Rochelle Walensky and Daniel Jernigan
Even critics couldn’t imagine how quickly CDC is being reshaped, with major medical associations, former directors, and surgeon generals all warning that Americans’ wellbeing is being challenged.
We discuss with @danielpayne.bsky.social, Rochelle Walensky and Daniel Jernigan
For decades, federal courts have ruled "that immigration agents cannot detain people without having a specific, factual basis for believing a person is in the country illegally." But a recent emergency ruling by the Supreme Court lowers that bar: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...
‘I’m From Here!’: U.S. Citizens Are Ending Up in Trump’s Dragnet
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September 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
For decades, federal courts have ruled "that immigration agents cannot detain people without having a specific, factual basis for believing a person is in the country illegally." But a recent emergency ruling by the Supreme Court lowers that bar: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...
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As immigration agents have escalated their tactics, US citizens, many of them Latino men, have been stopped and in some cases taken into custody by law enforcement officers. Allison, Jenny and I took a closer look at the encounters. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...
‘I’m From Here!’: U.S. Citizens Are Ending Up in Trump’s Dragnet
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September 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
As immigration agents have escalated their tactics, US citizens, many of them Latino men, have been stopped and in some cases taken into custody by law enforcement officers. Allison, Jenny and I took a closer look at the encounters. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...
Excruciating read. When HIV and antimalarial drugs were stranded, children died, Post reporters found.
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Trump’s USAID pause stranded lifesaving drugs. Children died waiting.
USAID antimalarial and HIV supplies valued at nearly $140 million were delayed in the first half of the year or not delivered at all due to the Trump administration’s foreign aid pause, The Post found...
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September 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Excruciating read. When HIV and antimalarial drugs were stranded, children died, Post reporters found.
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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The MAHA influencer narrative vs. Cassidy's actual words during the Sept. 17 hearing.
Kennedy appeared before the Senate earlier this month. He's been invited back to answer to allegations from former CDC leaders that he is exerting undue political influence.
Kennedy appeared before the Senate earlier this month. He's been invited back to answer to allegations from former CDC leaders that he is exerting undue political influence.
September 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The MAHA influencer narrative vs. Cassidy's actual words during the Sept. 17 hearing.
Kennedy appeared before the Senate earlier this month. He's been invited back to answer to allegations from former CDC leaders that he is exerting undue political influence.
Kennedy appeared before the Senate earlier this month. He's been invited back to answer to allegations from former CDC leaders that he is exerting undue political influence.
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BREAKING: After a week of uproar from employees, STAT has learned that the CDC has rescinded this telework pause. Story and details forthcoming.
BREAKING: The CDC is temporarily ending remote work. The decision leaves scores of employees in the lurch, even forcing people with disabilities with high-support needs to come into the office. #disability
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CDC temporarily revokes remote work approvals for employees with disabilities
The CDC revoked permission for employees with disabilities to work from home, at least temporarily
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September 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
BREAKING: After a week of uproar from employees, STAT has learned that the CDC has rescinded this telework pause. Story and details forthcoming.
If you don't have bandwidth to sit through, like, 16 hours of this key ACIP meeting, STAT reporters have got you covered. Helpful write-ups of the major points: www.statnews.com
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Reporting from the frontiers of health and medicine
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September 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
If you don't have bandwidth to sit through, like, 16 hours of this key ACIP meeting, STAT reporters have got you covered. Helpful write-ups of the major points: www.statnews.com
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Surgeon general nominee Casey Means' ties to the supplement industry were already a cause of concern for some critics. New disclosures show how much money she made from promoting them (story by me and @isabellacueto.bsky.social):
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Surgeon general nominee Casey Means discloses financial ties to supplement industry
Surgeon general nominee Casey Means earned hundreds of thousands of dollars promoting supplements, per new financial disclosure statements.
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September 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Surgeon general nominee Casey Means' ties to the supplement industry were already a cause of concern for some critics. New disclosures show how much money she made from promoting them (story by me and @isabellacueto.bsky.social):
www.statnews.com/2025/09/16/c...
www.statnews.com/2025/09/16/c...
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News from a tense hearing, reported by @danielpayne.bsky.social and @isabellacueto.bsky.social at @statnews.com
www.statnews.com/2025/09/17/m...
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Ousted CDC director says Kennedy plans to change pediatric vaccine schedule
Ousted CDC director Susan Monarez told lawmakers that her boss, health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., told her he plans to change the childhood vaccine schedule this month.
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September 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
News from a tense hearing, reported by @danielpayne.bsky.social and @isabellacueto.bsky.social at @statnews.com
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The key takeaways from an important Senate hearing today, w/ @isabellacueto.bsky.social
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Three key takeaways from the Senate hearing on CDC director’s firing and RFK Jr.’s vaccine agenda
WASHINGTON — A Wednesday Senate hearing aimed to answer questions about the exodus of top leaders from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last
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September 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The key takeaways from an important Senate hearing today, w/ @isabellacueto.bsky.social
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V interesting study out today in Lancet finds global chronic disease mortality declined from 2000 to 2019 (yay!) but progress slowed over that period. The US was among the slowest of its peers in the end, with rising mortality in key areas. My story:
www.statnews.com/2025/09/10/c...
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Risk of dying from chronic disease in the U.S. declined, but there are caveats, study says
While there has been progress against chronic disease, the U.S. has been backsliding against big killers like heart disease.
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September 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
V interesting study out today in Lancet finds global chronic disease mortality declined from 2000 to 2019 (yay!) but progress slowed over that period. The US was among the slowest of its peers in the end, with rising mortality in key areas. My story:
www.statnews.com/2025/09/10/c...
www.statnews.com/2025/09/10/c...
Study presented in Congress as 'smoking gun' that vaccines cause disease is deeply flawed and wouldn't pass peer review as-is, a Stanford epidemiologist writes in STAT.
"The study repeatedly conflates absence of diagnosis with absence of disease." www.statnews.com/2025/09/09/a...
"The study repeatedly conflates absence of diagnosis with absence of disease." www.statnews.com/2025/09/09/a...
RFK Jr. ally’s ‘smoking gun’ study on vaccines and chronic illness is fundamentally flawed
Bogus study on vaccines and chronic illness presented at Senate presents “a dangerous precedent for how science is weighed in policymaking,” infectious disease expert writes.
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September 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Study presented in Congress as 'smoking gun' that vaccines cause disease is deeply flawed and wouldn't pass peer review as-is, a Stanford epidemiologist writes in STAT.
"The study repeatedly conflates absence of diagnosis with absence of disease." www.statnews.com/2025/09/09/a...
"The study repeatedly conflates absence of diagnosis with absence of disease." www.statnews.com/2025/09/09/a...
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