Jeremy Faust, MD
@jeremyfaust.bsky.social
ER doctor at Brigham and Women's in Boston, Harvard Medical School.
Words in: NY Times, WaPo, Atlantic, Slate, CNN. I'm also "editor-in-chief" of MedPage Today and write "Inside Medicine" on Substack:
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Words in: NY Times, WaPo, Atlantic, Slate, CNN. I'm also "editor-in-chief" of MedPage Today and write "Inside Medicine" on Substack:
https://insidemedicine.substack.com/subscribe
We lost two important figures in public health on Saturday.
One, a legend. The other just entering our consciousness by virtue of his killing.
I could not help connecting them.
I'm grateful to Dr. Anthony Fauci, Dr. Céline Gounder, Dr. Tom Frieden, and Dr. Craig Spencer for their quotes.
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One, a legend. The other just entering our consciousness by virtue of his killing.
I could not help connecting them.
I'm grateful to Dr. Anthony Fauci, Dr. Céline Gounder, Dr. Tom Frieden, and Dr. Craig Spencer for their quotes.
1/
January 26, 2026 at 9:39 PM
We lost two important figures in public health on Saturday.
One, a legend. The other just entering our consciousness by virtue of his killing.
I could not help connecting them.
I'm grateful to Dr. Anthony Fauci, Dr. Céline Gounder, Dr. Tom Frieden, and Dr. Craig Spencer for their quotes.
1/
One, a legend. The other just entering our consciousness by virtue of his killing.
I could not help connecting them.
I'm grateful to Dr. Anthony Fauci, Dr. Céline Gounder, Dr. Tom Frieden, and Dr. Craig Spencer for their quotes.
1/
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Reposted by Jeremy Faust, MD
Inside Medicine: Celebrating public health in a dark moment.
The lives of Dr. William Foege and ICU nurse Alex Pretti.
by Jeremy Faust @jeremyfaust.bsky.social
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The lives of Dr. William Foege and ICU nurse Alex Pretti.
by Jeremy Faust @jeremyfaust.bsky.social
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Celebrating public health in a dark moment. The lives of Dr. William Foege and ICU nurse Alex Pretti.
Two notable deaths affected the world of public health this weekend. Both were sad. One was senseless.
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January 26, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Inside Medicine: Celebrating public health in a dark moment.
The lives of Dr. William Foege and ICU nurse Alex Pretti.
by Jeremy Faust @jeremyfaust.bsky.social
bit.ly/4qIjlGd
The lives of Dr. William Foege and ICU nurse Alex Pretti.
by Jeremy Faust @jeremyfaust.bsky.social
bit.ly/4qIjlGd
Here’s what you need to know about healthcare workers.
When we come to work in a storm, we pack an overnight bag in case we need to stay.
These people have your back.
Do you have theirs?
When we come to work in a storm, we pack an overnight bag in case we need to stay.
These people have your back.
Do you have theirs?
January 26, 2026 at 3:53 AM
Here’s what you need to know about healthcare workers.
When we come to work in a storm, we pack an overnight bag in case we need to stay.
These people have your back.
Do you have theirs?
When we come to work in a storm, we pack an overnight bag in case we need to stay.
These people have your back.
Do you have theirs?
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Inside Medicine: Public pressure is working. Hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau suspended
by Jeremy Faust @jeremyfaust.bsky.social
bit.ly/3ZfPQj3
by Jeremy Faust @jeremyfaust.bsky.social
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January 23, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Inside Medicine: Public pressure is working. Hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau suspended
by Jeremy Faust @jeremyfaust.bsky.social
bit.ly/3ZfPQj3
by Jeremy Faust @jeremyfaust.bsky.social
bit.ly/3ZfPQj3
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What do the new dietary guidelines get right, and where do they fall short?
Tomorrow at 1:30pm ET, @drjessicaknurick.bsky.social, @kcklatt.bsky.social, and @jeremyfaust.bsky.social will break down the key changes. Register for the webinar: ehgroup.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #MedSky
Tomorrow at 1:30pm ET, @drjessicaknurick.bsky.social, @kcklatt.bsky.social, and @jeremyfaust.bsky.social will break down the key changes. Register for the webinar: ehgroup.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #MedSky
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: MedPage Today | The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly in the New Dietary Guidelines. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the we...
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January 22, 2026 at 9:21 PM
What do the new dietary guidelines get right, and where do they fall short?
Tomorrow at 1:30pm ET, @drjessicaknurick.bsky.social, @kcklatt.bsky.social, and @jeremyfaust.bsky.social will break down the key changes. Register for the webinar: ehgroup.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #MedSky
Tomorrow at 1:30pm ET, @drjessicaknurick.bsky.social, @kcklatt.bsky.social, and @jeremyfaust.bsky.social will break down the key changes. Register for the webinar: ehgroup.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #MedSky
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Thanks to my always excellent co-host @jeremyfaust.bsky.social and our expert colleagues @ggronvall.bsky.social, @noamross.net, @drdemetre.bsky.social, & @pauloffit.bsky.social for sharing their insights and wisdom
January 21, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Thanks to my always excellent co-host @jeremyfaust.bsky.social and our expert colleagues @ggronvall.bsky.social, @noamross.net, @drdemetre.bsky.social, & @pauloffit.bsky.social for sharing their insights and wisdom
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One Year In: How the Trump Administration Eroded Public Health. One year of MAGA/MAHA, measles, and megalomaniacs. substack.com/home/post/p-... via @angierasmussen.bsky.social @jeremyfaust.bsky.social
One Year In: How the Trump Administration Eroded Public Health
One year of MAGA, measles, and megalomaniacs
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January 21, 2026 at 2:05 AM
One Year In: How the Trump Administration Eroded Public Health. One year of MAGA/MAHA, measles, and megalomaniacs. substack.com/home/post/p-... via @angierasmussen.bsky.social @jeremyfaust.bsky.social
Friday catch-up on @medpagetoday.com stories from the week you might have missed!
Here are four good ones you'll want to read...
1. Experts Who Advised on Diet Guidelines Say RFK Jr.'s Version Is Full of Errors
www.medpagetoday.com/primarycare/...
Here are four good ones you'll want to read...
1. Experts Who Advised on Diet Guidelines Say RFK Jr.'s Version Is Full of Errors
www.medpagetoday.com/primarycare/...
Experts Who Advised on Diet Guidelines Say RFK Jr.'s Version Is Full of Errors
New dietary guidelines riddled with mistakes, sloppy language, and cherry-picked evidence
www.medpagetoday.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Friday catch-up on @medpagetoday.com stories from the week you might have missed!
Here are four good ones you'll want to read...
1. Experts Who Advised on Diet Guidelines Say RFK Jr.'s Version Is Full of Errors
www.medpagetoday.com/primarycare/...
Here are four good ones you'll want to read...
1. Experts Who Advised on Diet Guidelines Say RFK Jr.'s Version Is Full of Errors
www.medpagetoday.com/primarycare/...
Another update: The protocol is still being discussed, even *after* this version, I just found out.
There’s still time.
Speak out!
There’s still time.
Speak out!
WE HAVE A NEW VERSION OF THE HIGHLY CRITICIZED HEP B VACCINE TRIAL PROTOCOL IN GUINEA-BISSAU.
Here’s what’s different…
Spoiler: It’s not much better.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/update-a-n...
Here’s what’s different…
Spoiler: It’s not much better.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/update-a-n...
Update: A newly revised protocol of the CDC-funded Hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau. "This is still bad."
A January 14 document fails to address major ethical issues identified in the version published here yesterday. "The University of Southern Denmark is complicit in this unethical research conduct."
insidemedicine.substack.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Another update: The protocol is still being discussed, even *after* this version, I just found out.
There’s still time.
Speak out!
There’s still time.
Speak out!
Lots of Inside Medicine quoted here
The CDC is funding a horrific hepatitis experiment on babies in Guinea-Bissau.
“This is another Tuskegee,” the official said. “We are allowing children, infants, to be exposed to Hepatitis B when we could prevent it, and then follow them for five years to see what happens." trib.al/5cXbwP8
“This is another Tuskegee,” the official said. “We are allowing children, infants, to be exposed to Hepatitis B when we could prevent it, and then follow them for five years to see what happens." trib.al/5cXbwP8
January 16, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Lots of Inside Medicine quoted here
WE HAVE A NEW VERSION OF THE HIGHLY CRITICIZED HEP B VACCINE TRIAL PROTOCOL IN GUINEA-BISSAU.
Here’s what’s different…
Spoiler: It’s not much better.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/update-a-n...
Here’s what’s different…
Spoiler: It’s not much better.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/update-a-n...
Update: A newly revised protocol of the CDC-funded Hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau. "This is still bad."
A January 14 document fails to address major ethical issues identified in the version published here yesterday. "The University of Southern Denmark is complicit in this unethical research conduct."
insidemedicine.substack.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:57 AM
WE HAVE A NEW VERSION OF THE HIGHLY CRITICIZED HEP B VACCINE TRIAL PROTOCOL IN GUINEA-BISSAU.
Here’s what’s different…
Spoiler: It’s not much better.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/update-a-n...
Here’s what’s different…
Spoiler: It’s not much better.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/update-a-n...
Reposted by Jeremy Faust, MD
“The “idea” behind this trial is that because Guinea-Bissau is slated to roll out the birth dose of the Hepatitis B vaccine starting in 2027, now is an opportune time to randomize infants to either receiving that dose or not. The problem is that we already know the vaccine works.”
We have the CDC-funded Hepatitis Vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau protocol.
It’s worse than you thought.
Check it out, first in Inside Medicine…
with @pauloffit.bsky.social David Boulware and others.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-the-...
It’s worse than you thought.
Check it out, first in Inside Medicine…
with @pauloffit.bsky.social David Boulware and others.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-the-...
Scoop: The leaked protocol of the CDC-funded Hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau. “This is another Tuskegee.”
The protocol reveals that the trial will withhold the Hepatitis B birth dose from thousands—without placebos, without universal maternal screening, and with endpoints critics call indefensible.
insidemedicine.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:10 PM
“The “idea” behind this trial is that because Guinea-Bissau is slated to roll out the birth dose of the Hepatitis B vaccine starting in 2027, now is an opportune time to randomize infants to either receiving that dose or not. The problem is that we already know the vaccine works.”
Reposted by Jeremy Faust, MD
Essential and exceptional reporting by @jeremyfaust.bsky.social on the Hep B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau that should've never been funded (and is apparently now cancelled)
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
Scoop: The leaked protocol of the CDC-funded Hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau. “This is another Tuskegee.”
The protocol reveals that the trial will withhold the Hepatitis B birth dose from thousands—without placebos, without universal maternal screening, and with endpoints critics call indefensible.
open.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Essential and exceptional reporting by @jeremyfaust.bsky.social on the Hep B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau that should've never been funded (and is apparently now cancelled)
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
We have the CDC-funded Hepatitis Vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau protocol.
It’s worse than you thought.
Check it out, first in Inside Medicine…
with @pauloffit.bsky.social David Boulware and others.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-the-...
It’s worse than you thought.
Check it out, first in Inside Medicine…
with @pauloffit.bsky.social David Boulware and others.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-the-...
Scoop: The leaked protocol of the CDC-funded Hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau. “This is another Tuskegee.”
The protocol reveals that the trial will withhold the Hepatitis B birth dose from thousands—without placebos, without universal maternal screening, and with endpoints critics call indefensible.
insidemedicine.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 10:57 AM
We have the CDC-funded Hepatitis Vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau protocol.
It’s worse than you thought.
Check it out, first in Inside Medicine…
with @pauloffit.bsky.social David Boulware and others.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-the-...
It’s worse than you thought.
Check it out, first in Inside Medicine…
with @pauloffit.bsky.social David Boulware and others.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-the-...
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One HHS spokesperson confirmed that previously laid-off NIOSH employees have been reinstated.
Read the full article by @jeremyfaust.bsky.social: www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/faus...
Read the full article by @jeremyfaust.bsky.social: www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/faus...
Opinion | Hundreds of NIOSH Employees Reinstated
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has substantial support in Congress
www.medpagetoday.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:05 PM
One HHS spokesperson confirmed that previously laid-off NIOSH employees have been reinstated.
Read the full article by @jeremyfaust.bsky.social: www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/faus...
Read the full article by @jeremyfaust.bsky.social: www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/faus...
Update: “Over 400 employees reinstated,” according to NIOSH leadership.
Breaking: CDC/NIOSH employees reinstated.
The news likely affected "hundreds" public health professionals in a center that has substantial support in Congress.
open.substack.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Update: “Over 400 employees reinstated,” according to NIOSH leadership.
SCOOP: HHS has confirmed to Inside Medicine that some RIF'd CDC employees have been reinstated!
Not sure how many, but sounds like it could be many!
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-c...
Timestamp 6:08pm ET ;-)
Not sure how many, but sounds like it could be many!
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-c...
Timestamp 6:08pm ET ;-)
Breaking: CDC employees reinstated.
The change affected an unknown number of public health professionals.
insidemedicine.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:09 PM
SCOOP: HHS has confirmed to Inside Medicine that some RIF'd CDC employees have been reinstated!
Not sure how many, but sounds like it could be many!
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-c...
Timestamp 6:08pm ET ;-)
Not sure how many, but sounds like it could be many!
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-c...
Timestamp 6:08pm ET ;-)
It's time for The Pitt watch-along with running commentary from an ER doc (me 👋😊).
Live-streaming now! open.substack.com/live-stream/...
Live-streaming now! open.substack.com/live-stream/...
January 13, 2026 at 9:54 PM
It's time for The Pitt watch-along with running commentary from an ER doc (me 👋😊).
Live-streaming now! open.substack.com/live-stream/...
Live-streaming now! open.substack.com/live-stream/...
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RFK Jr. breaks major promise on childhood vaccines. Analysis with @drdemetre.bsky.social, Dorit Reiss, and @angierasmussen.bsky.social , by @jeremyfaust.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
RFK Jr. breaks major promise on childhood vaccines. Analysis with Demetre Daskalakis, Dorit Reiss, and Angie Rasmussen.
A recording from the Doctor's Lounge.
open.substack.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:03 PM
RFK Jr. breaks major promise on childhood vaccines. Analysis with @drdemetre.bsky.social, Dorit Reiss, and @angierasmussen.bsky.social , by @jeremyfaust.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
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With hours remaining in 2025, the “enhanced subsidies” that help families afford health insurance on the Affordable Care Act Marketplace are poised to expire.
Dr. Zeke Emanuel pushes back on a WSJ opinion *celebrating* these cost hikes!
Inside Medicine👇
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Dr. Zeke Emanuel pushes back on a WSJ opinion *celebrating* these cost hikes!
Inside Medicine👇
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/aca-subsid...
ACA subsidies expire tonight—Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel pushes back on a Wall Street Journal piece cheering their end.
One last post for 2025.
insidemedicine.substack.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:55 PM
With hours remaining in 2025, the “enhanced subsidies” that help families afford health insurance on the Affordable Care Act Marketplace are poised to expire.
Dr. Zeke Emanuel pushes back on a WSJ opinion *celebrating* these cost hikes!
Inside Medicine👇
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/aca-subsid...
Dr. Zeke Emanuel pushes back on a WSJ opinion *celebrating* these cost hikes!
Inside Medicine👇
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/aca-subsid...
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Inside Medicine: The sentence I’m recommending for new vaccine hesitancy
“the politics have changed, but the science has not.”
by @jeremyfaust.bsky.social
bit.ly/4slp7im
“the politics have changed, but the science has not.”
by @jeremyfaust.bsky.social
bit.ly/4slp7im
December 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Inside Medicine: The sentence I’m recommending for new vaccine hesitancy
“the politics have changed, but the science has not.”
by @jeremyfaust.bsky.social
bit.ly/4slp7im
“the politics have changed, but the science has not.”
by @jeremyfaust.bsky.social
bit.ly/4slp7im
Reposted by Jeremy Faust, MD
The sentence Jeremy Faust MD is recommending for new vaccine hesitancy: open.substack.com/pub/insideme... @jeremyfaust.bsky.social @insidemedicine.skystack.xyz
The sentence I’m recommending for new vaccine hesitancy.
Because of misinformation from Secretary Kennedy’s HHS, bedside conversations on vaccines are already changing. Here's one approach that may help.
open.substack.com
December 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The sentence Jeremy Faust MD is recommending for new vaccine hesitancy: open.substack.com/pub/insideme... @jeremyfaust.bsky.social @insidemedicine.skystack.xyz
It’s Happy Thanksgiving, Happy Easter, Happy Hanukkah, and Happy New Year, but if you say Happy Christmas you are contractually obligated to shoot a pheasant.
December 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
It’s Happy Thanksgiving, Happy Easter, Happy Hanukkah, and Happy New Year, but if you say Happy Christmas you are contractually obligated to shoot a pheasant.