Keren Landman
@landmanspeaking.bsky.social
public health/medicine reporter | epidemiologist, ID doc | health misinfo, @soljourno, Southern stuff | Signal: kerenlandman.70 | kerenlandman.com
My recent work at Vox: https://www.vox.com/authors/keren-landman
My recent work at Vox: https://www.vox.com/authors/keren-landman
Reposted by Keren Landman
“My hopes for a natural delivery were shattered all for six YouTube videos at $800 each. None of those shots aired. I was never informed [by the New York Times] why, but can only assume that it would have been a bad look to open the episodes with a sweaty, heavily pregnant woman about to pass out.”
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this is probably TMI
sohla.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
“My hopes for a natural delivery were shattered all for six YouTube videos at $800 each. None of those shots aired. I was never informed [by the New York Times] why, but can only assume that it would have been a bad look to open the episodes with a sweaty, heavily pregnant woman about to pass out.”
straight outta central casting
November 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
straight outta central casting
ok but...what's the reason
November 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
ok but...what's the reason
also worth noting: from my own experience, I can tell you that many aspects of CDC comms are also now controlled by HHS, so on-the-record comments/conversations with journalists are not guaranteed to represent the actual perspective of the CDC
November 20, 2025 at 4:28 AM
also worth noting: from my own experience, I can tell you that many aspects of CDC comms are also now controlled by HHS, so on-the-record comments/conversations with journalists are not guaranteed to represent the actual perspective of the CDC
sorry to be smug but I told y'all not to trust the CDC website two months ago www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...
What It’s Like to Work Inside a Broken CDC
Agency workers say that information on subjects other than vaccines is largely reliable—for now.
www.theatlantic.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:23 AM
sorry to be smug but I told y'all not to trust the CDC website two months ago www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...
wait so all this time all I had to be was hot and chaotic and not even a good writer? jfc
November 18, 2025 at 12:17 PM
wait so all this time all I had to be was hot and chaotic and not even a good writer? jfc
-She repeatedly corrects the use of an outdated and unrepresentative statement from an authority
-She clearly explains what specifically is inconsistent about the agency’s recent actions
-She ends with a clear statement of the problem anyone can understand
-She doesn’t let him have the last word
-She clearly explains what specifically is inconsistent about the agency’s recent actions
-She ends with a clear statement of the problem anyone can understand
-She doesn’t let him have the last word
November 11, 2025 at 4:52 AM
-She repeatedly corrects the use of an outdated and unrepresentative statement from an authority
-She clearly explains what specifically is inconsistent about the agency’s recent actions
-She ends with a clear statement of the problem anyone can understand
-She doesn’t let him have the last word
-She clearly explains what specifically is inconsistent about the agency’s recent actions
-She ends with a clear statement of the problem anyone can understand
-She doesn’t let him have the last word
This interview by @aliroginpbs.bsky.social with FDA Commissioner Marty Makary is a masterclass. It should be taught in j-schools and she should receive a medal for it.
Here are just a few of the things she does while making it all look easy:
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Here are just a few of the things she does while making it all look easy:
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
FDA head explains decision to drop 'black box' warnings from menopause hormone treatment
The FDA announced it would begin asking drug companies to remove so-called “black box” warnings for hormones prescribed to treat symptoms of menopause. The FDA says the warning has dissuaded generatio...
www.pbs.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:40 AM
This interview by @aliroginpbs.bsky.social with FDA Commissioner Marty Makary is a masterclass. It should be taught in j-schools and she should receive a medal for it.
Here are just a few of the things she does while making it all look easy:
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Here are just a few of the things she does while making it all look easy:
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
that's not your faith babe
Heritage Foundation having a normal one
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
November 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
that's not your faith babe
oopsie
November 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
oopsie
my man I am just tryna maintain
October 27, 2025 at 12:21 PM
my man I am just tryna maintain
-curse at/remove any squinting/shivering people or animals from the hallway before any of them pee on the rug
-congratulate yourself and take stepladder downstairs
-enjoy 5 minutes of silence before the wrong-battery-orientation chirps start (the delay is because of Obama)
-burn house down
-congratulate yourself and take stepladder downstairs
-enjoy 5 minutes of silence before the wrong-battery-orientation chirps start (the delay is because of Obama)
-burn house down
October 27, 2025 at 11:52 AM
-curse at/remove any squinting/shivering people or animals from the hallway before any of them pee on the rug
-congratulate yourself and take stepladder downstairs
-enjoy 5 minutes of silence before the wrong-battery-orientation chirps start (the delay is because of Obama)
-burn house down
-congratulate yourself and take stepladder downstairs
-enjoy 5 minutes of silence before the wrong-battery-orientation chirps start (the delay is because of Obama)
-burn house down
-smush the little housing door shut. there will be a click. do not allow this to reassure you.
-press and hold the button labeled “test|silence” (the silence part is a lie)
-there will be three loud beeps from (why??) ALL the smoke alarms in the house
-at least now your partner is awake
-press and hold the button labeled “test|silence” (the silence part is a lie)
-there will be three loud beeps from (why??) ALL the smoke alarms in the house
-at least now your partner is awake
October 27, 2025 at 11:46 AM
-smush the little housing door shut. there will be a click. do not allow this to reassure you.
-press and hold the button labeled “test|silence” (the silence part is a lie)
-there will be three loud beeps from (why??) ALL the smoke alarms in the house
-at least now your partner is awake
-press and hold the button labeled “test|silence” (the silence part is a lie)
-there will be three loud beeps from (why??) ALL the smoke alarms in the house
-at least now your partner is awake
-orient the new battery in your favorite direction (just guess, there are no clues) and smush it into the housing. there will not be a click or a snap or any other cue to tell you whether you are right or wrong
October 27, 2025 at 11:40 AM
-orient the new battery in your favorite direction (just guess, there are no clues) and smush it into the housing. there will not be a click or a snap or any other cue to tell you whether you are right or wrong
-rotate the alarm both clockwise and counterclockwise
-reconcile the fact that the alarm is hardwired to your home’s electric circuitry yet still needs regular battery changes?? ok sure
-use your fingernail and maybe math? to pry the old (rectangular) battery out of its (semicircular) housing
-reconcile the fact that the alarm is hardwired to your home’s electric circuitry yet still needs regular battery changes?? ok sure
-use your fingernail and maybe math? to pry the old (rectangular) battery out of its (semicircular) housing
October 27, 2025 at 11:37 AM
-rotate the alarm both clockwise and counterclockwise
-reconcile the fact that the alarm is hardwired to your home’s electric circuitry yet still needs regular battery changes?? ok sure
-use your fingernail and maybe math? to pry the old (rectangular) battery out of its (semicircular) housing
-reconcile the fact that the alarm is hardwired to your home’s electric circuitry yet still needs regular battery changes?? ok sure
-use your fingernail and maybe math? to pry the old (rectangular) battery out of its (semicircular) housing
Actual instructions on changing a smoke alarm battery:
-wake to the chirp at 4:30am
-haul the stepladder upstairs from the kitchen
-identify a fresh 9V battery in the junk drawer
-climb from the stepladder to the dresser so you can reach the alarm (while your 6’5” partner sleeps)
-wake to the chirp at 4:30am
-haul the stepladder upstairs from the kitchen
-identify a fresh 9V battery in the junk drawer
-climb from the stepladder to the dresser so you can reach the alarm (while your 6’5” partner sleeps)
October 27, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Actual instructions on changing a smoke alarm battery:
-wake to the chirp at 4:30am
-haul the stepladder upstairs from the kitchen
-identify a fresh 9V battery in the junk drawer
-climb from the stepladder to the dresser so you can reach the alarm (while your 6’5” partner sleeps)
-wake to the chirp at 4:30am
-haul the stepladder upstairs from the kitchen
-identify a fresh 9V battery in the junk drawer
-climb from the stepladder to the dresser so you can reach the alarm (while your 6’5” partner sleeps)
who designs smoke alarms? I just want to talk
at 4:30am
at 4:30am
October 27, 2025 at 11:19 AM
who designs smoke alarms? I just want to talk
at 4:30am
at 4:30am
About a dozen people www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/09/26/r...
RFK Jr., ‘Make America Healthy Again’ movement supporters gather outside CDC
They stood with signs applauding RFK Jr. and the “Make America Healthy Again” movement.
www.atlantanewsfirst.com
September 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
About a dozen people www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/09/26/r...
I was sitting in my car alone and suddenly heard someone clearing their throat
September 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I was sitting in my car alone and suddenly heard someone clearing their throat
Experts are saying Americans "can't trust anything" out of the CDC. But employees tell me that's simply not true: lots of CDC workers are still at their desks doing good work, and implying they're not is both wrong and unhelpful.
My latest for @theatlantic.com: www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...
My latest for @theatlantic.com: www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...
What It’s Like to Work Inside a Broken CDC
Agency workers say that information on subjects other than vaccines is largely reliable—for now.
www.theatlantic.com
September 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Experts are saying Americans "can't trust anything" out of the CDC. But employees tell me that's simply not true: lots of CDC workers are still at their desks doing good work, and implying they're not is both wrong and unhelpful.
My latest for @theatlantic.com: www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...
My latest for @theatlantic.com: www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...
Oops, having a strong opinion about something doesn‘t make it true! Best of luck out there
September 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Oops, having a strong opinion about something doesn‘t make it true! Best of luck out there
I SAID MAX BLAU
Over the past few years, I’ve been fascinated with one of the largest federal investigations happening in Georgia, known as Operation Blooming Onion. So I partnered with Zaydee Sanchez to uncover the untold story of an unnamed victim at the heart of the case. 🧵
September 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I SAID MAX BLAU