Laura Beil
@laurabeil.bsky.social
Podcasts: Exposed, Sympathy Pains, Dr Death, Bad Batch, Vaping Fix. Bylines at ProPublica, Texas Monthly, New York Times, Cosmopolitan. Winner of the Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting. www.laurabeil.com
Great story from @texastribune.org connecting the dots on the people now setting U.S. vaccine policy. www.texastribune.org/2025/11/19/a...
Austin group catapulted some of Trump’s top health advisers
People with ties to Brownstone Institute have significant authority over access to vaccines and scientific research.
www.texastribune.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Great story from @texastribune.org connecting the dots on the people now setting U.S. vaccine policy. www.texastribune.org/2025/11/19/a...
Unbelievable
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Unbelievable
Brought to you by the folks who want to deploy troops to "protect federal buildings."
LIVE: Trump East Wing White House demolition in Washington youtube.com/live/7YnMZHW...
LIVE: Trump East Wing White House demolition in Washington
YouTube video by Reuters
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October 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Brought to you by the folks who want to deploy troops to "protect federal buildings."
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Let me help you with that, Speaker Johnson.
This is what we documented.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
This is what we documented.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
October 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Let me help you with that, Speaker Johnson.
This is what we documented.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
This is what we documented.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
This is an excellent tool from @kffhealthnews.org for anyone who wants to know how much premiums will rise if ACA subsidies expire.
How Much More Would People Pay in Premiums if the ACA's Enhanced Premium Tax Credits Expire? | KFF
The ACA's enhanced premium tax credits are set to expire at the end of 2025. This calculator estimates how much out-of-pocket premiums would increase for families if Congress does not extend the credi...
www.kff.org
October 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This is an excellent tool from @kffhealthnews.org for anyone who wants to know how much premiums will rise if ACA subsidies expire.
I wish every Texas lawmaker would read this @dallasnews.com series about the Texas abortion ban, and what it's doing to the pregnant women of our state.
Two D-FW women had a fatal fetal diagnosis. One had the means to leave, the other carried to term
After their babies were diagnosed with anencephaly, two women faced the lack of exceptions under Texas abortion laws.
interactives.dallasnews.com
September 9, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I wish every Texas lawmaker would read this @dallasnews.com series about the Texas abortion ban, and what it's doing to the pregnant women of our state.
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This study was published in Annals of Internal Medicine; the journal is NOT retracting it just because of political pressure from the world's most extreme & dangerous anti-vaxx activist
The lead author, Anders Peter Hviid, says "I have not been targeted by a political figurehead in this way before"
The lead author, Anders Peter Hviid, says "I have not been targeted by a political figurehead in this way before"
A large-scale, government-funded study tracking 1.2M children over two decades found something Kennedy doesn't like, so he wants it retracted.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Exclusive: Medical journal rejects Kennedy's call for retraction of vaccine study
An influential U.S. medical journal is rejecting a call from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to retract a large Danish study that found that aluminum ingredients in vaccines do not increase health risks for children, the journal's editor told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
August 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM
This study was published in Annals of Internal Medicine; the journal is NOT retracting it just because of political pressure from the world's most extreme & dangerous anti-vaxx activist
The lead author, Anders Peter Hviid, says "I have not been targeted by a political figurehead in this way before"
The lead author, Anders Peter Hviid, says "I have not been targeted by a political figurehead in this way before"
With so many awful things in the news, I needed to see this.
July 31, 2025 at 4:09 AM
With so many awful things in the news, I needed to see this.
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The Guardian US investigations team is hiring a science reporter, come work with me and break big news about what is happening to science in this country:
workforus.theguardian.com/jobs/795/
workforus.theguardian.com/jobs/795/
The Guardian :: Senior Science Investigative Reporter
workforus.theguardian.com
July 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Guardian US investigations team is hiring a science reporter, come work with me and break big news about what is happening to science in this country:
workforus.theguardian.com/jobs/795/
workforus.theguardian.com/jobs/795/
My state already has the highest percentage of people with no health insurance. That's about to get even worse with the new budget bill, as 1.7 million Texans stand to lose coverage. www.texastribune.org/2025/07/18/t...
1.7 million Texans could lose health coverage under expiring tax credits, ACA changes in GOP megabill
Having never expanded Medicaid, Texas avoided most of the looming federal cuts other states will face. But the Affordable Care Act is a different story.
www.texastribune.org
July 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
My state already has the highest percentage of people with no health insurance. That's about to get even worse with the new budget bill, as 1.7 million Texans stand to lose coverage. www.texastribune.org/2025/07/18/t...
Bill Moyers meant everthing to me. We both grew up in Marshall TX, a generation apart, but bound by the same sense of place. He encouraged me to become a journalist, and gave this small town girl confidence -- in the beginning and all along the way. RIP Bill.
Bill Moyers, Presidential Aide and Veteran of Public TV, Dies at 91
www.nytimes.com
June 26, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Bill Moyers meant everthing to me. We both grew up in Marshall TX, a generation apart, but bound by the same sense of place. He encouraged me to become a journalist, and gave this small town girl confidence -- in the beginning and all along the way. RIP Bill.
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“Secretary Kennedy has not hidden his anti-vaccine agenda,” said Dr. Richard Besser, who served as acting director of the C.D.C. in 2009. “He, more than anyone in our country, has worked to undermine people’s trust and confidence in vaccines.”
via @nytimes.com
via @nytimes.com
Kennedy Removes All C.D.C. Vaccine Panel Experts
www.nytimes.com
June 10, 2025 at 2:42 AM
“Secretary Kennedy has not hidden his anti-vaccine agenda,” said Dr. Richard Besser, who served as acting director of the C.D.C. in 2009. “He, more than anyone in our country, has worked to undermine people’s trust and confidence in vaccines.”
via @nytimes.com
via @nytimes.com
When we first reported this story, Columbia had not even notified the women that their former doctor was a convicted sex offender. Now there are more than 1,000 known survivors. @propublica.org
NEW: Columbia University has agreed to a $750M settlement with nearly 600 patients of Robert Hadden, a former doctor who sexually abused them while working at the school.
A 2023 ProPublica investigation revealed how the school shielded the OB-GYN for decades.
A 2023 ProPublica investigation revealed how the school shielded the OB-GYN for decades.
Columbia Will Pay Survivors of Abusive Doctor $750 Million After ProPublica Revealed University’s Failures
The sweeping deal means the Ivy League school’s settlements will total more than $1 billion for over 1,000 claims of sexual abuse by former patients of OB-GYN Robert Hadden, who worked at the universi...
www.propublica.org
May 9, 2025 at 12:18 PM
When we first reported this story, Columbia had not even notified the women that their former doctor was a convicted sex offender. Now there are more than 1,000 known survivors. @propublica.org
In other Columbia Univ news, an announcement this week of an additional $750 million settlement with women sexually assaulted by former ob-gyn Robert Hadden. Credit to the survivors for their bravery and persistence. We told full story in @propublica.org in 2023: www.propublica.org/article/colu...
How Columbia Ignored Women, Undermined Prosecutors and Protected a Predator for More Than 20 Years
For decades, patients warned Columbia about the behavior of obstetrician Robert Hadden. One even called 911 and had him arrested. Columbia let him keep working.
www.propublica.org
May 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
In other Columbia Univ news, an announcement this week of an additional $750 million settlement with women sexually assaulted by former ob-gyn Robert Hadden. Credit to the survivors for their bravery and persistence. We told full story in @propublica.org in 2023: www.propublica.org/article/colu...
Seems like research into women’s health would be bipartisan
Women’s Health Initiative, known for hormone therapy trials, to lose federal funding www.statnews.com/2025/04/22/w... via @statnews.com
Women’s Health Initiative, known for hormone therapy trials, to lose federal funding
The Women's Health Initiative, the enormous study that shaped treatment of menopause and other conditions, is on the verge of shutting down.
www.statnews.com
April 24, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Seems like research into women’s health would be bipartisan
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My adult daughter Rachel works everyday, pays taxes, loves going to movies with her friends, and listens to awful (IMO) music.
Our U.S. Dept HHS has lost all of its humanity, compassion, and intellectual curiosity
Our U.S. Dept HHS has lost all of its humanity, compassion, and intellectual curiosity
April 17, 2025 at 11:22 AM
My adult daughter Rachel works everyday, pays taxes, loves going to movies with her friends, and listens to awful (IMO) music.
Our U.S. Dept HHS has lost all of its humanity, compassion, and intellectual curiosity
Our U.S. Dept HHS has lost all of its humanity, compassion, and intellectual curiosity
This whole thread is tragic
A week ago, the Trump administration laid off thousands of people at HHS and its agencies.
The cuts were so deep, and touched so much, we're still learning about the impacts.
Here are a couple stories that have stood out to me.
1) @levfacher.bsky.social on the gutting of a pain-research office.
The cuts were so deep, and touched so much, we're still learning about the impacts.
Here are a couple stories that have stood out to me.
1) @levfacher.bsky.social on the gutting of a pain-research office.
Unique pain research office eliminated in HHS purge
Pain is the most costly chronic health problem in the U.S. In latest RIFs at NIH, an entire division devoted to pain research was closed down.
www.statnews.com
April 9, 2025 at 2:48 AM
This whole thread is tragic
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RFK Jr. cuts CDC labs investigating outbreaks of STDs, hepatitis. There was not enough time for scientists to shut down labs before they were locked out from their email systems and the building, with equipment still running and hazardous materials left unattended. www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/rfk...
RFK Jr. cuts CDC labs investigating outbreaks of STDs and hepatitis
CDC officials are warning of delays and disruptions due to cuts to laboratory staff.
www.cbsnews.com
April 5, 2025 at 1:29 AM
RFK Jr. cuts CDC labs investigating outbreaks of STDs, hepatitis. There was not enough time for scientists to shut down labs before they were locked out from their email systems and the building, with equipment still running and hazardous materials left unattended. www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/rfk...
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#Breaking: Top FDA official Peter Marks was forced to resign as the director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.
Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine regulator, forced out
Top FDA official Peter Marks was forced to resign as the director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.
buff.ly
March 29, 2025 at 5:15 AM
!!!
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Working with an interdisciplinary team, we have developed a website to communicate how the White House's proposed cuts to health research would cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs.
Find out how your community may be impacted.
Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org
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Find out how your community may be impacted.
Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org
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March 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Working with an interdisciplinary team, we have developed a website to communicate how the White House's proposed cuts to health research would cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs.
Find out how your community may be impacted.
Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org
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Find out how your community may be impacted.
Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org
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The news cycle has been such a tsunami, hard to believe less than a month ago we were talking about families who were put in remote jungle camps.
March 19, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The news cycle has been such a tsunami, hard to believe less than a month ago we were talking about families who were put in remote jungle camps.
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New:
DOGE's spending has been secret.
No longer.
My colleagues have uncovered it.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
DOGE's spending has been secret.
No longer.
My colleagues have uncovered it.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
February 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
New:
DOGE's spending has been secret.
No longer.
My colleagues have uncovered it.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
DOGE's spending has been secret.
No longer.
My colleagues have uncovered it.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
Today I received a mass email from my senator, John Cornyn, saying DOGE had uncovered "$236 billion in improper payments." In fact, this claim is lifted word for word from a GAO report under the Biden Administration. (See link)
How should I respond? www.gao.gov/products/gao...
How should I respond? www.gao.gov/products/gao...
Fraud Risk Management: 2018-2022 Data Show Federal Government Loses an Estimated $233 Billion to $521 Billion Annually to Fraud, Based on Various Risk Environments
No area of the federal government is immune to fraud. We estimated that the federal government could lose between $233 billion and $521 billion...
www.gao.gov
February 14, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Today I received a mass email from my senator, John Cornyn, saying DOGE had uncovered "$236 billion in improper payments." In fact, this claim is lifted word for word from a GAO report under the Biden Administration. (See link)
How should I respond? www.gao.gov/products/gao...
How should I respond? www.gao.gov/products/gao...
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Update: 15 confirmed cases. Health officials are racing to offer vaccines to unvaccinated children, they're operating a mobile unit to screen for cases, pre-treating exposed infants. Schools & hospitals are on alert.
Measles outbreaks are v hard to contain. A totally preventable situation.
Measles outbreaks are v hard to contain. A totally preventable situation.
🚨Measles mounts in an undervaccinated Texas county. Hospitalizations & 9 cases. Many more expected.
This may be the first big outbreak of 2025 but probably not the last, with vaccine misinformation espoused at the highest levels of government.
My latest:
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
This may be the first big outbreak of 2025 but probably not the last, with vaccine misinformation espoused at the highest levels of government.
My latest:
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Measles Outbreak Mounts Among Children in One of Texas’ Least Vaccinated Counties - KFF Health News
With hospitalizations and at least a dozen cases, health officials race to contain a growing outbreak in a community with low vaccination.
kffhealthnews.org
February 11, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Update: 15 confirmed cases. Health officials are racing to offer vaccines to unvaccinated children, they're operating a mobile unit to screen for cases, pre-treating exposed infants. Schools & hospitals are on alert.
Measles outbreaks are v hard to contain. A totally preventable situation.
Measles outbreaks are v hard to contain. A totally preventable situation.
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Got a tip? I oversee five reporters looking at the Trump Administration, conflicts of interest, & abuses of power.
And I am eager to give them more work.
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February 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Got a tip? I oversee five reporters looking at the Trump Administration, conflicts of interest, & abuses of power.
And I am eager to give them more work.
Get in touch here:
And I am eager to give them more work.
Get in touch here: