Lisa Jarvis
@lisamjarvis.bsky.social
Chicago-based health & science columnist for Bloomberg Opinion @opinion.bsky.social. Writing about public health, medicine, emerging technologies (Crispr!), biotech & pharma. opinions=mine, She/her. Signal: lisajarvis.77
Hearing from friends whose gatherings are suddenly smaller bc of family hit by flu- stay healthy, folks!
The flu is ramping up, friends. A few thoughts on that new strain driving cases and what we all can do to try to mitigate the worst of it. My latest for @opinion.bloomberg.com:
The Flu Is Trying to Ruin Your Holiday. Don’t Let It.
As travelers wedge themselves into planes, trains and automobiles for holiday trips, there’s a good chance they’ll be joined by an unwanted passenger: a new flu strain that seems intent on derailing t...
www.bloomberg.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Hearing from friends whose gatherings are suddenly smaller bc of family hit by flu- stay healthy, folks!
Christmas baking has begun. My recent regular for a gathering is this nyt jam doughnut cake. Always a big hit and it truly is one bowl!
One-Bowl Jam Doughnut Cake Recipe
Filled with fruity jam and dusted with cinnamon sugar, this easy Bundt cake resembles a giant jelly doughnut Easily mixed in one bowl, it has a tender, cakey crumb that’s scented with nutmeg and vanil...
cooking.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Christmas baking has begun. My recent regular for a gathering is this nyt jam doughnut cake. Always a big hit and it truly is one bowl!
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BREAKING: by an apparent vote of 7–2, the Supreme Court has *denied* President Trump‘s plea to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago
December 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
BREAKING: by an apparent vote of 7–2, the Supreme Court has *denied* President Trump‘s plea to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago
Still waiting on CDC to update their measles page, but Johns Hopkins tracker is showing the US has now had more than 2,000 cases in 2025. publichealth.jhu.edu/ivac/resourc...
U.S. Measles Tracker | International Vaccine Access Center
Measles outbreaks have hit multiple U.S. states, vaccination & rapid reporting are critical to limit the spread & hospitalizations
publichealth.jhu.edu
December 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Still waiting on CDC to update their measles page, but Johns Hopkins tracker is showing the US has now had more than 2,000 cases in 2025. publichealth.jhu.edu/ivac/resourc...
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Was at a holiday party last night and got so many questions about this piece, which a) what a gift for friends to read your stuff and b) cocktail chatter really takes a turn in middle age.
When I got the shingles vaccine this fall, secretly hoped that I might be doing my brain some good. A growing body of evidence suggests the shingles shot can lower the risk of dementia (and maybe even slow it down)-yes, there are caveats, but sure is compelling. My latest for @opinion.bloomberg.com:
Fighting Dementia Could Be as Easy as the Shingles Vaccine
A relatively mundane middle-aged rite of passage — shingles vaccination — might offer an added benefit: protection against, or even the slowing of the progression of, dementia.
www.bloomberg.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Was at a holiday party last night and got so many questions about this piece, which a) what a gift for friends to read your stuff and b) cocktail chatter really takes a turn in middle age.
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
Was at a holiday party last night and got so many questions about this piece, which a) what a gift for friends to read your stuff and b) cocktail chatter really takes a turn in middle age.
When I got the shingles vaccine this fall, secretly hoped that I might be doing my brain some good. A growing body of evidence suggests the shingles shot can lower the risk of dementia (and maybe even slow it down)-yes, there are caveats, but sure is compelling. My latest for @opinion.bloomberg.com:
Fighting Dementia Could Be as Easy as the Shingles Vaccine
A relatively mundane middle-aged rite of passage — shingles vaccination — might offer an added benefit: protection against, or even the slowing of the progression of, dementia.
www.bloomberg.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Was at a holiday party last night and got so many questions about this piece, which a) what a gift for friends to read your stuff and b) cocktail chatter really takes a turn in middle age.
Anticipating a lot of “Da Pope” gear at Christmas this year.
kinda starting to worry that an American Papacy has had unexpected ramifications for sports outcomes I care about
December 21, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Anticipating a lot of “Da Pope” gear at Christmas this year.
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The flu is ramping up, friends. A few thoughts on that new strain driving cases and what we all can do to try to mitigate the worst of it. My latest for @opinion.bloomberg.com:
The Flu Is Trying to Ruin Your Holiday. Don’t Let It.
As travelers wedge themselves into planes, trains and automobiles for holiday trips, there’s a good chance they’ll be joined by an unwanted passenger: a new flu strain that seems intent on derailing t...
www.bloomberg.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The flu is ramping up, friends. A few thoughts on that new strain driving cases and what we all can do to try to mitigate the worst of it. My latest for @opinion.bloomberg.com:
Horrifying to watch the ongoing chaos at FDA. This is the agency the makes sure so much of what we put in & on our bodies is safe. As this important piece notes, "The agency’s oversight can have life-or-death consequences, & it regulates products that drive roughly 20 percent of consumer spending."
My latest: Last month, RFK Jr.'s dep. sec. staged something of a coup against FDA boss Marty Makary. The White House waved it off.
But what a year: 4,000 staff out, a drop in foreign inspections and $$ restrictions that left lab staff sitting idle.
GIFT: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/h...
But what a year: 4,000 staff out, a drop in foreign inspections and $$ restrictions that left lab staff sitting idle.
GIFT: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/h...
F.D.A. Turmoil Keeps Spotlight on Its Commissioner
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Horrifying to watch the ongoing chaos at FDA. This is the agency the makes sure so much of what we put in & on our bodies is safe. As this important piece notes, "The agency’s oversight can have life-or-death consequences, & it regulates products that drive roughly 20 percent of consumer spending."
The flu is ramping up, friends. A few thoughts on that new strain driving cases and what we all can do to try to mitigate the worst of it. My latest for @opinion.bloomberg.com:
The Flu Is Trying to Ruin Your Holiday. Don’t Let It.
As travelers wedge themselves into planes, trains and automobiles for holiday trips, there’s a good chance they’ll be joined by an unwanted passenger: a new flu strain that seems intent on derailing t...
www.bloomberg.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The flu is ramping up, friends. A few thoughts on that new strain driving cases and what we all can do to try to mitigate the worst of it. My latest for @opinion.bloomberg.com:
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Wisconsin Department of Health Services confirmed the first pediatric respiratory illness deaths of the season, one from COVID and one from flu
www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/news/release...
www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/news/release...
DHS Confirms First Pediatric Respiratory Illness-Associated Deaths
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) has confirmed the first pediatric respiratory illness-associated deaths in two children from Wisconsin for the 2025-2026 season. One death is a result...
www.dhs.wisconsin.gov
December 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Wisconsin Department of Health Services confirmed the first pediatric respiratory illness deaths of the season, one from COVID and one from flu
www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/news/release...
www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/news/release...
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Lincoln Park Lights, Chicago.
December 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Lincoln Park Lights, Chicago.
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Come work with me!
CIDRAP News is again hiring!
Investigative news reporter
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General assignment writer/editor
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Slight preference for local (Mpls, MN) candidates, but we're open to remote work arrangements. Join our growing, dynamic team!
Investigative news reporter
hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/...
General assignment writer/editor
hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/...
Slight preference for local (Mpls, MN) candidates, but we're open to remote work arrangements. Join our growing, dynamic team!
December 18, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Come work with me!
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"Profits collapsed. Newsroom morale soared."
Amazing piece from @joannastern.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
Amazing piece from @joannastern.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars.
An AI agent ran a snack operation in the WSJ newsroom. It gave away a free PlayStation, ordered a live fish—and taught us lessons about the future of AI.
www.wsj.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"Profits collapsed. Newsroom morale soared."
Amazing piece from @joannastern.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
Amazing piece from @joannastern.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
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Under the proposed rule issued by the Trump Administration today, any Medicare- or Medicaid-participating hospital would be barred from providing gender-affirming care to *any child*, even if the care is not paid for by Medicare or Medicaid.
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23465.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23465.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov
December 18, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Under the proposed rule issued by the Trump Administration today, any Medicare- or Medicaid-participating hospital would be barred from providing gender-affirming care to *any child*, even if the care is not paid for by Medicare or Medicaid.
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23465.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23465.pdf
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BREAKING: Trump admin officially proposes new CMS rules to restrict trans health care for young people, including one that would change the conditions for hospitals to participate in Medicare/Medicaid by barring those that offer gender-affirming care to minors.
www.statnews.com/2025/12/18/t...
www.statnews.com/2025/12/18/t...
In major effort to end gender-affirming care, Trump administration takes aim at hospitals
The Trump administration intends to make its most forceful attempt yet at restricting gender-affirming care for transgender youth in the U.S.
www.statnews.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
BREAKING: Trump admin officially proposes new CMS rules to restrict trans health care for young people, including one that would change the conditions for hospitals to participate in Medicare/Medicaid by barring those that offer gender-affirming care to minors.
www.statnews.com/2025/12/18/t...
www.statnews.com/2025/12/18/t...
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Seems interesting that CDC is awarding $1.6M to a university in Denmark to study Hep B vaccine in Guinea-Bissau given recent CDC vax changes and FDA's Hoeg's connections to Denmark. Does this study sound ethical?
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23245.p...
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23245.p...
public-inspection.federalregister.gov
December 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Seems interesting that CDC is awarding $1.6M to a university in Denmark to study Hep B vaccine in Guinea-Bissau given recent CDC vax changes and FDA's Hoeg's connections to Denmark. Does this study sound ethical?
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23245.p...
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23245.p...
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Why has Congress found it harder and harder to get anything done? This simple 2x2 matrix can explain: bit.ly/4j5orcw
December 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Why has Congress found it harder and harder to get anything done? This simple 2x2 matrix can explain: bit.ly/4j5orcw
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GOP Rep. Ryan Mackenzie signs the Democratic discharge petition for a 3-year ACA funding extension.
He's #218.
This now has enough to end-run Republican leadership and get a House vote.
He's #218.
This now has enough to end-run Republican leadership and get a House vote.
December 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
GOP Rep. Ryan Mackenzie signs the Democratic discharge petition for a 3-year ACA funding extension.
He's #218.
This now has enough to end-run Republican leadership and get a House vote.
He's #218.
This now has enough to end-run Republican leadership and get a House vote.
This was lovely.
Opinion | 600 Readers Told Us About the Best Gifts They Ever Got. These Are the Top 13.
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This was lovely.
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This entire weekend
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This entire weekend
Trauma upon trauma.
Two survivors of Brown University attack escaped other school shootings
Mia Tretta was shot in the abdomen in 2019 at a school near LA and Zoe Weissman witnessed a Florida shooting in 2018
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Trauma upon trauma.
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A good guy without a gun stops a bad guy with a gun.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Bystander tackles and wrestles gun from alleged gunman during Bondi beach mass shooting
Video shows the man rushing one of the alleged gunmen who shot dozens of people on Sunday evening in Australia
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
A good guy without a gun stops a bad guy with a gun.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Being a woman of a certain age means the algorithm feeds me So. Much. Content. about hormones & supplements & fiber & protein. Lately testosterone has entered that hype cycle, so took a look at what the data tells us about women, testosterone & libido. My latest for @opinion.bloomberg.com (🎁):
Testosterone Isn’t a Magic Cure-All for Middle Age
In the last year or so, health influencers — and a lot of women on social media — have talked up testosterone therapy as a kind of perimenopausal panacea. They promise boundless energy, crisper thinki...
www.bloomberg.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Being a woman of a certain age means the algorithm feeds me So. Much. Content. about hormones & supplements & fiber & protein. Lately testosterone has entered that hype cycle, so took a look at what the data tells us about women, testosterone & libido. My latest for @opinion.bloomberg.com (🎁):