Meg Tirrell
@megtirrell.bsky.social
CNN medical correspondent
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Confirmation hearing for Trump’s surgeon general nominee, Casey Means, is postponed… as she goes into labor
From @owermohle.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/10/30/h...
From @owermohle.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/10/30/h...
Confirmation hearing delayed for Trump’s surgeon general nominee as she goes into labor with her first child | CNN
The Senate hearing for President Donald Trump’s nominee for surgeon general, Dr. Casey Means, is postponed as the nominee goes into labor with her first child, according to a Senate Health, Education ...
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October 30, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Confirmation hearing for Trump’s surgeon general nominee, Casey Means, is postponed… as she goes into labor
From @owermohle.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/10/30/h...
From @owermohle.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/10/30/h...
Trump suggested he might get GLP-1 prices down to $150
Oz warned it’s not a done deal
But what if it was? www.cnn.com/2025/10/17/h...
Oz warned it’s not a done deal
But what if it was? www.cnn.com/2025/10/17/h...
Trump’s $150 Ozempic? Oz cautions it’s not a done deal, but patients and doctors say it could be a gamechanger | CNN
Doctors called it “huge for patients,” if true. Patients who’ve struggled to afford the pricey medicines shared hope the price could be reached. Stocks of Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly fell significantly...
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October 18, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Trump suggested he might get GLP-1 prices down to $150
Oz warned it’s not a done deal
But what if it was? www.cnn.com/2025/10/17/h...
Oz warned it’s not a done deal
But what if it was? www.cnn.com/2025/10/17/h...
President Trump got an updated Covid vaccine & flu shot at Walter Reed today www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/p...
Trump received Covid vaccine and flu shot during second physical of the year | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump received a Covid vaccine and flu shot during his visit to Walter Reed Medical Center on Friday, his physician said in a memo released by the White House.
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October 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
President Trump got an updated Covid vaccine & flu shot at Walter Reed today www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/p...
In AstraZeneca drug pricing announcement just now, Trump said some of its meds would get discounts of as much as 654% through TrumpRx
Which is mathematically impossible
But @ddale8.bsky.social looked into this before - and got the White House to explain its math: www.cnn.com/2025/09/23/p...
Which is mathematically impossible
But @ddale8.bsky.social looked into this before - and got the White House to explain its math: www.cnn.com/2025/09/23/p...
October 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
In AstraZeneca drug pricing announcement just now, Trump said some of its meds would get discounts of as much as 654% through TrumpRx
Which is mathematically impossible
But @ddale8.bsky.social looked into this before - and got the White House to explain its math: www.cnn.com/2025/09/23/p...
Which is mathematically impossible
But @ddale8.bsky.social looked into this before - and got the White House to explain its math: www.cnn.com/2025/09/23/p...
Love the thought, West Elm, but what kind of tennis game has this many players on the court?
October 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Love the thought, West Elm, but what kind of tennis game has this many players on the court?
If you tuned in to last month’s ACIP mtg, there was a weird moment when a presenter invited by RFK Jr’s ACIP said that his research grant had been canceled abruptly, so he could only present preliminary results
It then got weirder; HHS denied it
Here’s the whole story www.cnn.com/2025/10/04/h...
It then got weirder; HHS denied it
Here’s the whole story www.cnn.com/2025/10/04/h...
RFK Jr.’s HHS killed a research grant to investigate vaccine safety, then asked the researcher to publicly present results | CNN
About 90 seconds into his presentation on Covid-19 vaccine safety at a closely watched meeting of advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last month, Dr. Bruce Carleton made a st...
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October 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
If you tuned in to last month’s ACIP mtg, there was a weird moment when a presenter invited by RFK Jr’s ACIP said that his research grant had been canceled abruptly, so he could only present preliminary results
It then got weirder; HHS denied it
Here’s the whole story www.cnn.com/2025/10/04/h...
It then got weirder; HHS denied it
Here’s the whole story www.cnn.com/2025/10/04/h...
Pfizer's stock rose 6.83% today after its drug pricing deal with the White House
That added about $9.3B in market value
That added about $9.3B in market value
September 30, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Pfizer's stock rose 6.83% today after its drug pricing deal with the White House
That added about $9.3B in market value
That added about $9.3B in market value
TrumpRx program promises discounts of 40-85% for Americans buying drugs directly from manufacturers
White House fact sheet says discounts are off list prices
Pfizer’s Xeljanz list price = $6,073/month
40% discount = $3,643/month
@dusetzinas.bsky.social: “How is this a reasonable cash price?”
White House fact sheet says discounts are off list prices
Pfizer’s Xeljanz list price = $6,073/month
40% discount = $3,643/month
@dusetzinas.bsky.social: “How is this a reasonable cash price?”
September 30, 2025 at 9:22 PM
TrumpRx program promises discounts of 40-85% for Americans buying drugs directly from manufacturers
White House fact sheet says discounts are off list prices
Pfizer’s Xeljanz list price = $6,073/month
40% discount = $3,643/month
@dusetzinas.bsky.social: “How is this a reasonable cash price?”
White House fact sheet says discounts are off list prices
Pfizer’s Xeljanz list price = $6,073/month
40% discount = $3,643/month
@dusetzinas.bsky.social: “How is this a reasonable cash price?”
CNN Chief Data Analyst Harry Enten today on RFK Jr’s approval ratings
September 25, 2025 at 9:41 PM
CNN Chief Data Analyst Harry Enten today on RFK Jr’s approval ratings
Trump’s directives on Tylenol on Monday, compared with communications from the FDA: www.cnn.com/2025/09/24/h...
Trump goes beyond his own FDA with Tylenol warning | CNN
President Donald Trump warned against Tylenol use during pregnancy, overstating its link to autism and contradicting some of the FDA’s guidance. CNN’s Meg Tirrell examines the FDA’s letter to doctors ...
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September 24, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Trump’s directives on Tylenol on Monday, compared with communications from the FDA: www.cnn.com/2025/09/24/h...
Google search suggestions: such a snapshot of humanity
September 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Google search suggestions: such a snapshot of humanity
Trump says Cuba has 'virtually no autism.' That's news to Cuban doctors, @cnn.com's Havana bureau chief reports: edition.cnn.com/2025/09/23/a...
Trump says Cuba has ‘virtually no autism.’ That’s news to Cuban doctors | CNN
Despite what you may have heard recently and contrary to what President Trump apparently believes, there is autism in Cuba.
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September 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Trump says Cuba has 'virtually no autism.' That's news to Cuban doctors, @cnn.com's Havana bureau chief reports: edition.cnn.com/2025/09/23/a...
European Medicines Agency: “In the EU, paracetamol (also known as acetaminophen) can be used for reducing pain or fever during pregnancy if clinically needed. There is currently no new evidence that would require changes to the current EU recommendations for use.”
![European Medicines Agency
23 September 2025
Use of paracetamol during pregnancy unchanged in the EU
Paracetamol medicines can be used in pregnancy, in accordance with official recommendations
In the EU, paracetamol (also known as acetaminophen) can be used for reducing pain or fever during pregnancy if clinically needed. There is currently no new evidence that would require changes to the current EU recommendations for use.
“Paracetamol remains an important option to treat pain or fever in pregnant women”, says Steffen Thirstrup, EMA’s Chief Medical Officer. “Our advice is based on a rigorous assessment of the available scientific data and we have found no evidence that taking paracetamol during pregnancy causes autism in children”.
As included in the product information for paracetamol in the EU, a large amount of data from pregnant women who used paracetamol during pregnancy indicates no risk of malformations in the developing foetus or in newborns.
In 2019, EMA reviewed available studies that investigated the neurodevelopment of children exposed to paracetamol in utero and found that the results were inconclusive and that no link with neurodevelopmental disorders could be established.[1] [2]
When needed, paracetamol can be used during pregnancy. As with any medicine for acute treatment, it should be used at the lowest effective dose, for the shortest possible time and as infrequently as possible.
Pregnant women should speak to their healthcare professional if they have questions about any medication during pregnancy.
As for all medicines, EMA and the national competent authorities in the EU will continue to monitor the safety of medicines containing paracetamol and promptly evaluate any new data as they emerge. Regulatory actions will be taken as necessary to protect public health.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hjxq3ct5wikuz6jgkf6wrgxo/bafkreif2t4haivq2cs2ojjozh3m524bamwhy3vf4fc2kmuaj6znrtl6y6e@jpeg)
September 23, 2025 at 11:26 AM
European Medicines Agency: “In the EU, paracetamol (also known as acetaminophen) can be used for reducing pain or fever during pregnancy if clinically needed. There is currently no new evidence that would require changes to the current EU recommendations for use.”
"My sense is the administration is disregarding solid science and replacing it with whim and whimsy — substituting seed oils with beef tallow for deep-frying french fries and cane sugar for high fructose cane syrup in soda,” Gardner said.
From @cnn.com's Sandee LaMotte: www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/h...
From @cnn.com's Sandee LaMotte: www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/h...
MAHA’s ‘Make Our Children Healthy Again’ guidance ignores root causes of poor childhood health, experts say | CNN
Experts say the latest MAHA report, which focused on children’s health, didn’t include science-backed ways or funding to improve their well-being.
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September 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
"My sense is the administration is disregarding solid science and replacing it with whim and whimsy — substituting seed oils with beef tallow for deep-frying french fries and cane sugar for high fructose cane syrup in soda,” Gardner said.
From @cnn.com's Sandee LaMotte: www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/h...
From @cnn.com's Sandee LaMotte: www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/h...
In response to a call from President Donald Trump to make the positive impact of Covid-19 vaccines public, drug giant Pfizer posted a collection of more than 200 press releases and statements and 27 peer-reviewed data publications since early 2020: www.cnn.com/2025/09/03/h...
Pfizer responds to Trump’s call for Covid-19 vaccine data, says Operation Warp Speed deserves Nobel Peace Prize | CNN
In response to a call from President Donald Trump to make the positive impact of Covid-19 vaccines public, drug giant Pfizer posted a collection of more than 200 press releases and statements and 27 p...
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September 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
In response to a call from President Donald Trump to make the positive impact of Covid-19 vaccines public, drug giant Pfizer posted a collection of more than 200 press releases and statements and 27 peer-reviewed data publications since early 2020: www.cnn.com/2025/09/03/h...
Dr. Paul Offit, a prominent voice on vaccines and frequent critic of RFK Jr, is blocked from participating in FDA’s vaccine advisory committee. HHS says his special government employee status expired. Offit says FDA had asked him to stay on 2 more years: www.cnn.com/2025/09/02/h...
Vaccine expert who is a frequent critic of RFK Jr. is blocked from participating in FDA advisory committee | CNN
Dr. Paul Offit, a frequent critic of US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has been blocked from participating in a panel of independent experts who advise the US Food and Drug...
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September 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Dr. Paul Offit, a prominent voice on vaccines and frequent critic of RFK Jr, is blocked from participating in FDA’s vaccine advisory committee. HHS says his special government employee status expired. Offit says FDA had asked him to stay on 2 more years: www.cnn.com/2025/09/02/h...
1,000+ HHS employees (current & former) call for RFK Jr’s resignation www.cnn.com/2025/09/03/h...
HHS employees demand RFK Jr. resign for ‘compromising the health of this nation’ | CNN
More than 1,000 current and former employees of the US Department of Health and Human Services wrote a letter to Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday, arguing that his leadership has “put the ...
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September 3, 2025 at 10:53 AM
1,000+ HHS employees (current & former) call for RFK Jr’s resignation www.cnn.com/2025/09/03/h...
Nearly two dozen people developed food poisoning in Florida after consuming tainted raw milk from the same farm, state health department says (from @reportergoodman.bsky.social) www.cnn.com/2025/08/05/h...
Nearly two dozen people in Florida are ill after drinking raw milk from the same farm | CNN
Nearly two dozen people have developed food poisoning in Florida after consuming tainted raw milk from the same farm, according to the state’s Department of Health.
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August 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Nearly two dozen people developed food poisoning in Florida after consuming tainted raw milk from the same farm, state health department says (from @reportergoodman.bsky.social) www.cnn.com/2025/08/05/h...
A major NIH grant to study ways to restore hearing was terminated by the Trump administration bc it was awarded through a DEI initiative—to a researcher who qualified bc of his own hearing loss www.cnn.com/2025/07/29/h... @manorlaboratory.bsky.social
July 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM
A major NIH grant to study ways to restore hearing was terminated by the Trump administration bc it was awarded through a DEI initiative—to a researcher who qualified bc of his own hearing loss www.cnn.com/2025/07/29/h... @manorlaboratory.bsky.social
Big shakeup at HHS, our new colleague @adamcancryn.bsky.social reports -
RFK Jr fires chief of staff Heather Flick Melanson and deputy chief of staff for policy Hannah Anderson. Melanson had worked in first Trump admin
Kennedy "lost confidence in them," sources say
www.cnn.com/2025/07/16/h...
RFK Jr fires chief of staff Heather Flick Melanson and deputy chief of staff for policy Hannah Anderson. Melanson had worked in first Trump admin
Kennedy "lost confidence in them," sources say
www.cnn.com/2025/07/16/h...
RFK Jr. fires top aides in HHS shakeup | CNN
US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has fired two of his top aides in an abrupt shakeup of the leadership at the nation’s sprawling health department, two people familiar with...
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July 16, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Big shakeup at HHS, our new colleague @adamcancryn.bsky.social reports -
RFK Jr fires chief of staff Heather Flick Melanson and deputy chief of staff for policy Hannah Anderson. Melanson had worked in first Trump admin
Kennedy "lost confidence in them," sources say
www.cnn.com/2025/07/16/h...
RFK Jr fires chief of staff Heather Flick Melanson and deputy chief of staff for policy Hannah Anderson. Melanson had worked in first Trump admin
Kennedy "lost confidence in them," sources say
www.cnn.com/2025/07/16/h...
RFK Jr abruptly called off tomorrow's scheduled USPSTF meeting
Notice came from the immediate Office of the Secretary
"There is extraordinary concern," among those connected to the task force, "that it's about to be dismissed, like ACIP was," a source familiar tells us
www.cnn.com/2025/07/09/h...
Notice came from the immediate Office of the Secretary
"There is extraordinary concern," among those connected to the task force, "that it's about to be dismissed, like ACIP was," a source familiar tells us
www.cnn.com/2025/07/09/h...
HHS abruptly calls off meeting of expert panel on preventive care, raising questions about its future | CNN
The US Department of Health and Human Services called off an upcoming meeting of expert advisers on preventive health care, raising questions about the future of the longtime, nonpolitical advisory gr...
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July 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
RFK Jr abruptly called off tomorrow's scheduled USPSTF meeting
Notice came from the immediate Office of the Secretary
"There is extraordinary concern," among those connected to the task force, "that it's about to be dismissed, like ACIP was," a source familiar tells us
www.cnn.com/2025/07/09/h...
Notice came from the immediate Office of the Secretary
"There is extraordinary concern," among those connected to the task force, "that it's about to be dismissed, like ACIP was," a source familiar tells us
www.cnn.com/2025/07/09/h...
American Academy of Pediatrics v. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Medical orgs led by AAP sue Trump admin health leaders over vaccine policy
Plaintiffs include pregnant physician said to fear being blocked from getting Covid booster bc of RFK Jr's change to vaccine recs www.cnn.com/2025/07/07/h...
Medical orgs led by AAP sue Trump admin health leaders over vaccine policy
Plaintiffs include pregnant physician said to fear being blocked from getting Covid booster bc of RFK Jr's change to vaccine recs www.cnn.com/2025/07/07/h...
Major medical associations sue Kennedy, Trump administration health leaders for Covid-19 vaccine changes | CNN
Medical associations representing hundreds of thousands of doctors, medical professionals and scientists in the United States are suing the leaders of US health agencies for limiting who can get Covid...
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July 8, 2025 at 12:48 AM
American Academy of Pediatrics v. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Medical orgs led by AAP sue Trump admin health leaders over vaccine policy
Plaintiffs include pregnant physician said to fear being blocked from getting Covid booster bc of RFK Jr's change to vaccine recs www.cnn.com/2025/07/07/h...
Medical orgs led by AAP sue Trump admin health leaders over vaccine policy
Plaintiffs include pregnant physician said to fear being blocked from getting Covid booster bc of RFK Jr's change to vaccine recs www.cnn.com/2025/07/07/h...
US measles cases are now the highest for any year since the disease was declared eliminated in 2000, w 1,277 cases in 2025 so far. That surpasses the last record from 2019, when large outbreaks concentrated in Brooklyn & Rockland County NY threatened elimination status: www.cnn.com/2025/07/05/h...
July 7, 2025 at 6:22 PM
US measles cases are now the highest for any year since the disease was declared eliminated in 2000, w 1,277 cases in 2025 so far. That surpasses the last record from 2019, when large outbreaks concentrated in Brooklyn & Rockland County NY threatened elimination status: www.cnn.com/2025/07/05/h...
New measles cases continue to pop up across US
-Kentucky reports 4 new cases; 3 in one household and 1 unrelated from international travel
-New Mexico this wk said 5 detainees in a detention center tested positive
-Texas outbreak slowing; state reported no new cases this wk
US 2025 total: 1,220+
-Kentucky reports 4 new cases; 3 in one household and 1 unrelated from international travel
-New Mexico this wk said 5 detainees in a detention center tested positive
-Texas outbreak slowing; state reported no new cases this wk
US 2025 total: 1,220+
The US has passed 1,200 measles cases so far in 2025, per @cnn.com tally
In West TX outbreak:
-TX added 6 cases in the past week, to 750 as of 6/17; 97 hospitalizations; 2 deaths
-NM still at 81 cases, 7 hospitalizations, 1 death
-OK still at 20 cases
-KS (may be linked) adds 3 to 79 cases
In West TX outbreak:
-TX added 6 cases in the past week, to 750 as of 6/17; 97 hospitalizations; 2 deaths
-NM still at 81 cases, 7 hospitalizations, 1 death
-OK still at 20 cases
-KS (may be linked) adds 3 to 79 cases
W Tx measles outbreak is slowing;
TX has moved to updating case # once/wk, on Tues -
744 cases, 96 hospitalizations, 2 deaths (as of June 10)
NM: 81 cases, 7 hospitalizations, 1 death
OK: 20 cases
KS: 76 cases (+ 5 since June 4)
US measles cases = at least 1,197 per @cnn.com tally
TX has moved to updating case # once/wk, on Tues -
744 cases, 96 hospitalizations, 2 deaths (as of June 10)
NM: 81 cases, 7 hospitalizations, 1 death
OK: 20 cases
KS: 76 cases (+ 5 since June 4)
US measles cases = at least 1,197 per @cnn.com tally
June 27, 2025 at 9:29 PM
New measles cases continue to pop up across US
-Kentucky reports 4 new cases; 3 in one household and 1 unrelated from international travel
-New Mexico this wk said 5 detainees in a detention center tested positive
-Texas outbreak slowing; state reported no new cases this wk
US 2025 total: 1,220+
-Kentucky reports 4 new cases; 3 in one household and 1 unrelated from international travel
-New Mexico this wk said 5 detainees in a detention center tested positive
-Texas outbreak slowing; state reported no new cases this wk
US 2025 total: 1,220+
On day 2 of ACIP, we’ll be hearing about thimerosal, a preservative removed from most vaccines ~25 yrs ago as a precaution.
No harm was seen in multiple studies of thimerosal, which contains a form of mercury. But it became a focal point of people concerned about autism: www.cnn.com/2025/06/25/h...
No harm was seen in multiple studies of thimerosal, which contains a form of mercury. But it became a focal point of people concerned about autism: www.cnn.com/2025/06/25/h...
June 26, 2025 at 10:22 AM
On day 2 of ACIP, we’ll be hearing about thimerosal, a preservative removed from most vaccines ~25 yrs ago as a precaution.
No harm was seen in multiple studies of thimerosal, which contains a form of mercury. But it became a focal point of people concerned about autism: www.cnn.com/2025/06/25/h...
No harm was seen in multiple studies of thimerosal, which contains a form of mercury. But it became a focal point of people concerned about autism: www.cnn.com/2025/06/25/h...