Rachael Robertson
@rachrobertson.bsky.social
Health journo at MedPage Today & host of the biweekly health news podcast MedPod Today // CUNY J School alum // 📰🎙️🌈
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Let’s get reconnected on here, health/news/nyc pals! I’m a journalist with MedPage Today covering ob/gyn, misinfo, health equity & many other medical topics.⚕️I also host and produce the biweekly health news podcast MedPod Today.🎙️
Tips/stories are always welcome at 👇🏻 r.robertson@medpagetoday.com
Tips/stories are always welcome at 👇🏻 r.robertson@medpagetoday.com
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Hundreds of former and current #HHS workers signed an open letter calling for HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to stop spreading misinformation and to guarantee their safety after a gunman opened fire at #CDC headquarters in Atlanta earlier this month, @rachrobertson.bsky.social reports.
August 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Hundreds of former and current #HHS workers signed an open letter calling for HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to stop spreading misinformation and to guarantee their safety after a gunman opened fire at #CDC headquarters in Atlanta earlier this month, @rachrobertson.bsky.social reports.
Why does menopause hormone therapy still divide physicians? I spoke with a reproductive endocrinologist about this debate, how research on MHT has evolved since the WHI, + how doctors can interpret the science when caring for their patients. @medpagetoday.com
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Why Menopause Hormone Therapy Still Divides Physicians
Rachel Weinerman, MD, on what physicians have learned since the WHI published two decades ago
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August 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Why does menopause hormone therapy still divide physicians? I spoke with a reproductive endocrinologist about this debate, how research on MHT has evolved since the WHI, + how doctors can interpret the science when caring for their patients. @medpagetoday.com
www.medpagetoday.com/obgyn/hrt/11...
www.medpagetoday.com/obgyn/hrt/11...
FDA has recently held a slew of so-called "expert panels" (on menopause, SSRIs in pregnancy, talc, + baby formula) that sidestep legal procedures + ethics guardrails, raising concern about cherry-picking of experts and evidence.
For @medpagetoday.bsky.social 👇🏻
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For @medpagetoday.bsky.social 👇🏻
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FDA 'Expert Panels' Raise Concerns of Evading Regulations, Ethics
Do panels cherry-pick experts and evidence that align with FDA leadership's views?
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July 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
FDA has recently held a slew of so-called "expert panels" (on menopause, SSRIs in pregnancy, talc, + baby formula) that sidestep legal procedures + ethics guardrails, raising concern about cherry-picking of experts and evidence.
For @medpagetoday.bsky.social 👇🏻
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For @medpagetoday.bsky.social 👇🏻
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There's a major publishing slowdown at CDC's flagship journal, MMWR. Submissions are down, and there's a new step in the process that's never been required before -- all articles must be cleared by the HHS secretary's office (though an HHS spokesperson said this was "false"). More here:
There's a Major Publishing Slowdown at CDC's Flagship Journal
Each MMWR article now requires clearance by the HHS secretary, sources said
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July 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
There's a major publishing slowdown at CDC's flagship journal, MMWR. Submissions are down, and there's a new step in the process that's never been required before -- all articles must be cleared by the HHS secretary's office (though an HHS spokesperson said this was "false"). More here:
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A handful of states have passed legislation allowing ivermectin to be sold and purchased over-the-counter -- and other state legislatures have their sights set on doing the same. @rachrobertson.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
A handful of states have passed legislation allowing ivermectin to be sold and purchased over-the-counter -- and other state legislatures have their sights set on doing the same. @rachrobertson.bsky.social
RFK Jr promised that new CDC vaccine advisors wouldn’t be “ideological anti-vaxxers” — yet many of his new appointees are known for their anti-vax views. One even posted this week that the term is “not a slur, but a compliment.”
My latest 👇🏻
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My latest 👇🏻
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Anti-Vaxxers on CDC Panel: A Broken Promise From RFK Jr.?
Being called an anti-vaxxer is a compliment, one new ACIP member says
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June 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
RFK Jr promised that new CDC vaccine advisors wouldn’t be “ideological anti-vaxxers” — yet many of his new appointees are known for their anti-vax views. One even posted this week that the term is “not a slur, but a compliment.”
My latest 👇🏻
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My latest 👇🏻
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June 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Honored to be a NIHCM finalist alongside the rest of my amazing team for our dive into the dirty details of the weight-loss drug boom🏆
Thrilled to share that we have been named a 2025 Finalist for @nihcm.bsky.social's Trade Journalism Award!
The nomination recognizes our series, "Are the Novel Weight-Loss Drugs Really a 'Miracle' Fix?" @kristinafiore.bsky.social @cherclarhealth.bsky.social @rachrobertson.bsky.social #NIHCMAwards
The nomination recognizes our series, "Are the Novel Weight-Loss Drugs Really a 'Miracle' Fix?" @kristinafiore.bsky.social @cherclarhealth.bsky.social @rachrobertson.bsky.social #NIHCMAwards
May 14, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Honored to be a NIHCM finalist alongside the rest of my amazing team for our dive into the dirty details of the weight-loss drug boom🏆
SCOOP: Poison control centers have received nearly 40% more reports of vitamin A exposures among kids from Jan. 1 through Mar. 31 this year compared to the same time last year -- a trend that lines up with the growing measles outbreaks in Texas and other states.
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Amid Measles Outbreaks, Poison Centers See Uptick in Vit A Exposures in Kids
RFK Jr. has touted the vitamin for the highly contagious virus
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April 4, 2025 at 7:31 PM
SCOOP: Poison control centers have received nearly 40% more reports of vitamin A exposures among kids from Jan. 1 through Mar. 31 this year compared to the same time last year -- a trend that lines up with the growing measles outbreaks in Texas and other states.
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Millions of vaccine doses are made from chicken eggs each year. So how exactly will the #eggshortage impact flu vax production for next season? My latest for @medpagetoday.bsky.social
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Will the Egg Shortage Affect Flu Shots?
Millions of vaccine doses are made using chicken eggs each year
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February 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Millions of vaccine doses are made from chicken eggs each year. So how exactly will the #eggshortage impact flu vax production for next season? My latest for @medpagetoday.bsky.social
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In 14 states that adopted abortion bans after Roe v. Wade was overturned, birth rates increased — but so did infant mortality. The greatest differences were seen by marginalized women, according to two studies.
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Birth Rates, Infant Mortality Increased in Abortion Ban States
Results of two new studies are in line with earlier findings looking at Texas alone
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February 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
In 14 states that adopted abortion bans after Roe v. Wade was overturned, birth rates increased — but so did infant mortality. The greatest differences were seen by marginalized women, according to two studies.
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Researchers have been learning the hard way that government data may not always be available or reliable — so archives, like @archive.org, have been hosting critical CDC data. That particular archive was spotlighted by @altcdc.bsky.social.
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Archives Host Missing CDC Data
Comparing archived data with censored government data will be critical, epidemiologists say
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February 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Researchers have been learning the hard way that government data may not always be available or reliable — so archives, like @archive.org, have been hosting critical CDC data. That particular archive was spotlighted by @altcdc.bsky.social.
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And with that…RFK Jr got the votes he needs to become HHS secretary🤮 It’s an increasingly dark time for public health.
February 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
And with that…RFK Jr got the votes he needs to become HHS secretary🤮 It’s an increasingly dark time for public health.
Government websites are being gutted of vital health information, so @acog-org.bsky.social is stepping up to host PDFs of contraceptive guidance + ob/gyn-related gov-issued guidance that docs reference regularly — in case it gets purged.
My latest 👇🏻
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My latest 👇🏻
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ACOG Will Host Contraceptive Guidance for Ob/Gyns Amid CDC Website Purge
Docs who fear losing access to vital information say this move is vital
www.medpagetoday.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Government websites are being gutted of vital health information, so @acog-org.bsky.social is stepping up to host PDFs of contraceptive guidance + ob/gyn-related gov-issued guidance that docs reference regularly — in case it gets purged.
My latest 👇🏻
www.medpagetoday.com/obgyn/genera...
My latest 👇🏻
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BREAKING: For the first time in 60+ years, MMWR did not go out as scheduled because of the communications pause at federal health agencies issued by the Trump administration. Public health leaders called this “a disaster” and “a concerning precedent”
www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
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Trump's Gag Order Halts CDC Publication
MMWR did not publish as usual at 1 p.m. today
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January 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
BREAKING: For the first time in 60+ years, MMWR did not go out as scheduled because of the communications pause at federal health agencies issued by the Trump administration. Public health leaders called this “a disaster” and “a concerning precedent”
www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
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I’m just begging you: Before you write your post about why the media isn’t covering something, *Google it* and look at the “news” tab. Please.
January 8, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I’m just begging you: Before you write your post about why the media isn’t covering something, *Google it* and look at the “news” tab. Please.
Last June I dove into what Dr. Oz was up to after his failed senate bid. It was clear he was as positioning to launch a public role, but I don’t think any of us could have predicted that this is where we’d find him a year later 🙃
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What Has Mehmet Oz Been Up To?
Oz went silent on social media after losing his Senate race, but appears to be making a comeback
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November 20, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Last June I dove into what Dr. Oz was up to after his failed senate bid. It was clear he was as positioning to launch a public role, but I don’t think any of us could have predicted that this is where we’d find him a year later 🙃
www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...
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Good write up of BlueSky #MedSky by @kristinafiore.bsky.social feat.
BlueSky elders:
@mdaware.org @gavinyamey.bsky.social @nickmark.bsky.social @kiswanson.bsky.social and @kidneyboy.bsky.social of course
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BlueSky elders:
@mdaware.org @gavinyamey.bsky.social @nickmark.bsky.social @kiswanson.bsky.social and @kidneyboy.bsky.social of course
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Physicians Flock to Bluesky, Hoping to Leave X Behind
Many compare it to the early days of Twitter
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November 20, 2024 at 12:03 PM
Good write up of BlueSky #MedSky by @kristinafiore.bsky.social feat.
BlueSky elders:
@mdaware.org @gavinyamey.bsky.social @nickmark.bsky.social @kiswanson.bsky.social and @kidneyboy.bsky.social of course
www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...
BlueSky elders:
@mdaware.org @gavinyamey.bsky.social @nickmark.bsky.social @kiswanson.bsky.social and @kidneyboy.bsky.social of course
www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...
Since 2022, 76 people have mistakenly been told they failed the pathology board exam. While they are getting refunds and new certificates, many told me that’s not enough to make up for the mental distress, time, and compensation they missed out on as a result.
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Dozens Who Were Told They Failed the Pathology Board Exam Actually Passed
American Board of Pathology re-scored the exam and issued refunds to impacted test takers
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October 8, 2024 at 10:11 PM
Since 2022, 76 people have mistakenly been told they failed the pathology board exam. While they are getting refunds and new certificates, many told me that’s not enough to make up for the mental distress, time, and compensation they missed out on as a result.
www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...
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You cannot make this shit up🤦🏼♀️
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October 18, 2023 at 10:10 PM
You cannot make this shit up🤦🏼♀️
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Let’s get reconnected on here, health/news/nyc pals! I’m a journalist with MedPage Today covering ob/gyn, misinfo, health equity & many other medical topics.⚕️I also host and produce the biweekly health news podcast MedPod Today.🎙️
Tips/stories are always welcome at 👇🏻 r.robertson@medpagetoday.com
Tips/stories are always welcome at 👇🏻 r.robertson@medpagetoday.com
October 10, 2023 at 8:05 PM
Let’s get reconnected on here, health/news/nyc pals! I’m a journalist with MedPage Today covering ob/gyn, misinfo, health equity & many other medical topics.⚕️I also host and produce the biweekly health news podcast MedPod Today.🎙️
Tips/stories are always welcome at 👇🏻 r.robertson@medpagetoday.com
Tips/stories are always welcome at 👇🏻 r.robertson@medpagetoday.com