Sheryl Gay Stolberg
@sherylnyt.bsky.social
Covering health policy & politics for @nytimes. Former Congressional & White House Correspondent (Bush & Obama). Peloton aficionado, amateur painter, mom of 2 awesome young adults. Tips: stolberg@nytimes.com
"God is an anti-vaxxer and he needs you to speak up."
1,000 supporters of RFK Jr. gathered in Austin this weekend to chart the future of their movement. With a special guest appearance by Cheryl Hines. This is what it looked like: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
1,000 supporters of RFK Jr. gathered in Austin this weekend to chart the future of their movement. With a special guest appearance by Cheryl Hines. This is what it looked like: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Emboldened, Kennedy Allies Embrace a Label They Once Rejected: ‘Anti-Vax’
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November 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"God is an anti-vaxxer and he needs you to speak up."
1,000 supporters of RFK Jr. gathered in Austin this weekend to chart the future of their movement. With a special guest appearance by Cheryl Hines. This is what it looked like: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
1,000 supporters of RFK Jr. gathered in Austin this weekend to chart the future of their movement. With a special guest appearance by Cheryl Hines. This is what it looked like: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Dick Cheney's death, Monday at age 84, took me back to my days as a White House correspondent. As vice president, I wrote in 2008, he "stretched the limits of the job in ways his predecessors could not have imagined."
“I don’t run anything," Cheney insisted.
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“I don’t run anything," Cheney insisted.
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In Glimpses, Cheney Contemplates His Legacy (Published 2008)
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November 4, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Dick Cheney's death, Monday at age 84, took me back to my days as a White House correspondent. As vice president, I wrote in 2008, he "stretched the limits of the job in ways his predecessors could not have imagined."
“I don’t run anything," Cheney insisted.
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“I don’t run anything," Cheney insisted.
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At the end of his life, Dick Cheney, an ardent Republican, voted for a Democrat: “We have a duty to put country above partisanship to defend our Constitution,” he said.
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Dick Cheney, Powerful Vice President and Washington Insider, Dies at 84 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
Dick Cheney, Powerful Vice President and Washington Insider, Dies at 84
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November 4, 2025 at 11:49 AM
At the end of his life, Dick Cheney, an ardent Republican, voted for a Democrat: “We have a duty to put country above partisanship to defend our Constitution,” he said.
Dick Cheney, Powerful Vice President and Washington Insider, Dies at 84 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
Dick Cheney, Powerful Vice President and Washington Insider, Dies at 84 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
In which the health secretary spoofs drug ads: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqZz...
Introducing "MAHA" — the remedy Big Pharma doesn't want you to know about.
YouTube video by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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November 3, 2025 at 2:38 PM
In which the health secretary spoofs drug ads: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqZz...
Evidence that at the least, RFK Jr has changed the conversation around food. At @apha.org meeting, “regulating ultra processed foods” appears to win the straw poll as the policy most likely to improve nutrition.
November 3, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Evidence that at the least, RFK Jr has changed the conversation around food. At @apha.org meeting, “regulating ultra processed foods” appears to win the straw poll as the policy most likely to improve nutrition.
NEW: FDA Drug Unit Chief Is Placed on Leave, and Cites a ‘Toxic’ Environment. Says politics was interfering with science in the race to approve new drugs. @by-cjewett.bsky.social has the scoop. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/h...
F.D.A. Drug Unit Chief Is Placed on Leave, and Cites a ‘Toxic’ Environment
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November 2, 2025 at 9:08 PM
NEW: FDA Drug Unit Chief Is Placed on Leave, and Cites a ‘Toxic’ Environment. Says politics was interfering with science in the race to approve new drugs. @by-cjewett.bsky.social has the scoop. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/h...
HAPPENING NOW: 12,000 public health professionals meeting in DC. They’ll rally on the National Mall Wednesday
The president of @apha.org walked onto the stage to the tune of “Mission Impossible.” Their opening video referred to the RFK and the Trump administration as “The Syndicate.”
The president of @apha.org walked onto the stage to the tune of “Mission Impossible.” Their opening video referred to the RFK and the Trump administration as “The Syndicate.”
November 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
HAPPENING NOW: 12,000 public health professionals meeting in DC. They’ll rally on the National Mall Wednesday
The president of @apha.org walked onto the stage to the tune of “Mission Impossible.” Their opening video referred to the RFK and the Trump administration as “The Syndicate.”
The president of @apha.org walked onto the stage to the tune of “Mission Impossible.” Their opening video referred to the RFK and the Trump administration as “The Syndicate.”
NEW: Steven Hatfill, the biosecurity expert and opponent of mNRA research, tells me he was fired by RFK Jr.'s chief of staff as part of "a coup to overthrow Mr. Kennedy." HHS says he misrepresented himself & didn't play well in the sandbox.
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Steven Hatfill, Covid Vaccine Critic, Is Ousted From HHS
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October 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
NEW: Steven Hatfill, the biosecurity expert and opponent of mNRA research, tells me he was fired by RFK Jr.'s chief of staff as part of "a coup to overthrow Mr. Kennedy." HHS says he misrepresented himself & didn't play well in the sandbox.
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Trump took a wrecking ball to the White House. There has got to be a metaphor in here somewhere. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/a...
Architects Urged a Review of Trump’s Ballroom. Cue the Demolition Crew.
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October 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Trump took a wrecking ball to the White House. There has got to be a metaphor in here somewhere. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/a...
RFK Jr. to TRUMP, on the White House plan to expand access to fertility drugs:
"You made peace in the Middle East which is beyond anybody's imagination. Now you're giving millions of Americans a chance to have babies and you're doing this while the government is locked down by the Democrats."
"You made peace in the Middle East which is beyond anybody's imagination. Now you're giving millions of Americans a chance to have babies and you're doing this while the government is locked down by the Democrats."
October 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
RFK Jr. to TRUMP, on the White House plan to expand access to fertility drugs:
"You made peace in the Middle East which is beyond anybody's imagination. Now you're giving millions of Americans a chance to have babies and you're doing this while the government is locked down by the Democrats."
"You made peace in the Middle East which is beyond anybody's imagination. Now you're giving millions of Americans a chance to have babies and you're doing this while the government is locked down by the Democrats."
BIRTH CONTROL OFFICE DECIMATED: Trump and RFK Jr. laid off nearly the entire HHS Office of Population Affairs, which oversees programs that help millions of American women prevent unwanted pregnancies, which in turn prevents abortion.
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Trump Administration Decimates Birth Control Office in Layoffs
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October 16, 2025 at 12:34 PM
BIRTH CONTROL OFFICE DECIMATED: Trump and RFK Jr. laid off nearly the entire HHS Office of Population Affairs, which oversees programs that help millions of American women prevent unwanted pregnancies, which in turn prevents abortion.
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TRUMP CDC REVERSAL: Trump administration racing to reverse some CDC layoffs. Disease detectives, measles responders, MMWR staff RIF’s are revoked. DC office still shuttered. w/ @apoorvanyt.bsky.social
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Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error
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October 12, 2025 at 2:19 AM
TRUMP CDC REVERSAL: Trump administration racing to reverse some CDC layoffs. Disease detectives, measles responders, MMWR staff RIF’s are revoked. DC office still shuttered. w/ @apoorvanyt.bsky.social
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OOOPS! UPDATE: Two HHS officials tell me that disease detectives, measles response officers, global health officials and the MMWR staff were laid off by mistake and will be reinstated. But Washington office is still RIFed
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
October 11, 2025 at 11:02 PM
OOOPS! UPDATE: Two HHS officials tell me that disease detectives, measles response officers, global health officials and the MMWR staff were laid off by mistake and will be reinstated. But Washington office is still RIFed
Reposted by Sheryl Gay Stolberg
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
October 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
Reposted by Sheryl Gay Stolberg
FULL STORY HERE: Emails began flooding CDC inboxes late Friday night announcing dozens of layoffs. HR people brought back from furlough to oversee the RIFs. Disease detectives, entire Washington office, global health, injury prevention, MMWR staff among those hit.
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Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials
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October 11, 2025 at 4:49 AM
FULL STORY HERE: Emails began flooding CDC inboxes late Friday night announcing dozens of layoffs. HR people brought back from furlough to oversee the RIFs. Disease detectives, entire Washington office, global health, injury prevention, MMWR staff among those hit.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
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BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
October 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
Credit where credit is due. Lost in the uproar over Trump's claims about Tylenol and autism, the NIH is funneling millions of dollars into credible scientific research on the disorder. My colleague Ben Mueller on Jay Bhattacharya's announcement:
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Despite False Claims, Trump Funnels Millions Into Credible Autism Research
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October 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Credit where credit is due. Lost in the uproar over Trump's claims about Tylenol and autism, the NIH is funneling millions of dollars into credible scientific research on the disorder. My colleague Ben Mueller on Jay Bhattacharya's announcement:
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Remember Aaron Siri? The lawyer and RFK ally who wanted to revoke approval of the standalone polio vaccine? He's pushing for warning labels on Tylenol now.
@by-cjewett.bsky.social reports on Siri's ties to Kennedy and his outsized influence on vaccine policy.
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@by-cjewett.bsky.social reports on Siri's ties to Kennedy and his outsized influence on vaccine policy.
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Kennedy’s Ties to Ally Leading Vaccine Lawsuits Raise Ethical Concerns
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October 3, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Remember Aaron Siri? The lawyer and RFK ally who wanted to revoke approval of the standalone polio vaccine? He's pushing for warning labels on Tylenol now.
@by-cjewett.bsky.social reports on Siri's ties to Kennedy and his outsized influence on vaccine policy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/h...
@by-cjewett.bsky.social reports on Siri's ties to Kennedy and his outsized influence on vaccine policy.
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I keep seeing photos of men who make US health policy, like this one of Trump announcing lower drug prices. HHS.gov features only men: Bhattacharya, Oz, Trump, Kennedy, Makary.
HHS has 35 top slots. 21 men. 6 women. 8 are vacant.
Just saying.
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HHS has 35 top slots. 21 men. 6 women. 8 are vacant.
Just saying.
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Trump Announces Deal With Pfizer to Sell Drugs to Medicaid at European Prices
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September 30, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I keep seeing photos of men who make US health policy, like this one of Trump announcing lower drug prices. HHS.gov features only men: Bhattacharya, Oz, Trump, Kennedy, Makary.
HHS has 35 top slots. 21 men. 6 women. 8 are vacant.
Just saying.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/h...
HHS has 35 top slots. 21 men. 6 women. 8 are vacant.
Just saying.
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Going through my email and found this vile, anti-Semitic, racist rant. Ordinarily I wouldn't share or amplify. But it also seems to me that people ought to be reminded that this exists.
September 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Going through my email and found this vile, anti-Semitic, racist rant. Ordinarily I wouldn't share or amplify. But it also seems to me that people ought to be reminded that this exists.
She's 27 weeks pregnant and healing from a shattered vertebrae. On bad days, the pain is unbearable. She stopped taking heavy painkillers. Trump says she should give up Tylenol and "tough it out."
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A President’s ‘Surreal’ Advice Worries Pregnant Women
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September 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
She's 27 weeks pregnant and healing from a shattered vertebrae. On bad days, the pain is unbearable. She stopped taking heavy painkillers. Trump says she should give up Tylenol and "tough it out."
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"In some respects this was the most unhinged discussion of autism that I have ever listened to."
"We agree we need gold standard science, but that’s not what we got."
Experts react to Trump & RFK Jr.'s press conference on autism. @nytimesoped.bsky.social
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"We agree we need gold standard science, but that’s not what we got."
Experts react to Trump & RFK Jr.'s press conference on autism. @nytimesoped.bsky.social
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Opinion | ‘This May Be the Most Difficult Day in My Career’: Experts React to Trump’s Autism Remarks
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September 24, 2025 at 2:35 AM
"In some respects this was the most unhinged discussion of autism that I have ever listened to."
"We agree we need gold standard science, but that’s not what we got."
Experts react to Trump & RFK Jr.'s press conference on autism. @nytimesoped.bsky.social
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"We agree we need gold standard science, but that’s not what we got."
Experts react to Trump & RFK Jr.'s press conference on autism. @nytimesoped.bsky.social
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For Trump, Who Has ‘Strong Feelings’ About Autism, the Issue Is Personal
Here’s why;
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Here’s why;
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For Trump, Who Has ‘Strong Feelings’ About Autism, the Issue Is Personal
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September 23, 2025 at 12:26 PM
For Trump, Who Has ‘Strong Feelings’ About Autism, the Issue Is Personal
Here’s why;
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Here’s why;
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BREAKING: Florida judge dismisses Trump $15B case against @nytimes @nytimes.com @susannecraignyt.bsky.social @russbuettner.bsky.social @peterbakernyt.bsky.social Michael Schmidt
September 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
BREAKING: Florida judge dismisses Trump $15B case against @nytimes @nytimes.com @susannecraignyt.bsky.social @russbuettner.bsky.social @peterbakernyt.bsky.social Michael Schmidt
UPDATE: Today Cassidy invited RFK Jr. to testify. Kennedy spox was noncommittal; told me he will "will continue to hold productive conversations" with the health committee. Here's a recap of yesterday's hearing, ICYMI. w/Megan Mineiro
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Fired C.D.C. Director Describes Clashes With Kennedy and Turmoil at Agency
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September 18, 2025 at 8:17 PM
UPDATE: Today Cassidy invited RFK Jr. to testify. Kennedy spox was noncommittal; told me he will "will continue to hold productive conversations" with the health committee. Here's a recap of yesterday's hearing, ICYMI. w/Megan Mineiro
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