Helen Branswell 🇨🇦
@helenbranswell.bsky.social
I cover infectious diseases for STAT (www.statnews.com). 2020 Polk winner. Nieman '11. She/her. I write about H5N1 (in all species), Covid, polio, flu, Ebola, RSV, mpox, STIs. Find me on Signal: HBranswell.01
2. Also please read @lizzylawrence.bsky.social's piece on the impact Vinay Prasad is having on #FDA's vaccines division, where between Prasad pushing leaders out and people heading for the exits, there are concerns about #CBER's capacity to function. www.statnews.com/2025/10/31/v...
Under Vinay Prasad, employees at a key FDA center fear speaking out, look for the exits
Exclusive: Vinay Prasad has rattled FDA staff by expanding his power and pushing out senior leaders.
www.statnews.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:42 PM
2. Also please read @lizzylawrence.bsky.social's piece on the impact Vinay Prasad is having on #FDA's vaccines division, where between Prasad pushing leaders out and people heading for the exits, there are concerns about #CBER's capacity to function. www.statnews.com/2025/10/31/v...
October 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Fact remains hundreds of #CDC staff doing critical work lost their jobs this weekend in the administration’s ongoing destruction of what was the world’s premier public health agency.
October 12, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Fact remains hundreds of #CDC staff doing critical work lost their jobs this weekend in the administration’s ongoing destruction of what was the world’s premier public health agency.
Case in point: staff of Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, #CDC's critical information tool. Most MMWR staff were informed Friday they'd been RIF'd, leaving it unclear what the future of the publication would be. It appears these firings have been rescinded.
www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...
www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...
Deep cuts made to CDC's flagship MMWR publication reversed hours later
Deep cuts made to CDC's flagship MMWR publication have been reversed hours later.
www.statnews.com
October 12, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Case in point: staff of Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, #CDC's critical information tool. Most MMWR staff were informed Friday they'd been RIF'd, leaving it unclear what the future of the publication would be. It appears these firings have been rescinded.
www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...
www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...