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Lisa Jarvis
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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
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Levi says ACIP's work group on Covid vaccines felt should be individualized decision and the shots should be prescribed. On the topic of access, he says high risk people are already engaged with health care system and not unreasonable to expect them to add boosters to discussion.
September 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Bloomberg Weekend Ousted vaccine regulator Vinay Prasad is set to return to the FDA after he abruptly departed the agency at the end of July.
August 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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"Preparedness is a deterrent," Nuzzo says. Walking away from an investment in mRNA also "sends a message to our adversaries that the United States is uncommitted to preparing for future health emergencies - that the United States is now more vulnerable than it has ever been because we are systematically taking off the table multiple approaches to protect ourselves."
August 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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And, of course, can't resist bringing up this ol' tweet from Casey Means about glucose:
A tweet from Surgeon General nominee Casey Means that reads: "Glucose as a molecule has caused more destruction of the human mind and body than any other substance in human history"
June 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Of course this just came across:
A screenshot reading “Alert: HHS Cancels Moderna’s $590 Million Contract for Bird Flu Vaccine
May 28, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Finally braved the Del Sur line and got the last two turon danishes. (Sorry people behind me.)

So. Delicious.
An assortment of pastries, from left to right: a pineapple muffin with a cherry in the middle, an ube oatmeal pie, pandan basque cake and two rectangular banana pastries.
May 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Whelp. Casey Means is Trump's Surgeon General nominee.
Image of a Truth Social post from Donald Trump that reads: I am pleased to announced that Dr. Casey Means, will be nominated as our next Surgeon General of the United States of America. Casey has impeccable "MAHA" credential, and will also work closely with our wonderful Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F Kennedy Jr, to ensure a successful implementation of our Agenda in order to reverse the Chronic Disease Epidemic, an ensure Great Health, in our future, for ALL Americans. Her academic achievements, together with her life's work, are absolutely outstanding. Dr. Casey Means has the potentail to be one of the finest Surgeon Generals in United States History. Congratulations to Casey! Secretary Kennedy looks foward to working with Dr. Janette Nesheiwat in another capacity at HHS. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
May 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Feeling like summer today, Chicago. No one is more thrilled by the sunshine than this lady.
Super smiley beagle-Australian shepherd mix (with dark brown fur, tan paws and a white chest) wearing a harness while sitting in a patch of grass.
April 28, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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In terminating hundreds of NIH grants, the Trump administration dumped years of investment down the drain. In my latest @opinion.bloomberg.com column, we analyzed the cancelled projects & talked to scientists to understand just how much the public loses out. It's a lot: tinyurl.com/bdey86su
A beeswarm chart of canceled NIH grants showing the years into each project when the funding was pulled. Each dot represents a terminated grant and is colored by the number of publications associated with the project: none, one to four or five or more. The grants are separated into thee rows based on the award type (R01, U01, U54). RO1 research projects had the most terminations, which occurred at all stages of research, from the project onset to 7+ years in. Most grants were canceled short of the 4-5 year lifespan of a typical grant, and 40% of R01s had no publications at the time of termination. Projects that had been active for longer had more publications, suggesting that more findings are disseminated in the later stages of these grants.
April 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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My latest @opinion.bloomberg.com looks at the heartbreaking, harmful gutting of LGBTQ health-related research, which our analysis found was acutely targeted in the massive NIH cuts.
A Euler diagram of four overlapping ellipses showing the number of terminated NIH grants by research area. The four categories shown are LGBTQ health (328 cancelled grants), minority health (319), youth health (168) and vaccines (109). The diagram also labels the number of terminated grants at the intersection of research areas: Of the 328 terminated LGBTQ grants, 207 also involved minority health research and 116 involved youth health.
April 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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First spring bloom on my patio. Will take this bit of sunshine today.
A just-opened daffodil with a second opening flower in the background
March 29, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Whelp.
Measles Outbreaks The Latest West Texas Outbreak Kennedy Links Measles Outbreak to Poor Diet and Health, Citing Fringe Theories In a recent interview, the health secretary also suggested that the measles vaccine had harmed children in West Texas, center of an outbreak. Read in app 40p EXCLUSIVE NIH to terminate or limit grants related to vaccine hesitancy and uptake The order covers more than 40 awards to researchers around the country seeking to understand why vaccine acceptance has declined. Updated today at 6:57 p.m. EDT Gd 5 min 口 621
March 11, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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Just home from #standupforscience2025 rally in Chicago. If I didn’t get to talk to you amid the freezing rain, reach out! Working on a few ideas related to the current upheaval.
Photo of protesters with Calder’s Flamingo statue in the background
March 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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The flu, meanwhile, has been going from mild to wild in recent weeks.
February 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Just a few quick things that jump out in this executive order establishing the Make America Healthy Again commission…
February 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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From that column:
February 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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A screenshot of text that reads: Consider the impact on St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, which develops new treatments for pediatric cancers and diseases like sickle cell. The hospital will lose nearly $40 million a year in research funding, says Charles Roberts, director of the St. Jude Comprehensive Cancer Center. “This will likely mean fewer new treatments will get to children and therefore that more children will die,” he says.
February 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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I dunno about this game, but this jam donut cake I made for it is delightful.
February 10, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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Whelp.
January 21, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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We call this version the slinky sploot.
A dark brown dog with a red collar stretched out in the sploot position on a striped carpet
January 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Best new addition to our tree.
A glass Christmas tree ornament of SNL character Stefon, holding his hands in front of his mouth.
December 25, 2024 at 9:08 PM
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Was typing away and heard an odd sound outside and hooray! My favorite time of year is here! The wonderfully weird sandhill cranes are passing through Chicago. Sound on…
November 26, 2024 at 8:24 PM