Tanya Lewis
@tanyalewis.bsky.social
Senior desk editor, health & medicine @sciam.bsky.social. New Yorker. Like dogs and bad puns. Views are my own opinion.
ICYMI: An excellent overview of Jeffrey Epstein's ties to scientists (including some with ties to this magazine), by @danvergano.bsky.social: www.scientificamerican.com/article/jeff...
Jeffrey Epstein E-mails Reveal Depth of Ties to High-Profile Scientists
A trove of e-mails from convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was released by a congressional committee on Wednesday
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November 14, 2025 at 4:36 PM
ICYMI: An excellent overview of Jeffrey Epstein's ties to scientists (including some with ties to this magazine), by @danvergano.bsky.social: www.scientificamerican.com/article/jeff...
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Yesterday, the NIH abruptly placed @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social, who has been a vocal critic of the administration’s changes to the NIH, on leave
“It is intended as a threat,” she told me yesterday
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“It is intended as a threat,” she told me yesterday
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NIH abruptly places outspoken critic of Trump administration on leave
Jenna Norton, a vocal critic of Trump administration actions at the NIH, was abruptly placed on administrative leave this week.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Yesterday, the NIH abruptly placed @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social, who has been a vocal critic of the administration’s changes to the NIH, on leave
“It is intended as a threat,” she told me yesterday
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“It is intended as a threat,” she told me yesterday
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The Big Risk Factors for Dementia to Avoid.
As an individual, treat/prevent high blood sugar, hearing loss. As a society, improve educational system. These factors named top three risk factors for dementia in U.S. population
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As an individual, treat/prevent high blood sugar, hearing loss. As a society, improve educational system. These factors named top three risk factors for dementia in U.S. population
www.aarp.org/health/condi...
The Big Risk Factors for Dementia to Avoid
High blood sugar, hearing loss and low educational levels named top three risk factors for dementia in U.S. population
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November 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The Big Risk Factors for Dementia to Avoid.
As an individual, treat/prevent high blood sugar, hearing loss. As a society, improve educational system. These factors named top three risk factors for dementia in U.S. population
www.aarp.org/health/condi...
As an individual, treat/prevent high blood sugar, hearing loss. As a society, improve educational system. These factors named top three risk factors for dementia in U.S. population
www.aarp.org/health/condi...
The Epstein-Barr virus that causes mono and has also been linked to multiple sclerosis has now been found to be linked to the autoimmune disease lupus. By @humbertobasilio.bsky.social @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
The Virus That Causes Mono May Also Cause Lupus
Early findings indicate that Epstein-Barr Virus may also cause the autoimmune disease lupus
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November 12, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The Epstein-Barr virus that causes mono and has also been linked to multiple sclerosis has now been found to be linked to the autoimmune disease lupus. By @humbertobasilio.bsky.social @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
Today the FDA removed the "black box" warning labels from hormone therapy for menopause. Here's what that means, and why the risks—and benefits—of HRT might be overstated. By me and @laurenjyoung.bsky.social @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/fda-...
FDA Strips Health Risk Warnings from Menopause Hormone Therapy
In a reversal, the Food and Drug Administration has removed black box warnings on hormone replacement therapies for menopause
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November 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Today the FDA removed the "black box" warning labels from hormone therapy for menopause. Here's what that means, and why the risks—and benefits—of HRT might be overstated. By me and @laurenjyoung.bsky.social @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/fda-...
Canada was measles-free for 22 years, but that ended today. The U.S. may be next. By @humbertobasilio.bsky.social
🚨 BREAKING: Canada has lost its measles-free status after a year of continuous transmission — meaning the Americas region is no longer measles-free.
What does this mean?
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What does this mean?
My story for @sciam.bsky.social 🧪
The Americas Are No Longer Officially Measles-Free
Canada lost its official measles elimination status after a year of continuous transmission
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November 10, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Canada was measles-free for 22 years, but that ended today. The U.S. may be next. By @humbertobasilio.bsky.social
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Clinicians are noticing a steady climb in diagnoses of ARFID, a type of eating disorder that presents as a food avoidance so persistent and pervasive it can cause severe malnutrition in kids and adults. More @sciam.bsky.social: www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...
ARFID Is More Than Picky Eating—And the Condition Is on the Rise
Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, or ARFID, can cause malnutrition and weight loss in children and adults even when body image is not a factor
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November 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Clinicians are noticing a steady climb in diagnoses of ARFID, a type of eating disorder that presents as a food avoidance so persistent and pervasive it can cause severe malnutrition in kids and adults. More @sciam.bsky.social: www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...
Measles could officially become endemic again in the U.S. The country (and Canada) risk losing their measles elimination status if they have a year of continuous transmission, which could have happened already. By @sipappas.bsky.social @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/meas...
North America May Soon No Longer Be Officially Measles-Free, Experts Say
A meeting of the Pan American Health Organization this week will address the resurgence of measles in the Americas
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November 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Measles could officially become endemic again in the U.S. The country (and Canada) risk losing their measles elimination status if they have a year of continuous transmission, which could have happened already. By @sipappas.bsky.social @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/meas...
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I’ve been AI hijacked. Please report as spam.
Several readers have sent me Instagram posts that include videos of me arguing in favor of not eating breakfast , fasting, or promoting wellness products. These more-or-less look like me speaking, and more-or-less sound like me. But they are not my…
Several readers have sent me Instagram posts that include videos of me arguing in favor of not eating breakfast , fasting, or promoting wellness products. These more-or-less look like me speaking, and more-or-less sound like me. But they are not my…
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November 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Best news I’ve read today.
He’s the star of three Hollywood movies, and he has been honored with multiple statues in England. Now Paddington Bear is coming to the stage in “Paddington: The Musical,” which opens next month in London. Here’s how one of the world’s most beloved bears made it to the bright lights of the West End.
‘Paddington: The Musical’: The West End Will Now Look After This Bear
Over nearly seven decades Paddington Bear has enjoyed a lasting popularity. Now, he’s the star of a new musical.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Best news I’ve read today.
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Seems like a good time to resurface my story on the health benefits of SNAP:
Federal food assistance program may slow cognitive decline, study suggests
New research links receiving food assistance through SNAP to better brain health.
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Federal food assistance program may slow cognitive decline, study suggests
New research links receiving food assistance through SNAP to better brain health.
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Federal food assistance program may slow cognitive decline, study suggests
New research links receiving food assistance through SNAP to better brain health. Earlier this month, Trump enacted major cuts to the program.
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October 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Seems like a good time to resurface my story on the health benefits of SNAP:
Federal food assistance program may slow cognitive decline, study suggests
New research links receiving food assistance through SNAP to better brain health.
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Federal food assistance program may slow cognitive decline, study suggests
New research links receiving food assistance through SNAP to better brain health.
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Erika Moore says her education has given her great scientific power. The biomedical engineer says she’ll use that power responsibly to study diseases, such as uterine fibroids that affect women. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/erika-moore-uterine-fibroids-research
Most women get uterine fibroids. This researcher wants to know why
Biomedical engineer Erika Moore investigates diseases that disproportionately affect women of color.
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October 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Erika Moore says her education has given her great scientific power. The biomedical engineer says she’ll use that power responsibly to study diseases, such as uterine fibroids that affect women. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/erika-moore-uterine-fibroids-research
Beware of eggs recalled for possible salmonella contamination, FDA warns. Here's what to know about the latest recall and the symptoms of this nasty bacterium: www.scientificamerican.com/article/fda-...
FDA Warns People Not to Eat Recalled Eggs Contaminated with Salmonella
This is the third Salmonella-related egg recall of 2025. Here’s what to do if you have recalled eggs
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October 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Beware of eggs recalled for possible salmonella contamination, FDA warns. Here's what to know about the latest recall and the symptoms of this nasty bacterium: www.scientificamerican.com/article/fda-...
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TikTok and Instagram readers FTW! Annotating your books is cool and Science™️ agrees! Also, shout out to Copy Dept. for letting me sneak a #GirlmoreGirls reference in here 😉📚
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The TikTok Trend of Writing in Margins Is Based on Real Neuroscience
Annotating the margins of books is an important part of deep reading and has a long legacy of merit in both science and literature
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September 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
TikTok and Instagram readers FTW! Annotating your books is cool and Science™️ agrees! Also, shout out to Copy Dept. for letting me sneak a #GirlmoreGirls reference in here 😉📚
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Here's how to keep yourself safe from salmonella in eggs (by @mfischetti.bsky.social) www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
October 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Here's how to keep yourself safe from salmonella in eggs (by @mfischetti.bsky.social) www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
With all the fuss over tylenol, we're missing a bigger issue: we don't know enough about medication safety in pregnancy because so few drug studies include pregnant people. And that harms both women and their fetuses. My latest @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...
There's a Dangerous Gap in Drug Research in Pregnancy
Less than 1 percent of clinical trials include pregnant or breastfeeding people. Experts say that needs to change
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October 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
With all the fuss over tylenol, we're missing a bigger issue: we don't know enough about medication safety in pregnancy because so few drug studies include pregnant people. And that harms both women and their fetuses. My latest @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...
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NEW: a study published today identifies a fundamental energetic limit of the human body—one that even the most elite ultramarathoners seem unable to break
my first for @sciam.bsky.social, with sharp edits from @tanyalewis.bsky.social 🧪
my first for @sciam.bsky.social, with sharp edits from @tanyalewis.bsky.social 🧪
Even Elite Athletes Can't Exceed This Fundamental Metabolic Limit
A new study finds that even elite endurance athletes run up against a hard metabolic ceiling
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October 20, 2025 at 9:27 PM
NEW: a study published today identifies a fundamental energetic limit of the human body—one that even the most elite ultramarathoners seem unable to break
my first for @sciam.bsky.social, with sharp edits from @tanyalewis.bsky.social 🧪
my first for @sciam.bsky.social, with sharp edits from @tanyalewis.bsky.social 🧪
Trump's FDA wants to study the safety of aluminum in vaccines, despite decades of evidence showing it's not only safe but also essential to the efficacy of many vaccines. By @humbertobasilio.bsky.social @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
FDA Questions Safety of Aluminum in Vaccines. Here's What the Science Says
The FDA wants to reevaluate the use of aluminum adjuvants despite a long record of safe use in vaccines
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October 17, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Trump's FDA wants to study the safety of aluminum in vaccines, despite decades of evidence showing it's not only safe but also essential to the efficacy of many vaccines. By @humbertobasilio.bsky.social @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
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For more information about the Friday night massacre at CDC, I wrote up an analysis of who got terminated and what that means for public health.
Grateful to @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for supporting and amplifying. We are in really terrible trouble.
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Grateful to @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for supporting and amplifying. We are in really terrible trouble.
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October 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
For more information about the Friday night massacre at CDC, I wrote up an analysis of who got terminated and what that means for public health.
Grateful to @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for supporting and amplifying. We are in really terrible trouble.
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/the-death-...
Grateful to @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for supporting and amplifying. We are in really terrible trouble.
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/the-death-...
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On today's Science Quickly, I interviewed a former White House doctor about the president's care, aging and more: "It is a fact of science, it's not a political attack, that humans past the age of 60... start to have cognitive decline."
"We have a gerontocracy."
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"We have a gerontocracy."
Listen on @sciam.bsky.social 🎧
Transforming Presidential Health Care: Insights from a Former White House Doctor
A former White House physician reveals the medical realities of caring for the president of the U.S.
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October 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
On today's Science Quickly, I interviewed a former White House doctor about the president's care, aging and more: "It is a fact of science, it's not a political attack, that humans past the age of 60... start to have cognitive decline."
"We have a gerontocracy."
Listen on @sciam.bsky.social 🎧
"We have a gerontocracy."
Listen on @sciam.bsky.social 🎧
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American Federation of Government Employees:
"These workers show up every day to serve the American people, and for the past nine months have been met with nothing but cruelty and viciousness from President Trump. Every single American citizen should be outraged."
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"These workers show up every day to serve the American people, and for the past nine months have been met with nothing but cruelty and viciousness from President Trump. Every single American citizen should be outraged."
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AFGE President Everett Kelley Condemns Trump Administration Illegal Mass firings
Largest federal employee union demands Congress end the government shutdown immediately.
www.afge.org
October 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
American Federation of Government Employees:
"These workers show up every day to serve the American people, and for the past nine months have been met with nothing but cruelty and viciousness from President Trump. Every single American citizen should be outraged."
www.afge.org/publication/...
"These workers show up every day to serve the American people, and for the past nine months have been met with nothing but cruelty and viciousness from President Trump. Every single American citizen should be outraged."
www.afge.org/publication/...
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Surgeons in China transplanted part of pig liver into a patient with an incurable cancerous tumor, and it functioned for more than a month
In a First, Pig Liver Helped a Cancer Patient Survive for More Than a Month
Surgeons in China transplanted part of pig liver into a patient with an incurable cancerous tumor, and it functioned for more than a month
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October 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Surgeons in China transplanted part of pig liver into a patient with an incurable cancerous tumor, and it functioned for more than a month
I like Einstein cat (#1)
Do you have a favorite? Boy from Indonesia? Tim Flach is such an amazing photographer! 💜 CATS. @meghanbartels.bsky.social
See Stunning Feline Photography Revealing the Science of Cats
Tim Flach captures his fascination with the science of cats in stunning photographs from his new book Feline
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October 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I like Einstein cat (#1)
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The 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine goes to some neat fundamental research on the immune system: peripheral immune tolerance. It's what keeps the body's defense mechanism in check—and could be key to new therapies for autoimmune disorders. @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/2025...
This Year’s Medicine Nobel Goes to Discovery of Why the Body Doesn’t Attack Itself
Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi shared the Nobel prize for their work on peripheral immune tolerance, a process that is key to organ transplants and treatment of autoimmune disease...
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October 6, 2025 at 11:03 AM
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine goes to some neat fundamental research on the immune system: peripheral immune tolerance. It's what keeps the body's defense mechanism in check—and could be key to new therapies for autoimmune disorders. @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/2025...
This year's #medicineNobel was awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell & Shimon Sakaguchi for discovering why the body doesn't attack itself—key for organ transplants and autoimmune disease therapies. By @laurenjyoung.bsky.social for @sciam.bsky.social: www.scientificamerican.com/article/2025...
This Year’s Medicine Nobel Goes to Discovery of Why the Body Doesn’t Attack Itself
Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi shared the Nobel prize for their work on peripheral immune tolerance, a process that is key to organ transplants and treatment of autoimmune disease...
www.scientificamerican.com
October 6, 2025 at 10:56 AM
This year's #medicineNobel was awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell & Shimon Sakaguchi for discovering why the body doesn't attack itself—key for organ transplants and autoimmune disease therapies. By @laurenjyoung.bsky.social for @sciam.bsky.social: www.scientificamerican.com/article/2025...