Leucovorin prescriptions surged after the White House touted the medication for autism. Now parents are scrambling to find it | CNN Meagan Johnson recently spent four days calling dozens of pharmacies around Austin, Texas, trying to fill a prescription for her son, Jack.

New data show prescriptions for leucovorin doubled after the White House said it might help some children with autism and folate deficiency in their brains. It remains difficult to find months later www.cnn.com/2026/03/05/h...

What does the Paramount-WBD merger mean for CNN? | CNN Business Viewers and readers of CNN might be wondering the same thing that CNN employees are asking right now: What will Paramount’s ownership mean?

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A 4-year-old died of flu complications. Her mother has a message for other parents | CNN Four-year-old Ellie Rudd – who loved mud and getting dressed up and having dance parties with her brother and sisters – died January 6, after the flu and a co-infection with an adenovirus turned into ...

A very few times in my career, I've done an interview that stunned me so much that I've gotten off the phone and walked into furniture. This was one of them. I'm grateful to this mom for her courage and vulnerability in doing this interview. www.cnn.com/2026/01/16/h...

Wondering if you should get a flu shot? Here’s what science says | CNN Flu is making people miserable from coast to coast, thanks in large part to a new strain called subclade K.

Excellent piece from @reportergoodman.bsky.social @cnn.com on what the science actually shows about flu vaccines. Honored to contribute alongside colleagues doing critical work on this topic.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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HHS planning to overhaul childhood vaccine schedule to recommend fewer shots, source says | CNN The US Department of Health and Human Services is planning to overhaul the schedule of recommended vaccines for children in the US, a person familiar with the plans told CNN on Thursday.

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A new virus variant and lagging vaccinations may mean the US is in for a severe flu season | CNN The United States may be heading into its second severe flu season in a row, driven by a mutated strain called subclade K that’s behind early surges in the United Kingdom, Canada and Japan.

"I am concerned, I guess, that we could have a big flu season this year based on what we’re seeing in other parts of the world, and particularly Europe and elsewhere,” said Dr. Adam Lauring, University of Michigan. Go get a flu shot.
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Peds & neuro folks--would you be able to differentiate between acute flaccid myelitis and transverse myelitis in a child? (3 yo, symptom onset when he was 6.5 months).

Thank you so much for the boost!

Thinking about all the pediatricians and ob-gyns who are going to be fielding questions from parents today. If anyone cares to share how it went… please reach out!

Trump links autism to acetaminophen use during pregnancy, despite decades of evidence it’s safe | CNN President Donald Trump announced Monday that the US Food and Drug Administration will be notifying physicians that the use of acetaminophen during pregnancy “can be associated with a very increased ri...

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Pfizer responds to Trump’s call for Covid-19 vaccine data, says Operation Warp Speed deserves Nobel Peace Prize | CNN In response to a call from President Donald Trump to make the positive impact of Covid-19 vaccines public, drug giant Pfizer posted a collection of more than 200 press releases and statements and 27 p...

In response to a call from President Donald Trump to make the positive impact of Covid-19 vaccines public, drug giant Pfizer posted a collection of more than 200 press releases and statements and 27 peer-reviewed data publications since early 2020: www.cnn.com/2025/09/03/h...

CDC Director Dr. Susan Monarez is being ousted just weeks into her tenure, sources say, and other officials follow | CNN Dr. Susan Monarez, who was sworn in as director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on July 31, is being ousted, according to three sources familiar with the situation who spoke on th...

Developing story: HHS ousted Susan Monarez as CDC director today after days of pressure over vaccine policy.

At least three top CDC officials resigned in the last few hours.

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HHS staffers implore RFK Jr. to ‘stop spreading inaccurate health information’ in wake of CDC shooting | CNN More than 750 current and former staffers at the US Department of Health and Human Services implored Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in a letter Wednesday to “stop spreading inaccurate health informa...

Hundreds of HHS employees asked Kennedy to “cease and publicly disavow the ongoing dissemination of false and misleading claims about vaccines, infectious disease transmission, and America’s public health institutions," story by @megtirrell.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/08/20/h...

This book is such a remarkable achievement. Just heartbreakingly written, so much love for people who have been systematically abandoned by our society. An exposure that the social contract has been broken in this country for decades.

A new recall of injected penicillin may put gains against syphilis in peril | CNN Drugmaker Pfizer is warning doctors that it expects to run low on supplies of Bicillin L-A, a long-acting injection of the antibiotic penicillin, the preferred option for treating syphilis during preg...

Pfizer has recalled lots of its long-acting injected penicillin, Bicillin L-A, which will worsen an ongoing shortage. This form of penicillin is the only option doctors have for treating syphilis during pregnancy. www.cnn.com/2025/07/16/h...

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How disruptive are stateside/federal funding cuts/freezes, you ask? It's July 10th, and half my lab hasn't been paid and they're behind on rent and at risk of eviction. That's how disruptive. F this nonsense.

RFK Jr. spouted dangerous vaccine falsehoods on national TV. As a parent and infectious diseases doctor, I couldn't stay silent. Here's what the data actually shows. 🧵

"All our programs will be back and operational as soon as we can get all our staff back and on-boarded at CDC again," said Erik Svendsen, director of the DEHSP, in a statement to CNN.

‘Come help us’: Milwaukee parents fire back at Trump administration for denying federal aid amid lead crisis in schools | CNN This week, Milwaukee families shared stories about lives disrupted and worries about brain damage and learning disabilities — and a federal government that has denied them help during a lead crisis in...

Hours after we posted this story today, highlighting the struggles of Milwaukee families impacted by the lead crisis in the city's public schools, HHS rehired the CDC's entire Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice, including its lead experts. www.cnn.com/2025/06/11/h...

Despite Kennedy’s claims, vaccines have been tested in placebo-controlled studies – nearly 260 of them | CNN There have been 258 placebo-controlled clinical trials of vaccines, according to a new research project. More than half of those studies tested vaccines against inert placebos.

Kennedy's claim that vaccines given to kids haven't been tested in placebo-controlled trials is "demonstrably false" said @jakescottmd.bsky.social.

Thanks to Dr. Scott and his colleagues, we now have a round-up of placebo-controlled trials of vaccines. www.cnn.com/2025/06/05/h...

Friendly reminder that double negatives are a big no-no.

Top NIH nutrition researcher studying ultraprocessed foods departs, citing censorship under Kennedy | CNN When President Donald Trump named Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his choice to lead the US Department of Health and Human Services, one group of health researchers was cautiously optimistic that their cause...

Nutrition researcher Kevin Hall thought his NIH studies on ultraprocessed foods would flourish under HHS Secretary Kennedy's MAHA plan.

Instead, he encountered censorship and interference, prompting him to take an early retirement. Story by @megtirrell.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/04/16/h...

No two people see the same exact rainbow. Here’s why | CNN You will never see the same rainbow that’s in someone else’s eye. CNN’s Meg Tirrell examines the unique nature of this colorful phenomenon with Dr. Steven Businger, professor of atmospheric sciences f...

One of @megtirrell.bsky.social's many talents is that she's just a great explainer of science. Check out all these cool facts about how we see rainbows: www.cnn.com/2025/04/03/s...

A city responding to a lead crisis in local schools reached out to the CDC for help. Now they won’t get it. | CNN A CDC team helping respond to a lead crisis in Milwaukee schools was cut as part of a widespread layoffs at federal health agencies this week.

After Tuesday's massive cuts to federal health agencies, "We no longer have lead experts" a source at the CDC told me. That may leave the city of Milwaukee in a lurch www.cnn.com/2025/04/02/h...

Trump promised scientific breakthroughs. Researchers say he’s breaking science. NIH funding for biomedical research has abruptly fallen by billions of dollars, with many grant decisions on hold. Trump officials say they’re reviewing the agency.

As a candidate last year, Trump promised “to unleash the power of American innovation” to super-charge U.S. scientific research.

He’s instead unleashed cuts and chaos, researchers and scientists warn.

Our look at the abrupt changes — and the consequences. With @dtkeating.bsky.social

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Kennedy touts unconventional therapies for measles linked to disciplined Texas doctor | CNN Kennedy has touted the benefits of an unconventional measles treatment including the steroid budesonide, the antibiotic clarithromycin and cod liver oil, which has high concentrations of vitamin A.

In a recent interview on Fox, HHS Sec. Kennedy praised the work of two frontline Texas doctors and their use of an unconventional treatment for measles. One of them has been disciplined by the Texas Medical Board for "usual use" of risky treatments before. www.cnn.com/2025/03/06/h...

Millions of federal workers were ordered to return to offices across the country in recent weeks, marking an end to Covid-era rules allowing more flexibility to work from home.

Many have come back to workplaces that weren't ready for them. cnn.it/41nF0Ii

FDA meeting to choose flu vaccine composition canceled without explanation | CNN A March meeting of outside advisers to the United States Food and Drug Administration to discuss the composition of flu vaccines for this fall’s flu season has been canceled, a member of the advisory ...

The upcoming meeting of FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee has been canceled, without explanation. The committee was due to select which strains should go into this fall's batch of seasonal flu vaccines @megtirrell.bsky.social with the news, www.cnn.com/2025/02/26/h...

“Many states that participate in the YRBSS already opted out of including the question about transgender identity in their state-level surveys (which are given to separate samples of youths than the nationally representative survey)”