🌸 Chelsea Cirruzzo

Latest: A race to develop a new class of narcolepsy drugs could not only transform treatment for patients with the rare sleep disorder, but also many people with common health conditions like Alzheimer's and depression who struggle to stay awake. statnews.com/2025/07/22/nar…

Make America Healthy Again celebrated “MAHA wins” like switching from corn syrup to cane sugar in Coke & synthetic dye-free ice cream. Nutrition experts say it’s not doing much to make Americans healthier, my colleague Sarah Todd reports: statnews.com/2025/07/17/coc…

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said he wants to drastically improve the way the federal government provides health care to tribes. Some leaders in tribal health are wondering when that will start. Story here: politico.com/news/2025/07/1…

HHS leadership shakeup: Kennedy fires top aides statnews.com/2025/07/16/ken…

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During confirmation hearings, RFK Jr distanced himself from the anti-vax group he founded, Children’s Health Defense. Now he's hired former prominent members of the group & other vaccine skeptics. @ChelseaCirruzzo tells @statnews readers more: statnews.com/2025/07/14/ant…

NEW: ⁦@HHSGov⁩ informs many employees that they are now officially separated from HHS at the close of business today, July 14, 2025. “Thank you for your service to the American people.”

NEW from @YarrowGrace & @rachel_shin_ White House officials are promising that MAHA won't crack down on pesticide use after widespread agriculture industry backlash to the May report. (Spoiler: Lobbyists still don't fully trust them.) subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/0…

.@ChelseaCirruzzo skillfully catalogues the growing influence of vaccine skeptics inside HHS statnews.com/2025/07/14/ant… via @statnews

RFK Jr. has hired at least four people with a history of criticizing vaccines, including the former president of his anti-vaccine group trib.al/d9fCqmp

An upscale Pennsylvania rehab is building a case for GLP-1s as an addiction treatment. Fascinating story: statnews.com/2025/07/14/glp…

More here, from my colleague @ChelseaCirruzzo statnews.com/2025/07/14/ant…

New from STAT: The growing influence of vaccine skeptics inside HHS under RFK Jr. Lyn Redwood, former president of Childrens Health Defense, was hired by HHS in June and is listed as an expert within the Office of the Secretary. She’s at least the fourth person with a history…

Relitigating settled #vaccines science through an ideological lens: Secretary Kennedy, a long-time critic of vaccines, is staffing key HHS positions with anti-vax allies. @ChelseaCirruzzo reports. statnews.com/2025/07/14/ant…

Since becoming health secretary, RFK Jr. has installed former prominent members of that group and other vaccine skeptics in positions at the department he runs or agencies it oversees. Here is who that includes and what it means: statnews.com/2025/07/14/ant…