Eric Boodman

@EricBoodman

Journalist @statnews. Trad fiddler. Formerly @PittsburghPG @mtlgazette. Always happy to hear your story ideas! [email protected]

Somerville, MA

Joined June 2014

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Eric Boodman@EricBoodman · Oct 20, 2021

I wrote about #Fibromyalgia patients, who are often told the pain is all in their head, and the physician framing himself as one of their few true allies. A story of medical misogyny, contested illness, and the weird world of blood-test entrepreneurship. statnews.com/2021/10/20/sel…

EricBoodman's tweet card. EpicGenetics promoted its blood test as a gateway to a Massachusetts General Hospital clinical trial of a possible fibromyalgia treatment. But the trial never got started.

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Tara Bannow@TaraBannow · May 23

How could the Trump's admin's cuts to CDC affect Americans' health? @EricBoodman has a striking example. At least 6 of the authors on CDC's paper on how they pinpointed applesauce as the source of lead poisoning in 566 kids in 2023 have been fired. shorturl.at/8Bylo

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Rick Berke@rickberke · Jun 16

Breaking: Private equity firm will finance Harvard research lab, in possible template for future statnews.com/2025/06/16/har… via @statnews @ADeAngelis_bio

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Eric Boodman@EricBoodman · Jun 16

Wrote about how fallopian tube removal has been replacing “tube-tying” — and how pathologists first found evidence that the most common form of ovarian cancer often begins in the tube. statnews.com/2025/06/16/ova…

EricBoodman's tweet card. To prevent ovarian cancers, fallopian tube removal is on an upsurge — and diagnostic manuals are finally catching up.

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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦@HelenBranswell · May 12

Lots of talk among the HHS & FDA leadership of potentially fewer people being offered #Covid boosters going forward. CDC’s vaccines advisory panel, ACIP, has been working on a risk-based plan for a while. statnews.com/2025/05/12/cov…

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Eric Boodman@EricBoodman · May 12

A laid-off CDC expert is offering free help to Milwaukee during its lead crisis. “As far as I know, it’s still a free country, and if you want to volunteer your time to help people in need, I don’t think that’s proscribed," he said. HHS isn't so sure. statnews.com/2025/05/12/lai…

EricBoodman's tweet card. After his job was cut, a CDC scientist volunteered to help Milwaukee respond to the lead crisis in its public schools. For now, he's in limbo.

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Daniel Payne@_daniel_payne · May 2

Trump proposes billions in cuts to federal health agencies from NIH to CDC statnews.com/2025/05/02/ski…

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O. Rose Broderick@rosebroderick_ · May 1

Adults who suspect they have autism and parents of autistic kids are cancelling diagnostic evaluations after federal officials announced a national autism registry. statnews.com/2025/05/01/aut…

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Eric Boodman@EricBoodman · May 1

"In seeking to help him, did I just paint a giant target on his back?" Parents of autistic kids are asking clinicians to erase diagnoses out of fear of Trump administration's "autism registry" idea, @rosebroderick_ reports statnews.com/2025/05/01/aut…

EricBoodman's tweet card. Fears of landing on a federal list prompts parents, and adults, to cancel autism screening evaluations.

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Eric Boodman@EricBoodman · Apr 30

Key Republican senators speak out against Trump admin's biomedical research cuts, urge reversal, by @john_wilkerson statnews.com/2025/04/30/nih…

EricBoodman's tweet card. Trump's canceled NIH grants and HHS layoffs threaten U.S. biomedical leadership, Collins says, as she calls for funding to be restored.

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Eric Boodman@EricBoodman · Apr 30

I always learn a lot from reading @HelenBranswell statnews.com/2025/04/30/rfk…

EricBoodman's tweet card. Here are eight possible indicators of how health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. may handle U.S. vaccine policy in coming weeks.

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Eric Boodman@EricBoodman · Apr 25

"It's like someone ran over your child." A remarkable collection of portraits representing the current devastation to science. By @JonathanWosen, @MeganMolteni, Usha Lee McFarling, and @angRchen statnews.com/2025/04/25/tru…

EricBoodman's tweet card. STAT spoke with people living through the historic disruptions threatening the future of biomedical research in the U.S. These are their stories

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Charles Ornstein@charlesornstein · Apr 23

A top official in the Department of Labor this week informed all staff members that they could face criminal charges if they speak to journalists, former employees or others about agency business. Speaking to reporters is not a crime! propublica.org/article/us-dep…

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Eric Boodman@EricBoodman · Apr 24

So honored to be a @UMWallaceHouse Livingston finalist for my series on coercive sterilizations of women with sickle cell, especially alongside Lev Facher, @emcahan, @emmabgo, and so many other journalists I admire. You can read those stories here: statnews.com/coercive-care-…

WWallace House Center for Journalists@UMWallaceHouse · Apr 23

🌟The 2025 Livingston finalists for the national reporting!🌟 These exceptional journalists under 35 are telling stories that challenge assumptions and deepen our understanding of the nation. 👏 Read their work here:loom.ly/LAVASEQ

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Rick Berke@rickberke · Apr 23

So proud of @EricBoodman and Lev Facher @statnews, both finalists for excellence in national reporting for their "Coercive Care'' and "War on Recovery'' investigative projects wallacehouse.umich.edu/announcing-the…

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Eric Boodman@EricBoodman · Apr 17

“I just really believed that if anybody would be safe, the veterans would be safe.” statnews.com/2025/04/17/fda…

EricBoodman's tweet card. For an Air Force veteran, an FDA layoff brings back symptoms of PTSD: "They say they care about us, then they cut us."

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Jason Ukman@JasonUkman · Apr 17

For an Air Force vet, an FDA layoff brings back symptoms of PTSD. Via @EricBoodman statnews.com/2025/04/17/fda…

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Eric Boodman@EricBoodman · Apr 4

“If another Flint happened, and a state was like, ‘We need help,’ we wouldn’t have any lead poisoning experts at CDC to help them." statnews.com/2025/04/04/cdc…

EricBoodman's tweet card. The CDC division responsible for asthma control and lead poisoning prevention has been effectively eliminated as part of the layoffs at HHS.

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Rick Berke@rickberke · Mar 20

We employ you, we employ you not: Fired probationary CDC employees living in a surreal limbo statnews.com/2025/03/20/fir… via @statnews @EricBoodman

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Eric Boodman@EricBoodman · Mar 6

My amazing colleagues @statnews are tracking Makary's hearing today as Trump's nominee to lead the FDA. Worth following! statnews.com/2025/03/06/mar…

EricBoodman's tweet card. Marty Makary, Trump’s pick for FDA commissioner, testifies before a Senate panel this morning. Follow STAT's live updates.

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Eric Boodman@EricBoodman · Mar 6

The most telling signal in Bhattacharya's confirmation hearing yesterday as NIH director nominee lay in what he would not say. Wrote about his faux naiveté and the tightrope he's walking to please Trump/RFK while also trying to telegraph credibility. statnews.com/2025/03/05/jay…

EricBoodman's tweet card. The most telling signal from Jay Bhattacharya’s confirmation hearing as nominee to direct the NIH lay in what he would not say.

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