Michelle Fay Cortez
@FayCortez
Senior medical reporter and health editor for Bloomberg News, now coming to you from Asia! Tips & tricks: [email protected].
Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill is a departure from many conservatives' longtime goal of simplifying the tax code. What you'll pay now depend less on how much money you make, and more on how you earn it, where you live and even who you are bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
The FDA has begun sharing rejection letters sent to pharmaceutical companies when turning down their drug applications. It started with 200 medicines that were subsequently approved. Get more, including an exclusive interview with Makary, here: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
SCOOP The CDC ended its emergency response for bird flu last week as the outbreak that sickened dozens of people, spread to cattle and drove up egg prices has abated bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Stuck in a burning vehicle with doors that won't open... Nightmare. Star college basketball recruit Alijah Arenas spoke publicly for the first time about the Tesla Cybertruck crash that left him in an induced coma bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
EXCLUSIVE SCOOP: Bootstrap Bio is raising seed money to work on editing the genes in reproductive cells, one of the most controversial technologies in medicine and a step toward creating designer babies. From @sooo__phie and @ikeswetlitz bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Germline editing in the house. Or at least knocking on the door ... Bootstrap Bio is raising seed money to work on editing the genes in reproductive cells, one of the most controversial technologies in medicine and a step toward creating designer babies bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
The relationship that blossomed at the height of the 2024 presidential campaign and deepened as Elon Musk joined the Trump administration unraveled this week in spectacular form. In public. In real time. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Bad week at work? Spare a thought for Novo Nordisk's CEO, who thought he was calling into a regular Teams catch-up call -- and was blindsided. Now the guy who oversaw the rise of Ozempic and Wegovy worldwide is on the way out ... bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
It feels like the jury has come back but we don't know the verdict yet. New Pope!
FDA leaders pushed Pfizer and Moderna to quickly file for full approval of their Covid shots for kids before President Trump took office. The applications are still pending, as the number of political staff at HHS and the FDA who oppose them grows bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
China has ghost cities. India? Ghost airports, save for the stray dogs lounging on runways. Read Bloomberg's Big Take on India's unchecked infrastructure boom. bloomberg.com/news/features/… via @business
As Musk Nears End of 130-Day DOGE Stint, He's $113 Billion Down. Most of the hit comes by way of Tesla. Still, the impact he made could boost his interests for years to come. The interests of Tesla owners? TBD bloomberg.com/news/features/… via @business
Novo Nordisk Teams Up With Hims and Ro to Sell Cheaper Wegovy Want to know what's up with the weight-loss market today? Follow Madison at @g0ingmad

RFK Jr. says the US will know what causes autism by September, with the implication that there will be definitive results from a "massive testing and research effort" that is GOING to involve 100s of researchers. That's in less than 6 months bloomberg.com/news/articles/… @business
Was pharma hit by Trump's newest tariffs? No. But the reprieve is temporary. Why? Read the Bloomberg story (gift link) bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman told Trump Saudi Arabia is willing to expand its US trade and investments by $600 billion over 4 years, the state-run news agency. said. That's 55% of the country's GDP. Guess opportunities for ROI are better in the US. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
I didn't realize there were naming rights for bodies of water.
A hot take on a polar plunge (my start to 2025). bloomberg.com/news/newslette…
This stuff is amazing, and I normally hate protein powder. Beyond New Year’s resolutions! @seeqsupply
