Sheryl Gay Stolberg

@SherylNYT

Covering the intersection of health, policy & politics @nytimes. Ex-Congressional & White House correspondent. Mom. Novice painter. Tips: [email protected]

Washington, DC

Joined December 2009

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg@SherylNYT · Jan 6, 2020

In my spare time I have taken up painting. Trying to think of a title for this one. Any ideas?

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg@SherylNYT · Jul 19

Trump wants women to have babies. He’s going to use a 55-year old Nixon-era birth control program, Title X, to achieve that goal by promoting “holistic” approaches to infertility — in keeping with his MAHA agenda. w/ @CAKitchener nytimes.com/2025/07/18/us/…

SherylNYT's tweet card. A little-noticed plan for an “infertility training center” signals that the administration intends to take a new approach with Title X, which has long helped low-income women access contraception.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg@SherylNYT · May 18

These Texas "mad moms" have spent 10 years fighting vaccine mandates. Now they have an ally in Washington: RFK Jr. Their dream is a world in which "your vaccination status is irrelevant to your participation in society." They're getting closer to it. nytimes.com/2025/05/18/us/…

SherylNYT's tweet card. A measles outbreak in the state has not stopped “medical freedom” activists from pushing forward with their goal. They now have an influential ally in Washington: Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy...

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg@SherylNYT · Jul 11

“I feel the moment you walk out there and lie to the press, that you’re finished,” Gergen said in 1981. While not ruling out the possibility of being untruthful in the name of national security, he said, “I think the next day you’d quit.” nytimes.com/2025/07/11/us/…

SherylNYT's tweet card. He served under Nixon, Ford, Reagan and Clinton before becoming a top editor and a familiar TV pundit. “Centrism doesn’t mean splitting the difference,” he said.

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Larry Sabato@LarrySabato · Jun 27

President Jim Ryan’s resignation letter to @UVA community. Note that he didn’t stay and fight because the Trump Administration would have cut UVA’s federal funding drastically, cutting hundreds of jobs, financial aid for students, even visas for international students.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg@SherylNYT · Jun 27

Thimerosal sent RFK Jr down the path of vaccine hesitancy two decades ago. It was his “passion.” Here’s the story of how it landed on the ACIP agenda — and what it says about the way Kennedy is using his power. nytimes.com/2025/06/27/us/… via @NYTimes

SherylNYT's tweet card. The preservative thimerosal started Robert F. Kennedy Jr. down the path of questioning vaccine safety. A panel of experts he appointed will no longer recommend annual flu shots that contain it.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg@SherylNYT · Jun 25

Tomorrow's meeting of the CDC vaccine advisory committee will be one to watch. Cassidy wants it postponed. An ally of RFK is delivering a presentation on a vaccine preservative that was the subject of a 2014 book edited by Kennedy. nytimes.com/2025/06/24/us/…

SherylNYT's tweet card. The Senate health committee chairman said new members of a key advisory panel who were appointed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “lack experience.”

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg@SherylNYT · Jun 11

NEW: One reason RFK Jr fired the entire ACIP is that all were appointed by Biden and some had donated to Democrats. The committee has always been apolitical. Party Politics Is Said to Have Played a Role in Kennedy’s Firing of Vaccine Advisers nytimes.com/2025/06/10/us/…

SherylNYT's tweet card. The health secretary cited financial conflicts, but a White House official and someone familiar with his thinking said he was also concerned about ties to Democrats.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg@SherylNYT · May 22

The MAHA Commission report calls American children "the sickest generation." It singles out food, chemicals, lack of physical activity and antidepressants as potential drivers of chronic disease. It does not mention tobacco or gun violence. nytimes.com/2025/05/22/us/…

SherylNYT's tweet card. A White House report blames a crisis of chronic illness on ultraprocessed foods, chemical exposures, lifestyle factors and excessive use of prescription drugs, including antidepressants.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg@SherylNYT · May 20

RFK Jr. to Patty Murray: "Senator.....you presided over the destruction of the health of the American people." Murray: "You came here to argue with me. I came here to ask you questions about your budget request." Murray is the top Dem on Appropriations

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg@SherylNYT · May 19

A delightful cross-generational story about a partnership between a 23-year-old animal lover (full disclosure: my young friend Ari Katz) and a woman 60 years his senior: Martha Stewart. They are teaching people about Raising the Perfect Pet. washingtonpost.com/home/2025/05/1…

SherylNYT's tweet card. How a Gen-Z animal obsessive and a domestic powerhouse formed an unlikely friendship and a new business.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg@SherylNYT · May 19

Reporting while Jewish. This person's mother needs to wash out his mouth with soap.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg@SherylNYT · May 14

RFK Jr says mass firings and budget cuts at HHS will save money “without impacting critical services.” He will face tough questions on the Hill today. nytimes.com/2025/05/14/us/…

SherylNYT's tweet card. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., testifying before Congress for the first time as health secretary, also said he did not think Americans should be taking “medical advice from me.”

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg@SherylNYT · May 9

His brother is the Pope. He needed to clear something up. The Pope is not a Chicago Cubs fan. He roots for the White Sox. @MitchKSmith nytimes.com/2025/05/08/wor…

SherylNYT's tweet card. From his home in suburban Chicago, one of the pope’s brothers described Leo as “middle of the road” but not afraid to speak his mind.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg@SherylNYT · May 9

I love this @RichardFausset on the new Pope's Creole roots. nytimes.com/2025/05/08/us/…

SherylNYT's tweet card. His ancestry, traced to a historic enclave of Afro-Caribbean culture, links Leo XIV to the rich and sometimes overlooked Black Catholic experience in America.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg@SherylNYT · Apr 29

RFK Jr.'s message to parents of newborns considering vaccination: "Do your own research." w/ @By_CJewett nytimes.com/2025/04/29/us/…

SherylNYT's tweet card. In an interview with Dr. Phil, the health secretary offered false information about vaccine oversight and revealed a lack of basic understanding of new drug approvals.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg@SherylNYT · Apr 25

Well, at least somebody came to their senses. Federal Officials Promise to Restore Funding to Women’s Health Initiative nytimes.com/2025/04/24/hea…

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg@SherylNYT · Apr 23

The day before RFK Jr. and other Trump administration officials announced they are banning certain food dyes, the National Confectioners Association provided candy for the White House Easter Egg Roll that contain the dyes they want to ban. candyusa.com/news/nca-provi…

SherylNYT's tweet card. The National Confectioners Association issued the following statement on its participation in the 2025 White House Easter Egg Roll...

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg@SherylNYT · Apr 18

How RFK Jr has filtered into Trump World. "I don’t eat at restaurants because I don’t like the seed oils that they use.” She’s Young, Trump-Friendly, and Has a White House Press Pass nytimes.com/2025/04/11/sty…

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg@SherylNYT · Apr 17

RFK Jr says he wants to go after ultra processed foods. The nation's leading expert on the topic has just quit NIH, saying he was being censored. @alicegcallahan has the scoop: nytimes.com/2025/04/16/wel…

SherylNYT's tweet card. Kevin Hall said his work on ultraprocessed foods has been “hobbled” under the Trump administration. Scientists have been raising such concerns for months.

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