Isa Cueto

@isabellacueto

Reporter for @statnews writing about chronic disease, MAHA & more. Message me on Signal isabellacueto.03 or find me elsewhere 🦋@isabellacueto.bsky.social

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Isa Cueto@isabellacueto · May 20

How do you solve a chronic disease crisis? It depends on what you care about most. That's what RFK Jr. will have to decide soon. Our new project splits the nation's health into 9 "priorities." Choose your adventure based on your top concerns. Dive in: statnews.com/2025/05/20/ken…

isabellacueto's tweet image. How do you solve a chronic disease crisis? It depends on what you care about most. That's what RFK Jr. will have to decide soon.

Our new project splits the nation's health into 9 "priorities." Choose your adventure based on your top concerns.

Dive in: statnews.com/2025/05/20/ken…

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Isa Cueto@isabellacueto · 21 h

A recent analysis found the American Academy of Pediatrics, which in 2023 recommended new obesity medications for children, had undisclosed financial ties "at every level" to drugmakers. statnews.com/2025/07/22/stu…

isabellacueto's tweet card. More than one-third of people who helped develop the 2023 guidelines for treating children with obesity had undisclosed financial ties to obesity drugmakers, a paper finds.

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Isa Cueto@isabellacueto · Jul 17

This week, MAHA celebrated ice cream without artificial dyes and Coca-Cola without corn syrup. Nutrition experts say...uhhh, it's still Coke and ice cream. From @SarLiz statnews.com/2025/07/17/coc…

isabellacueto's tweet card. Getting Coca-Cola to use cane sugar rather and ice cream manufacturers to stop their use of synthetic dyes are the latest achievements trumpeted by the Make America Healthy Again movement.

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Isa Cueto@isabellacueto · Jul 17

"Brightline is the nation’s most dangerous passenger train, reporters found, killing someone every 13 days of service, on average." (!!)

IIsa Cueto@isabellacueto · Jul 17

Brightline trains have killed 182 people since 2017, "significantly more than publicly known," a Miami Herald/WLRN investigation finds. wlrn.org/killer-train-b…

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Isa Cueto@isabellacueto · Jul 17

Brightline trains have killed 182 people since 2017, "significantly more than publicly known," a Miami Herald/WLRN investigation finds. wlrn.org/killer-train-b…

isabellacueto's tweet card. Brightline trains have killed 182 people, significantly more than publicly known, an investigation by WLRN and the Miami Herald has found.

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Isa Cueto@isabellacueto · Jul 14

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

isabellacueto's tweet card. Pointing to Ozempic as a paradigm shift, an elite rehab center is experimenting with GLP-1s to tame many forms of addiction.

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Jason Ukman@JasonUkman · Jul 14

During a confirmation hearing, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. distanced himself from Children's Health Defense, saying he no longer had power over it and "I'm not part of it." @ChelseaCirruzzo notes the group now has at least four former members at his HHS. statnews.com/2025/07/14/ant…

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Ana Ceballos@anaceballos_ · Jul 13

NEW: The @MiamiHerald has obtained a list of hundreds of people detained or scheduled to be at Alligator Alcatraz. The government isn't realizing names. Families and attorneys are having trouble finding people at the site We're publishing the list here: miamiherald.com/news/local/imm…

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Isa Cueto@isabellacueto · Jul 11

Yesterday, the Trump administration announced a change that seems to have mostly flown under the radar... But it could have major implications for community health centers, Head Start, and other state/local health programs that get federal dollars. NEW: statnews.com/2025/07/11/ken…

isabellacueto's tweet card. HHS will limit immigrants' access to more federally funded programs, like health clinics and head start.

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Theresa Gaffney@_gaffknee · Jul 9

The DOJ has issued “nearly 20 subpoenas” to clinics that provide gender-affirming care per DOJ's Chad Mizelle, who spoke at an all-day FTC workshop focused how the federal government might continue its crusade against trans health care. I watched: statnews.com/2025/07/09/doj…

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Isa Cueto@isabellacueto · Jul 9

On June 18, HHS said it would soon release ethics and conflict-of-interest documents for new vaccine advisers appointed by RFK Jr. to the ACIP. That group's first meeting came and went. Now, HHS appears to be backpedaling on its vow. New: statnews.com/2025/07/09/ken…

isabellacueto's tweet card. RFK Jr. has pledged radical transparency, but his vaccine advisers' financial disclosures aren't public.

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🌸 Chelsea Cirruzzo@ChelseaCirruzzo · Jul 9

Breaking: HHS Secretary RFK Jr. has abruptly cancelled a meeting of the advisory committee that evaluates the nation's preventative services. No reason was provided via a letter viewed by STAT. statnews.com/2025/07/09/usp…

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Isa Cueto@isabellacueto · Jul 8

Learned a lot from this @cooney_liz story, including the following: "more exercise over a lifetime produces more plaques." Huh. statnews.com/2025/07/08/car…

isabellacueto's tweet card. When female athletes collapse on the playing field, they are less likely to be resuscitated than men: How gender differences play out in sports medicine.

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Daniel Payne@_daniel_payne · Jul 1

GOP House staffer tells me it’s “hard to say” whether some House moderates will go along with the deeper Medicaid cuts in the Senate bill. Even the larger rural health fund “isn’t going to be enough to address their concerns,” the person said.

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STAT@statnews · Jul 1

#Breaking: The Senate passed a $4.5 trillion tax cut bill after last-minute changes to its health care provisions, as Republicans scrambled to get their party on board. trib.al/seVM5yZ

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Daniel Payne@_daniel_payne · Jun 29

11.8 million to lose health insurance under Senate Republican tax bill, CBO projects statnews.com/2025/06/29/11-…

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Isa Cueto@isabellacueto · Jul 1

STAT's Europe correspondent with a view from across the pond -->

AAndrew Joseph@DrewQJoseph · Jun 30

European countries and universities have made waves with plans to woo American scientists. But some European researchers say the region needs to fix the issues that have long held it back if it really wants to be a scientific powerhouse statnews.com/2025/06/30/fra…

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🌸 Chelsea Cirruzzo@ChelseaCirruzzo · Jul 1

New from me: RFK Jr. says he has brought in a team of people to work on expanding the vaccine injury compensation program — which would require help from Congress. HHS did not tell me who is on the team: statnews.com/2025/07/01/rfk…

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Isa Cueto@isabellacueto · Jun 30

States that had been nervously waiting to hear about overdue money for cancer prevention and tracking finally got news today — and it's good news: federal funding for 3 key programs will continue. statnews.com/2025/06/30/hhs…

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Isa Cueto@isabellacueto · Jun 26

Adding to the fears: Some cancer registries already endured budget cuts in 2025. And the CDC office that runs these contracts was slashed, its funding zeroed out in federal budget proposals for the "new" HHS.

IIsa Cueto@isabellacueto · Jun 26

States are anxiously awaiting news about money for critical cancer-tracking and prevention work — including free breast & cervical cancer screenings for uninsured people. New contract year starts next week, but they've gotten no word from HHS. NEW: statnews.com/2025/06/26/cdc…

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