NEW: Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who ICE agents in Minneapolis nabbed last week and shipped off to a Texas detention facility with his dad, is now in poor health, his school superintendent told me today www.huffpost.com/entry/liam-c...
The CDC has stopped making telework accommodations, even as many employees don't feel safe at work in the wake of the shooting last month. Read my story with @maya-goldman.bsky.social www.axios.com/2025/09/17/c... Or just read this passage:
haven't posted on here much but in case anyone's out there still, here's some #news:
CDC is issuing a sole-source contract to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to study associations between vaccines and autism. Other large studies have already shown no association. www.axios.com/2025/09/12/c...
States are increasingly forging their own paths on public health, especially on vaccines.
My colleague Katelyn and I keep asking NY's Health Department about their plans. (e.g., Will they ease access to the latest Covid shot?)
We can't get a concrete answer, let alone an interview.
The cuts to Medicaid inside the Big Bill don't just damage that program -- they'll be a blow to the whole healthcare system, @maya-goldman.bsky.social reports
"This is taking us catastrophically backward.." one source tells her. www.axios.com/2025/07/01/r...
Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.
Judge orders NIH grants terminated on gender, DEI grounds be restored. www.axios.com/local/boston...
Seven of the sources cited in MAHA commission's report do not exist:
“The paper cited is not a real paper that I or my colleagues were involved with," says one researcher.
www.notus.org/health-scien...
Car mechanic Luke Seaborn was the de facto face of Georgia Pathways to Coverage, the governor’s health insurance program for impoverished residents.
Then technical glitches and red tape caused him to lose his coverage — twice.
Hi Jake! I'm a health reporter for Axios and I'm working on an article about this potential change. I'd love to chat about how Grad PLUS loans have been helpful to you throughout medical school if you have a moment today. My email is maya.goldman@axios.com. Thanks so much.
HHS is on track to have 20,000 fewer employees than it had 100 days ago, when President Trump's term began.
Here's an attempt to capture what that means, and what else the last 100 days have brought for public health and health care: www.axios.com/2025/04/29/t...
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!
NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya told the Council of Councils advisory group today that the Trump admin proposal to reorganize NIH's 27 centers into 8 "was the beginning of a negotiation," and that he has "no specific plans for reorganization at the moment."
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The impact of HHS layoffs is starting to take shape. Jennifer Hoenig, who until today ran the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, said her whole team has been cut, leaving the survey's status unclear.
"Without knowing who needs it, we can't help people," she said. www.axios.com/2025/04/01/h...
📣 If you work at HHS and/or have information about the details and impact of the agency reorganization announced today, I'd love to talk to you for an Axios article. I can be reached on Signal at mayagold.57.
Happy to keep you anonymous. Thank you!
HHS took down the Biden administration's advisory on gun violence as a public health crisis: www.axios.com/2025/03/18/h...
Trump administration is said to be ready to drop Idaho emergency abortion case. www.axios.com/2025/03/04/t...
1) On Fox News, Marc Siegel says RFK Jr claims he never met Tom Corry, who was serving as HHS assistant secretary for public affairs and just resigned..
People with disabilities say President Trump's DEI purge is eroding health care, education and legal protections they've only won in recent decades.
What's happening and why it matters: www.axios.com/2025/02/23/t...
Just in: HHS Inspector General Christi Grimm, who was fired along with 7 other IGs by Trump last month, said she found out she was fired while driving. She's been aggressively auditing Medicare Advantage. More than 2,000 investigations now in purgatory. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
If you have any insight into what's unfolding at HHS, now or any time in the future, you can reach me on Signal any time at mayagold.57 or 646-820-5874
www.axios.com/2025/02/14/f...
The Trump administration has cut funding for community-based navigators who help people sign up for the ACA from $98 million to $10 million.
The first Trump administration also cut navigators, with funding restored by the Biden administration.
www.cms.gov/newsroom/pre...
Some of the Trump administration’s dramatic funding and policy shifts are facing major pushback— not from Congress, but from the courts.
@julierovner.bsky.social is joined by @shefali.bsky.social, @jessiehellmann.bsky.social, and @maya-goldman.bsky.social on "What the Health?": bit.ly/41d7eGQ
A federal judge ordered the Trump admin to restore all of the health information it purged over the last couple weeks by midnight last night.
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
A lot is still missing, like all civil rights violations HHS has investigated and corrected.
www.hhs.gov/civil-rights...
Axios Vitals is experiencing some technical difficulties hitting inboxes this morning, but you can read the full newsletter here: axios.com/newsletters/...
And here's my story from this morning on why NYU Langone's Super Bowl ad raised eyebrows 👀: www.axios.com/2025/02/11/h...
📭 Our newsletters are stuck in some traffic this morning, but for now you can read them on our site, across national, local and Pro: www.axios.com/newsletters
🧐 Do you peer review submissions for medical journals? I want to hear if/how you're changing your approach to papers that use federal health data following the last two weeks. Send me a message at maya.goldman@axios.com if you have thoughts! #medsky
Trump's EO on gender-affirming care doesn't require hospitals to take any immediate action, lawyers say. Still, hospitals are caught between the threat of a federal funding cutoff and possible lawsuits and backlash from patients' families:
www.axios.com/2025/02/04/t...
figure this is as good a time as any to say: I write investigations and deep dives focused on businesses in the digital health sector. please send tips to erinbecca@proton.me or send me a direct message and I'll give you my Signal number. both platforms are encrypted for privacy purposes.
The between-the-lines here: Events like last night feel so extraordinary because they are.
