Leadership change du jour in our federal health agencies. www.statnews.com/2026/03/06/f...
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Leadership change du jour in our federal health agencies. www.statnews.com/2026/03/06/f...
A cascade of conflicts of interest. projects.propublica.org/trump-team-f...
Majority of those polled lack confidence in RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz.
“By the time these harms are apparent at a population level, these policy changes will be normalized — and potentially irreparable.”https://open.substack.com/pub/garyschwitzer/p/politicos-pseudoscience-scenario
Stories about medical centers being the “first” with something are often rather empty. If there’s no data, no track record to report on, where’s the “news you can use?” garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/would-you-...
RFK Jr.’s month of molding his macho image. Isn’t this just what we need from a Secretary of Health & Human Services? garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/rfk-jrs-mo...
CBS News producer Mary Walsh resigns after 46 years, because “We’ve been told to aim our reporting at a particular part of the political spectrum. Honestly, I don’t know how to do that.” www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
Cover of The Lancet, 28 February 2026 issue. The quote: “The destruction that Kennedy has wrought in 1 year might take generations to repair, and there is little hope for US health and science while he remains at the helm.”
On the cover of The Lancet:
Editorial — “Robert F Kennedy Jr: 1 year of failure”
Read the latest issue: spkl.io/63327Aa31W
Webinar & radio talk show for Breast Cancer Coalition of Rochester NY. open.substack.com/pub/garyschw...
RFK Jr "is waging a multifront war on vaccines, and confidence in them is waning. His main victims, of course, are kids — more than 3,000 measles cases have been reported since he took office, about 75% of them in children."
"But he is also threatening us older Americans."
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Woo & wellness influencer Casey Mean’ Senate confirmation hearing today as Surgeon General nominee. open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
RFK Jr’s flip-flop on “cancer causing” glyphosate. Environmental Working Group president “can’t envision a bigger middle finger to every MAHA mom than this.” open.substack.com/pub/garyschw...
What do we in “the great unwashed” get out of lists like the TIME Health 100? I have a better idea. garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/what-good-...
Kennedy, Makary & Oz?!? I’d much rather see a list of nurses, therapists, social workers, chaplains, and immigrants who do the lower-paid jobs in the health care clinical setting. garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/what-good-...
How can one person lead both NIH and CDC? The Guardian on Jay Bhattacharya: “An ineffectual health leader whose attention will be further fractured.” open.substack.com/pub/garyschw...
Many broad, sweeping generalizations on the TrumpRx website aren’t true. The full weight/power of the US would have far more impact than this limited effort which does NOT ensure every American gets the lowest prices. garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/the-troubl...
The trouble with TrumpRx: bold claims, over-promising, “big branding, limited impact.” garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/the-troubl...
I can’t imagine what it’s like going to work at FDA & CDC these days. open.substack.com/pub/garyschw...
Shakeups at HHS. Staff unrest at FDA. “Rudderless CDC.” Uncertainty seems to be the norm in federal health agencies. garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/fda-staff-...
This is how the feds promote "beautiful, clean coal." That's your US Interior Secretary with his new mascot "Coalie." I'm not kidding. garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/because-cl...
“All of a sudden, I was given a press release with a quotation by myself written in it, and asked to just agree to it,” Pazdur told The Wall Street Journal. Without addressing Pazdur’s concerns, Makary went public with the proposal. www.wsj.com/health/healt...
This Administration's assault on clean air is astounding. Now with promotion of a cartoon mascot called "Coalie" to help revive dirty fossil fuel use. garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/because-cl...
NBC: “They batter bodies with rubber bullets & sear eyes with pepper spray…lob tear gas & explosive flash-bangs at chanting crowds…smash car windows…shove people to the ground…ram vehicles & point their guns.” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
He did anything he could to win the job. Then he said “to hell with that.” youtu.be/9R0A80V-HWY?...
CDC website has no disclosures from Martin Kulldorf or Robert Malone; both were paid in vaccine litigation. Where are the ethics forms? apnews.com/article/rfk-...
“You fed those people false information to create the distrust, and now you’re sweeping into power and you’re going to cure the distrust by promoting the same disinformation.” apnews.com/article/rfk-...
Another federal gov’t. assault on Minnesota stifled. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...
