Scott Gottlieb, MD
@scottgottliebmd.bsky.social
Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. Partner, New Enterprise Associates. Contributor CNBC. 23rd Commissioner of the U.S. FDA. Boards: Pfizer, Illumina, TempusAI, United Health
My essay in the Sunday Washington Post: “A viral infection can have devastating effects. I experienced this firsthand.” @washingtonpost.com
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February 8, 2026 at 4:50 PM
My essay in the Sunday Washington Post: “A viral infection can have devastating effects. I experienced this firsthand.” @washingtonpost.com
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Gift 🎁 link, b/c this is a really great, straightforward op-ed by Scott Gottlieb, who was FDA Commissioner during Trump's first term. Gottlieb developed Hodgkin lymphoma from Epstein-Barr virus (EBV).
Key excerpts & commentary ⬇️, in case you can't read the whole thing.
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Key excerpts & commentary ⬇️, in case you can't read the whole thing.
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Opinion | A viral infection can have devastating effects. I experienced this firsthand.
The consequences of the anti-vaccine movement reach beyond today’s controversies.
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February 7, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Gift 🎁 link, b/c this is a really great, straightforward op-ed by Scott Gottlieb, who was FDA Commissioner during Trump's first term. Gottlieb developed Hodgkin lymphoma from Epstein-Barr virus (EBV).
Key excerpts & commentary ⬇️, in case you can't read the whole thing.
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Key excerpts & commentary ⬇️, in case you can't read the whole thing.
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My Op Ed in Today's Washington Post: "The long-lasting effects of viruses — and the anti-vaccine movement. For some people, a viral infection can have devastating long-term effects."
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February 6, 2026 at 3:37 PM
My Op Ed in Today's Washington Post: "The long-lasting effects of viruses — and the anti-vaccine movement. For some people, a viral infection can have devastating long-term effects."
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My Op Ed in Today's Washington Post: "The long-lasting effects of viruses — and the anti-vaccine movement. For some people, a viral infection can have devastating long-term effects."
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February 6, 2026 at 10:35 PM
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It's a good and personal piece. Earlier in his adult life, Gottlieb had Hodgkins disease, almost certainly as a result of Epstein-Barr virus infection. (Happily, Hodgkins is usually quite treatable cancer, as it was for him.)
My Op Ed in Today's Washington Post: "The long-lasting effects of viruses — and the anti-vaccine movement. For some people, a viral infection can have devastating long-term effects."
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February 6, 2026 at 6:57 PM
It's a good and personal piece. Earlier in his adult life, Gottlieb had Hodgkins disease, almost certainly as a result of Epstein-Barr virus infection. (Happily, Hodgkins is usually quite treatable cancer, as it was for him.)
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The long-lasting effects of viruses — and the anti-vaccine movement: Dr. @scottgottliebmd.bsky.social had cancer caused by EBV, and remind us that viruses can leave life-long harms and risks, and vaccines that prevent infections prevent those, too. @postopinions.bsky.social wapo.st/4qjFtWk
Opinion | A viral infection can have devastating effects. I experienced this firsthand.
The consequences of the anti-vaccine movement reach beyond today’s controversies.
wapo.st
February 6, 2026 at 5:23 PM
The long-lasting effects of viruses — and the anti-vaccine movement: Dr. @scottgottliebmd.bsky.social had cancer caused by EBV, and remind us that viruses can leave life-long harms and risks, and vaccines that prevent infections prevent those, too. @postopinions.bsky.social wapo.st/4qjFtWk
My Op Ed in Today's Washington Post: "The long-lasting effects of viruses — and the anti-vaccine movement. For some people, a viral infection can have devastating long-term effects."
wapo.st/4qjFtWk
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February 6, 2026 at 3:37 PM
My Op Ed in Today's Washington Post: "The long-lasting effects of viruses — and the anti-vaccine movement. For some people, a viral infection can have devastating long-term effects."
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Predictably, anti-vaccine groups are leveraging HHS action to move most pediatric vaccines off the recommended schedule (and conform U.S. guidelines to Denmark) to pressure red state legislatures to eliminate vaccinations as part of school entrance requirements.
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With new vaccine schedule secured, RFK Jr. allies head to statehouses
The overhaul of the federal vaccine schedule sent shockwaves through American health care. Now battles over vaccine laws are moving to statehouses across the country.
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January 29, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Predictably, anti-vaccine groups are leveraging HHS action to move most pediatric vaccines off the recommended schedule (and conform U.S. guidelines to Denmark) to pressure red state legislatures to eliminate vaccinations as part of school entrance requirements.
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It appears that the new dietary guidelines stopped short of strengthening the recommendation to reduce alcohol consumption and may have weakened it — a missed public health opportunity that should be revisited as these guidelines are refined and updated.
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January 7, 2026 at 6:05 PM
It appears that the new dietary guidelines stopped short of strengthening the recommendation to reduce alcohol consumption and may have weakened it — a missed public health opportunity that should be revisited as these guidelines are refined and updated.
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This is a policy choice. As Dr. Gottlieb recently put the issue on CNBC: if we substantially reduce vaccination rates, "we're going to have to build new pediatric hospitals." www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8CJ...
Shifting many pediatric vaccines into the category of shared clinical decision-making means in many red states governors and legislators will be pressured to strip them from school-entry requirements. Vaccination rates could fall sharply with stark regional differences in protection against disease
Federal health officials slash recommended childhood vaccinations under Trump’s directive
The number of recommended childhood shots drops from 17 to 11.
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January 5, 2026 at 7:21 PM
This is a policy choice. As Dr. Gottlieb recently put the issue on CNBC: if we substantially reduce vaccination rates, "we're going to have to build new pediatric hospitals." www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8CJ...
Reposted by Scott Gottlieb, MD
Shifting many pediatric vaccines into the category of shared clinical decision-making means in many red states governors and legislators will be pressured to strip them from school-entry requirements. Vaccination rates could fall sharply with stark regional differences in protection against disease
Federal health officials slash recommended childhood vaccinations under Trump’s directive
The number of recommended childhood shots drops from 17 to 11.
www.statnews.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Shifting many pediatric vaccines into the category of shared clinical decision-making means in many red states governors and legislators will be pressured to strip them from school-entry requirements. Vaccination rates could fall sharply with stark regional differences in protection against disease
Shifting many pediatric vaccines into the category of shared clinical decision-making means in many red states governors and legislators will be pressured to strip them from school-entry requirements. Vaccination rates could fall sharply with stark regional differences in protection against disease
Federal health officials slash recommended childhood vaccinations under Trump’s directive
The number of recommended childhood shots drops from 17 to 11.
www.statnews.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Shifting many pediatric vaccines into the category of shared clinical decision-making means in many red states governors and legislators will be pressured to strip them from school-entry requirements. Vaccination rates could fall sharply with stark regional differences in protection against disease
My segment on CNBC today
Gottlieb: ‘If We Go to the Danish Model and We Substantially Reduce Vaccination … We’re Going to Have to Build New Pediatric Hospitals’
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Gottlieb: ‘If We Go to the Danish Model and We Substantially Reduce Vaccination … We’re Going to Have to Build New Pediatric Hospitals’
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Gottlieb: ‘If We Go to the Danish Model and We Substantially Reduce Vaccination … We’re Going to Have to Build New Pediatric Hospitals’
‘These aren’t benign diseases’
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December 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
My segment on CNBC today
Gottlieb: ‘If We Go to the Danish Model and We Substantially Reduce Vaccination … We’re Going to Have to Build New Pediatric Hospitals’
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Gottlieb: ‘If We Go to the Danish Model and We Substantially Reduce Vaccination … We’re Going to Have to Build New Pediatric Hospitals’
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To foster disruptive innovation with the potential to change medical paradigms, NIH policies should channel more funding to unconventional ideas and the early-career investigators who are pursuing them, a theme that I take up in my forthcoming book, Miracle Century
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December 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
To foster disruptive innovation with the potential to change medical paradigms, NIH policies should channel more funding to unconventional ideas and the early-career investigators who are pursuing them, a theme that I take up in my forthcoming book, Miracle Century
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To foster disruptive innovation with the potential to change medical paradigms, NIH policies should channel more funding to unconventional ideas and the early-career investigators who are pursuing them, a theme that I take up in my forthcoming book, Miracle Century
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December 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
To foster disruptive innovation with the potential to change medical paradigms, NIH policies should channel more funding to unconventional ideas and the early-career investigators who are pursuing them, a theme that I take up in my forthcoming book, Miracle Century
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NBC News: ‘Whooping cough cases soar as vaccination rates drop: In an NBC News data investigation of 31 states, about 70% of counties and jurisdictions fell below the target vaccination rate needed for community protection.’
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Whooping cough cases soar as vaccination rates drop
In an NBC News data investigation of 31 states, about 70% of counties and jurisdictions fell below the target vaccination rate needed for community protection.
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December 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
NBC News: ‘Whooping cough cases soar as vaccination rates drop: In an NBC News data investigation of 31 states, about 70% of counties and jurisdictions fell below the target vaccination rate needed for community protection.’
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Must-read for health care regulators, by former FDA head @scottgottliebmd.bsky.social, pointing out challenges of introducing AI in health care systems -> Approval, benefit assessment and reimbursement regulation need system-specific consideration and design in order to support productivity gains!
My article in the current issue of JAMA Health Forum: “How AI Will Help Solve Medicine’s Productivity Challenges.”
How AI Will Help Solve Medicine’s Productivity Challenges
This JAMA Forum discusses the potential for artificial intelligence (AI) to improve productivity in medicine and explores the changes needed in regulation and reimbursement to support the effective im...
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December 12, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Must-read for health care regulators, by former FDA head @scottgottliebmd.bsky.social, pointing out challenges of introducing AI in health care systems -> Approval, benefit assessment and reimbursement regulation need system-specific consideration and design in order to support productivity gains!
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12 former commissioners of the FDA came together to write a Perspectives piece for the New England Journal of Medicine; raising our concerns about recent changes to vaccine approval policy at the FDA and its implications for patients and public health.
December 3, 2025 at 10:28 PM
12 former commissioners of the FDA came together to write a Perspectives piece for the New England Journal of Medicine; raising our concerns about recent changes to vaccine approval policy at the FDA and its implications for patients and public health.
My article in the current issue of JAMA Health Forum: “How AI Will Help Solve Medicine’s Productivity Challenges.”
How AI Will Help Solve Medicine’s Productivity Challenges
This JAMA Forum discusses the potential for artificial intelligence (AI) to improve productivity in medicine and explores the changes needed in regulation and reimbursement to support the effective im...
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December 12, 2025 at 4:04 AM
My article in the current issue of JAMA Health Forum: “How AI Will Help Solve Medicine’s Productivity Challenges.”
My segment on Face the Nation today on recent changes by CDC’s vaccine advisory committee to the pediatric schedule.
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Scott Gottlieb says Hepatitis B vaccine birth dose prevents chronic infection
As the CDC vaccine panel voted last week to stop recommending the birth dose of the Hepatitis B vaccine, former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, who now serves on the boards of Pfizer and United Healt...
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December 7, 2025 at 8:09 PM
My segment on Face the Nation today on recent changes by CDC’s vaccine advisory committee to the pediatric schedule.
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Dr. Gottlieb: FDA is systemically trying to dismantle components of the vaccine approval process cnb.cx/4pfHbrT with @scottgottliebmd.bsky.social @cnbc.com
Dr. Gottlieb: FDA is systemically trying to dismantle components of the vaccine approval process
Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss concerns over the FDA's sweeping changes to how the U.S. handles vaccinations, impact on the public trust in vaccines, degradat...
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December 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Dr. Gottlieb: FDA is systemically trying to dismantle components of the vaccine approval process cnb.cx/4pfHbrT with @scottgottliebmd.bsky.social @cnbc.com
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If new proposals detailed in an FDA memo are put into place, experts told me it would mean the end of annual flu shots. And end of most vaccines for pregnant people. And maybe the end of updates to pneumonia vaccines. And more.
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FDA official proposes ‘impossible’ standards for vaccine testing that could curtail access to immunizations
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December 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
If new proposals detailed in an FDA memo are put into place, experts told me it would mean the end of annual flu shots. And end of most vaccines for pregnant people. And maybe the end of updates to pneumonia vaccines. And more.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
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12 former commissioners of the FDA came together to write a Perspectives piece for the New England Journal of Medicine; raising our concerns about recent changes to vaccine approval policy at the FDA and its implications for patients and public health.
December 3, 2025 at 10:28 PM
12 former commissioners of the FDA came together to write a Perspectives piece for the New England Journal of Medicine; raising our concerns about recent changes to vaccine approval policy at the FDA and its implications for patients and public health.