Kate Yandell
@kateyandell.bsky.social
science and health reporter at FactCheck.org
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The head of the Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine division claimed in a leaked email that “at least 10 children” died from COVID-19 vaccination, using that to justify major vaccine regulatory changes.
Experts, however, say too little information was provided to verify the claim.
Experts, however, say too little information was provided to verify the claim.
Unpacking the FDA’s Black Friday Vaccine Memo - FactCheck.org
The head of the Food and Drug Administration's vaccine division claimed in a leaked email that “at least 10 children" died from COVID-19 vaccination, using that to justify major vaccine regulatory cha...
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December 4, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The head of the Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine division claimed in a leaked email that “at least 10 children” died from COVID-19 vaccination, using that to justify major vaccine regulatory changes.
Experts, however, say too little information was provided to verify the claim.
Experts, however, say too little information was provided to verify the claim.
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Reposted by Kate Yandell
A substantial body of evidence supports the safety of the COVID-19 vaccines during pregnancy, contrary to the suggestions of some members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory committee.
HHS Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently reconstituted the committee.
HHS Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently reconstituted the committee.
Vaccine Advisory Committee Members Mislead About COVID-19 Vaccination During Pregnancy - FactCheck.org
A substantial body of evidence supports the safety of the COVID-19 vaccines during pregnancy, contrary to the suggestions of some members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine ad...
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October 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
A substantial body of evidence supports the safety of the COVID-19 vaccines during pregnancy, contrary to the suggestions of some members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory committee.
HHS Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently reconstituted the committee.
HHS Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently reconstituted the committee.
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September 22, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Some good background reading before today's White House announcement, by @kateyandell.bsky.social. www.factcheck.org/2025/09/the-...
The Facts Behind Claims on Autism, Tylenol and Folate - FactCheck.org
News reports have indicated Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. may point to Tylenol and folate deficiency in his promised announcement on the causes of autism. But neither Tylen...
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September 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Some good background reading before today's White House announcement, by @kateyandell.bsky.social. www.factcheck.org/2025/09/the-...
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“It will take decades to recover from this, if we ever do.” America’s cancer research system, which has helped save millions of lives and is in one of its most productive moments, is under threat by the Trump administration.
Trump Is Shutting Down the War On Cancer
America’s cancer research system, which has helped save millions of lives, is under threat in one of its most productive moments.
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September 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
“It will take decades to recover from this, if we ever do.” America’s cancer research system, which has helped save millions of lives and is in one of its most productive moments, is under threat by the Trump administration.
This one resonated with me. Pregnancy is a wildly vulnerable times, and it is shocking how readily content on these topics will find you if you fit a particular demographic and life stage. The quality of information is incredibly mixed.
A young physician points out the failure of our biomedical institutions to adapt to the huge changes in our information ecosystem. We need to work together to fix this.
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The Rising Tide of Medical Misinformation
I was pondering the vast universe of medical information on social media when the following missive was sent to me by a young physician who has already mastered medical school, a rigorous internship a...
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September 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
This one resonated with me. Pregnancy is a wildly vulnerable times, and it is shocking how readily content on these topics will find you if you fit a particular demographic and life stage. The quality of information is incredibly mixed.
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If you read 1 thing today, please make it this: my so-talented colleague @ericboodman.bsky.social explains why babies in the US are vaccinated at birth against hep B — and what the human costs of changing that policy would be. www.statnews.com/2025/09/11/n...
Dropping hepatitis B shots for newborns would ignore history and endanger children, scientists warn
People who study, treat, or have hepatitis B say ending routine vaccination at birth - as some vaccine critics want - could lead to a resurgence of the virus.
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September 11, 2025 at 12:28 PM
If you read 1 thing today, please make it this: my so-talented colleague @ericboodman.bsky.social explains why babies in the US are vaccinated at birth against hep B — and what the human costs of changing that policy would be. www.statnews.com/2025/09/11/n...
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“If a treatment is so horrible that a patient can’t handle it, then it is not an advancement in care,” Camidge says. “We don’t treat laboratory models or even patients. We treat people with lives that the cancer is in the way of.”
After three years I feel ready to enter a new phase of patient empowerment by publicly disclosing my own disgnosis. This went live today and all good. news.cuanschutz.edu/cancer-cente...
World Lung Cancer Expert Diagnosed with Advanced Lung Cancer
D. Ross Camidge, MD, PhD, has spent his career fighting lung cancer. In 2022, that fight turned personal when he received a diagnosis of his own.
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September 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
“If a treatment is so horrible that a patient can’t handle it, then it is not an advancement in care,” Camidge says. “We don’t treat laboratory models or even patients. We treat people with lives that the cancer is in the way of.”
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Brilliant piece on how to engage in conversation with strangers about vaccines and public health
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I inserted myself into a conversation at a bar about Covid and vaccines. Here’s what happened
What happened when a public health scientist overheard four men sharing misinformation about Covid — and decided to talk to them about it.
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September 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Brilliant piece on how to engage in conversation with strangers about vaccines and public health
@statnews.com @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social
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I extensively contributed to this fact check on RFK’s critiques and calls to retract a recent Annals of Internal Medicine paper by Danish researchers showing dose of vaccine aluminum adjuvants does not increase risk of any of 50 chronic diseases including autism
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September 5, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I extensively contributed to this fact check on RFK’s critiques and calls to retract a recent Annals of Internal Medicine paper by Danish researchers showing dose of vaccine aluminum adjuvants does not increase risk of any of 50 chronic diseases including autism
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Our 400+ page comment on the DOE climate working group report is now out.
Our conclusion: The merchants of doubt are back, and they're coming for climate science.
Our conclusion: The merchants of doubt are back, and they're coming for climate science.
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On July 29, 2025, the Department of Energy (DOE) published a report from its Climate Working Group (CWG). This report features prominently in the EPA's reconsideration of its 2009 Endangerment Finding. In response, over 85 scientists have come together to write a comprehensive review, which is
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September 2, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Our 400+ page comment on the DOE climate working group report is now out.
Our conclusion: The merchants of doubt are back, and they're coming for climate science.
Our conclusion: The merchants of doubt are back, and they're coming for climate science.
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My latest on the Health Sec who promised to figure out what causes autism and the autism research that's been stopped along the way www.propublica.org/article/rfk-...
RFK Jr. Vowed to Find the Environmental Causes of Autism. Then He Shut Down Research Trying to Do Just That.
While touting a $50 million initiative to identify the causes of autism, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is helping lead an administration that is rolling back protections against pollution and toxic chemicals,...
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August 20, 2025 at 10:58 AM
My latest on the Health Sec who promised to figure out what causes autism and the autism research that's been stopped along the way www.propublica.org/article/rfk-...
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NEW: In March, the Trump administration announced a massive purge of workers at the nation's health agencies.
We asked them how many workers were laid off, pushed out or left.
They refused to give us numbers.
So we conducted our own analysis... 🧵
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We asked them how many workers were laid off, pushed out or left.
They refused to give us numbers.
So we conducted our own analysis... 🧵
projects.propublica.org/federal-heal...
August 21, 2025 at 11:40 AM
NEW: In March, the Trump administration announced a massive purge of workers at the nation's health agencies.
We asked them how many workers were laid off, pushed out or left.
They refused to give us numbers.
So we conducted our own analysis... 🧵
projects.propublica.org/federal-heal...
We asked them how many workers were laid off, pushed out or left.
They refused to give us numbers.
So we conducted our own analysis... 🧵
projects.propublica.org/federal-heal...
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Q&A on the Trump EPA’s Effort to Curtail Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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Q&A on the Trump EPA's Effort to Curtail Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions - FactCheck.org
The Environmental Protection Agency is holding public hearings this week on its effort to undo the legal foundation for its regulation of greenhouse gases, the heat-trapping gases that cause climate c...
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August 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Q&A on the Trump EPA’s Effort to Curtail Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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How RFK Jr. mischaracterizes vaccine court -- and what he can and can't do to overhaul it: www.factcheck.org/2025/08/rfk-...
RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Court Spin - FactCheck.org
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. misrepresented the country’s compensation program for those who are harmed by vaccines, alleging that it’s biased and corrupt and falsely clai...
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August 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
How RFK Jr. mischaracterizes vaccine court -- and what he can and can't do to overhaul it: www.factcheck.org/2025/08/rfk-...
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New from me: A look at the what (could be) the legacy of the historic climate law, the IRA.
Post-OBBB, here's a detailed accounting of which grant programs survived, and how much $$ Biden actually got out the door (or at least obligated) before Congress killed the rest. heatmap.news/politics/ira...
Post-OBBB, here's a detailed accounting of which grant programs survived, and how much $$ Biden actually got out the door (or at least obligated) before Congress killed the rest. heatmap.news/politics/ira...
Here’s How Much Money Biden Actually Spent From the IRA
When Congress rescinded unobligated funds from the historic climate law, it inadvertently answered a question climate advocates have been asking for months.
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July 15, 2025 at 9:10 PM
New from me: A look at the what (could be) the legacy of the historic climate law, the IRA.
Post-OBBB, here's a detailed accounting of which grant programs survived, and how much $$ Biden actually got out the door (or at least obligated) before Congress killed the rest. heatmap.news/politics/ira...
Post-OBBB, here's a detailed accounting of which grant programs survived, and how much $$ Biden actually got out the door (or at least obligated) before Congress killed the rest. heatmap.news/politics/ira...
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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Btw if you live in Philadelphia and own a building (like your house for example) with a big wall like this and want a science mural, get at me. Especially if your street has high foot traffic. Philadelphians feel free to repost this one.
Every time I walk by this wall I’m like my god this thing needs a mural.
July 3, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Btw if you live in Philadelphia and own a building (like your house for example) with a big wall like this and want a science mural, get at me. Especially if your street has high foot traffic. Philadelphians feel free to repost this one.
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Among the thousands of federal workers that HHS fired this year: CDC researchers who advised clinicians on how to prescribe contraception safely for millions of women with underlying medical conditions.
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My latest on @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy @kffhealthnews.org www.cbsnews.com/news/hhs-cdc...
HHS eliminates CDC staff who made sure birth control is safe for women at risk
The Trump administration eliminated the CDC team that developed national guidelines for prescribing contraception safely for millions of women with underlying medical conditions.
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June 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Among the thousands of federal workers that HHS fired this year: CDC researchers who advised clinicians on how to prescribe contraception safely for millions of women with underlying medical conditions.
My latest on @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy @kffhealthnews.org www.cbsnews.com/news/hhs-cdc...
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BREAKING: A source tells me that the Trump administration has shut down public access to every single National Climate Assessment, the Congressionally-mandated quadrennial report assessing how climate change is affecting the U.S.
This is what you get when you try to access them online
This is what you get when you try to access them online
June 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM
BREAKING: A source tells me that the Trump administration has shut down public access to every single National Climate Assessment, the Congressionally-mandated quadrennial report assessing how climate change is affecting the U.S.
This is what you get when you try to access them online
This is what you get when you try to access them online
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I am concerned there will be an uptick in disinformation about #RSV prior to the ACIP meeting later this month. Apparently, there will be a 'Vaccines for Children' (aka VFC) vote at that meeting.
June 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I am concerned there will be an uptick in disinformation about #RSV prior to the ACIP meeting later this month. Apparently, there will be a 'Vaccines for Children' (aka VFC) vote at that meeting.