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Liz Seegert @lizseegert.bsky.social · 1d

Call for Applications: @womenjournos.bsky.social JAWS 2026 Health Reporting Fellowship! This unique opportunity includes a $4,000 stipend, workshops, mentoring & more! Open to US-based individuals who identify as women with 2-7 years’ professional journalism experience. www.jaws.org/apply-here

2026 Application & Overview — JAWS

www.jaws.org

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Liz Seegert @lizseegert.bsky.social · 1d

…becoming weaponized? Folks we are well past becoming.

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The Upshot @upshot.nytimes.com · 4d

Without them, premiums will increase for more than 20 million people next year, and an estimated two million people are expected to lose coverage. The magnitude of the change depends on where people live, how old they are, and what they earn.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

At Stake in the Shutdown Fight: Obamacare Prices That Could Rise by Thousands of Dollars

Here’s where Affordable Care Act premiums could increase the most.

www.nytimes.com

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Liz Seegert @lizseegert.bsky.social · 11d

WTAF?

Liz Seegert @lizseegert.bsky.social · 11d

I’m guessing they’ll go to the other Portland.

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Liz Seegert @lizseegert.bsky.social · 11d

What do new vaccine recommendations mean for older adults? My colleague @jburns18.bsky.social and I took a look

healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/09...

New COVID-19 vaccine guidance fuels confusion, uncertainty for older adults

ACIP’s new recommendation leaves many patients and providers unsure about current advice and whether they can obtain a COVID-19 vaccine.

healthjournalism.org

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Liz Seegert @lizseegert.bsky.social · 15d

How can anyone be this dumb?

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 15d

Preach

Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 18d

Donald Trump is way less popular than he wants you to believe.

And you are significantly more powerful than he wants you to think.

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Liz Seegert @lizseegert.bsky.social · 16d

Art Caplan pulls no punches.

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 16d

He’s sincerely the dumbest man to ever occupy the office.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16d

Trump: "It's too much liquid. Too many different things are going into that baby at too big a number. The size of this thing when you look at it. It's like 80 different vaccines and beyond vaccines."

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John Choiniere @johnchoiniere.bsky.social · 17d

Acetaminophen/paracetamol use in pregnancy doesn't cause autism, no matter what RFK says this week. This is not an unsettled question. Evidence summarized here: sciencebasedmedicine.org/tylenol-and-...

Tylenol and Autism

Earlier this year, HHS secretary RFK Jr. predicted that, "By September, we will know what has caused the autism epidemic and we'll be able to eliminate those exposures." Scientists have been researc

sciencebasedmedicine.org

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Liz Seegert @lizseegert.bsky.social · 17d

I’m not a fan of this update Text on lock screen is harder to read and very few other tweaks add real value.

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Liz Seegert @lizseegert.bsky.social · 18d

They probably work for Fox News

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 18d

We told @time.com that journalists shouldn’t trade their independence for access to Pentagon spin.

“Agreeing not to look where the government doesn’t want you to look and, by extension, not to print what it doesn’t want you to print, is propaganda, not journalism.”

Pentagon Accused of ‘Intimidation’ With New Restrictions For Journalists

The Pentagon released new rules for journalists that prevents them from reporting on unauthorized information.

time.com

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Liz Seegert @lizseegert.bsky.social · 20d

Journalist here. That’s literally our fucking job.

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Liz Seegert @lizseegert.bsky.social · 22d

Thrilled to share my article on amyloid busting drugs in the October issue of @sciam.bsky.social for their special section on Alzheimer's disease

www.scientificamerican.com/article/cont...

Doctors Are Torn over Controversial New Alzheimer’s Treatments. Here’s Why

New Alzheimer’s drugs known as anti-amyloid therapies may slow disease progression—but they also carry serious risks, including brain bleeds and strokelike symptoms

www.scientificamerican.com

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Liz Seegert @lizseegert.bsky.social · 26d

And he was willing to sacrifice innocent people to do it. Collateral damage. Like a mob boss.

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Liz Seegert @lizseegert.bsky.social · 26d

He’s getting people used to the idea of the president deploying troops in the states. Soon it won’t seem like that big of a deal

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Liz Seegert @lizseegert.bsky.social · 27d

Way to go NY!

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 27d

From me, a list of Trump supporters who killed, or tried to kill, Democrats and opponents of Trump in recent years (since the right are now claiming all the political violence is from the left!)

Receipts:
zeteo.com/p/charlie-ki...

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Liz Seegert @lizseegert.bsky.social · 27d

thank you @mehdirhasan.bsky.social.

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Liz Seegert @lizseegert.bsky.social · 28d

I hate to think it but I’m glad he’s not alive to see how his namesake turned out.

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Liz Seegert @lizseegert.bsky.social · 28d

how many of them are in the files?

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Tara Haelle @tarahaelle.bsky.social · Sep 8

Join @healthjournalism.org and the Expert Vaccine Analysis Team THURS, SEPT 11 at 11am ET for a webinar on research re #vaccines & #autism. It's highly likely any HHS report on autism will try to implicate vaccines, so know the real science in advance.
Register: healthjournalism.org/event/prepar...

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Liz Seegert @lizseegert.bsky.social · 29d

Yet Medicare won’t cover dental care. Makes no sense. (I know some AMA plans do so don’t @ me please)

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