Sheryl Gay Stolberg
@sherylnyt.bsky.social
Covering health policy & politics for @nytimes. Former Congressional & White House Correspondent (Bush & Obama). Peloton aficionado, amateur painter, mom of 2 awesome young adults. Tips: [email protected]
HEADS UP: CDC website now officially asserts that vaccines may cause autism.“Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities.” Also says the “vaccines do not cause autism” header remains b/c of an agreement with Cassidy.
November 20, 2025 at 2:53 AM
HEADS UP: CDC website now officially asserts that vaccines may cause autism.“Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities.” Also says the “vaccines do not cause autism” header remains b/c of an agreement with Cassidy.
Evidence that at the least, RFK Jr has changed the conversation around food. At @apha.org meeting, “regulating ultra processed foods” appears to win the straw poll as the policy most likely to improve nutrition.
November 3, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Evidence that at the least, RFK Jr has changed the conversation around food. At @apha.org meeting, “regulating ultra processed foods” appears to win the straw poll as the policy most likely to improve nutrition.
HAPPENING NOW: 12,000 public health professionals meeting in DC. They’ll rally on the National Mall Wednesday
The president of @apha.org walked onto the stage to the tune of “Mission Impossible.” Their opening video referred to the RFK and the Trump administration as “The Syndicate.”
The president of @apha.org walked onto the stage to the tune of “Mission Impossible.” Their opening video referred to the RFK and the Trump administration as “The Syndicate.”
November 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
HAPPENING NOW: 12,000 public health professionals meeting in DC. They’ll rally on the National Mall Wednesday
The president of @apha.org walked onto the stage to the tune of “Mission Impossible.” Their opening video referred to the RFK and the Trump administration as “The Syndicate.”
The president of @apha.org walked onto the stage to the tune of “Mission Impossible.” Their opening video referred to the RFK and the Trump administration as “The Syndicate.”
RFK Jr. to TRUMP, on the White House plan to expand access to fertility drugs:
"You made peace in the Middle East which is beyond anybody's imagination. Now you're giving millions of Americans a chance to have babies and you're doing this while the government is locked down by the Democrats."
"You made peace in the Middle East which is beyond anybody's imagination. Now you're giving millions of Americans a chance to have babies and you're doing this while the government is locked down by the Democrats."
October 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
RFK Jr. to TRUMP, on the White House plan to expand access to fertility drugs:
"You made peace in the Middle East which is beyond anybody's imagination. Now you're giving millions of Americans a chance to have babies and you're doing this while the government is locked down by the Democrats."
"You made peace in the Middle East which is beyond anybody's imagination. Now you're giving millions of Americans a chance to have babies and you're doing this while the government is locked down by the Democrats."
Whoops! You’re not RIF’d after all .
October 12, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Whoops! You’re not RIF’d after all .
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
October 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
Going through my email and found this vile, anti-Semitic, racist rant. Ordinarily I wouldn't share or amplify. But it also seems to me that people ought to be reminded that this exists.
September 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Going through my email and found this vile, anti-Semitic, racist rant. Ordinarily I wouldn't share or amplify. But it also seems to me that people ought to be reminded that this exists.
BREAKING: Florida judge dismisses Trump $15B case against @nytimes @nytimes.com @susannecraignyt.bsky.social @russbuettner.bsky.social @peterbakernyt.bsky.social Michael Schmidt
September 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
BREAKING: Florida judge dismisses Trump $15B case against @nytimes @nytimes.com @susannecraignyt.bsky.social @russbuettner.bsky.social @peterbakernyt.bsky.social Michael Schmidt
Prediction: ACIP will abandon its recommendation for routine HepB vaccination for infants. Senate Republicans including two doctors -- Rand Paul and Roger Marshall (see below) are laying the groundwork for it.
September 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Prediction: ACIP will abandon its recommendation for routine HepB vaccination for infants. Senate Republicans including two doctors -- Rand Paul and Roger Marshall (see below) are laying the groundwork for it.
Bill Cassidy and Rand Paul are fighting over whether Hep B vaccine should be given at birth.
September 3, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Bill Cassidy and Rand Paul are fighting over whether Hep B vaccine should be given at birth.
Weeks after a gunman opened fire on the CDC, House GOP 2026 budget proposes a ban on federally-funded research aimed at developing policies to prevent gun violence. The research resumed in 2020 after a two-decade freeze.
September 3, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Weeks after a gunman opened fire on the CDC, House GOP 2026 budget proposes a ban on federally-funded research aimed at developing policies to prevent gun violence. The research resumed in 2020 after a two-decade freeze.
BREAKING: the White House says it has fired the CDC director
August 28, 2025 at 1:37 AM
BREAKING: the White House says it has fired the CDC director
Reporting while Jewish. This person's mother needs to wash out his mouth with soap.
May 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Reporting while Jewish. This person's mother needs to wash out his mouth with soap.
To those who celebrate: Happy Passover. Freedom means freedom for everyone.
April 12, 2025 at 10:13 PM
To those who celebrate: Happy Passover. Freedom means freedom for everyone.
As some of you may know, I've been working on a history of politics and public health. The manuscript isn't quite done, but I'll be giving a sneak preview at George Washington University tonight. Join us!
March 19, 2025 at 1:14 PM
As some of you may know, I've been working on a history of politics and public health. The manuscript isn't quite done, but I'll be giving a sneak preview at George Washington University tonight. Join us!
What's up with the NIH website?
March 1, 2025 at 5:29 PM
What's up with the NIH website?
Rand Paul wants to bust up NIAID into 3 institutes, each with a Senate-confirmed director.
February 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Rand Paul wants to bust up NIAID into 3 institutes, each with a Senate-confirmed director.
New definitions from the Trump administration:
February 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
New definitions from the Trump administration:
Statement from former HHS agency heads on Trump firings: "We owe them a debt of gratitude, not a pink slip."
February 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Statement from former HHS agency heads on Trump firings: "We owe them a debt of gratitude, not a pink slip."
Disclaimer found on the CDC website:
"Any information on this page promoting gender ideology is extremely inaccurate and disconnected from the immutable biological reality that there are two sexes, male and female. The Trump Administration rejects gender ideology ..."
"Any information on this page promoting gender ideology is extremely inaccurate and disconnected from the immutable biological reality that there are two sexes, male and female. The Trump Administration rejects gender ideology ..."
February 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Disclaimer found on the CDC website:
"Any information on this page promoting gender ideology is extremely inaccurate and disconnected from the immutable biological reality that there are two sexes, male and female. The Trump Administration rejects gender ideology ..."
"Any information on this page promoting gender ideology is extremely inaccurate and disconnected from the immutable biological reality that there are two sexes, male and female. The Trump Administration rejects gender ideology ..."
Bill Cassidy dropping hints on how he will vote on RFK Jr. tomorrow?
February 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Bill Cassidy dropping hints on how he will vote on RFK Jr. tomorrow?
The CDC survey on youth behavioral habits, including smoking, drinking, gender identity, and sexual orientation, disappeared last night. Researchers use it to study behaviors that put kids at risk. The frame on the right is how the website looks now.
February 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The CDC survey on youth behavioral habits, including smoking, drinking, gender identity, and sexual orientation, disappeared last night. Researchers use it to study behaviors that put kids at risk. The frame on the right is how the website looks now.
Here is the Trump administration directive putting public health communications on hold.
January 23, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Here is the Trump administration directive putting public health communications on hold.
Stopped by the Capitol today to pay my respects.
January 9, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Stopped by the Capitol today to pay my respects.