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Jul 30, 2026

Public health

Foodborne

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4 min read

You don’t win friends with salad

A retired microbiologist is out-investigating the federal government on a record-breaking outbreak.

Three things that surprised me while reporting on menopause

Jul 22, 2026

Medical practice

Women's Health

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4 min read

Three things that surprised me while reporting on menopause

I've been a doctor for over 20 years and a woman for way longer. I still got schooled.

How much of the Cyclospora shitstorm can we really blame on DOGE?

Jul 15, 2026

Outbreaks

Foodborne

Institutions

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5 min read

How much of the Cyclospora shitstorm can we really blame on DOGE?

It's so hard to resist a good villain narrative

Three things I'd tell a clinician who wants to write

Jul 1, 2026

Writing

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5 min read

Three things I'd tell a clinician who wants to write

None of them is "be smarter."

Jun 25, 2026

Medical practice

Doctor culture

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11 min read

The hidden cost of finding out

How overdiagnosis is breaking us

Jun 20, 2026

Spillover

Institutions

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4 min read

A pest by any other name

Are we screwwormed? Also, a recommendation and a correction

Sad doctors, social strategy, and Ebola vaccine lessons

Jun 10, 2026

Vaccines

Outbreaks

Doctor culture

Media literacy

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5 min read

Sad doctors, social strategy, and Ebola vaccine lessons

I went to three different cities in a week, and all I got was this dumb post

Experts to Trump: We built facilities to treat Ebola in the US. Use them.

May 29, 2026

Outbreaks

Institutions

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4 min read

Experts to Trump: We built facilities to treat Ebola in the US. Use them.

A coalition of experts has authored an open letter explaining why treating sick Americans abroad isn't a public health strategy.

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LATEST

You don’t win friends with salad

Three things that surprised me while reporting on menopause

How much of the Cyclospora shitstorm can we really blame on DOGE?

Three things I'd tell a clinician who wants to write

The hidden cost of finding out

A pest by any other name

Sad doctors, social strategy, and Ebola vaccine lessons

Experts to Trump: We built facilities to treat Ebola in the US. Use them.

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