Keren Landman

It's okay to make a big deal about your birthday

Sep 10, 2026

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4 min read

It's okay to make a big deal about your birthday

So long as you also make a rain plan.

Keren Landman

Public health

What did Dolly Parton have in common with data centers?

Aug 28, 2026

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5 min read

What did Dolly Parton have in common with data centers?

Absolutely fucking nothing. That's the point. Plus: the CDC contradicts a state health department, and a bunch of randos grade my mission statement

Keren Landman

Navel-gazing

Aug 20, 2026

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1 min read

New mission statement, who dis?

Help, I'm having deep thoughts

Keren Landman

Public health

Aug 13, 2026

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4 min read

Five ways to make things worse

There are ways to build bridges with MAHA. These are not them.

Keren Landman

Women's Health

Want to become a leading expert in record time?

Aug 6, 2026

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3 min read

Want to become a leading expert in record time?

Study women’s health!

Keren Landman

Public health

Jul 30, 2026

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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.

Keren Landman

Medical practice

Three things that surprised me while reporting on menopause

Jul 22, 2026

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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.

Keren Landman

Outbreaks

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

Jul 15, 2026

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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

Keren Landman

Writing

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

Jul 1, 2026

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5 min read

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

None of them is "be smarter."

Keren Landman

Medical practice

Jun 25, 2026

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11 min read

The hidden cost of finding out

How overdiagnosis is breaking us

Keren Landman

Spillover

Jun 20, 2026

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4 min read

A pest by any other name

Are we screwwormed? Also, a recommendation and a correction

Keren Landman

Vaccines

Sad doctors, social strategy, and Ebola vaccine lessons

Jun 10, 2026

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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

Keren Landman

Outbreaks

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

May 29, 2026

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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.

Keren Landman

Announcements

May 28, 2026

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5 min read

How I turned a layoff into a launchpad

Plus: Baby's first correction 👶 | Paid subs are live 💸

Keren Landman

Outbreaks

NEWS ALERT: The US government plans to screen Americans for Ebola overseas

May 23, 2026

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3 min read

NEWS ALERT: The US government plans to screen Americans for Ebola overseas

Dozens of uniformed personnel are expected to deploy to Kenya to staff a quarantine unit this week.

Keren Landman

Outbreaks

May 21, 2026

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6 min read

Did we do this?

What works better against Ebola: foreign aid or magical thinking?

Keren Landman

Announcements

May 12, 2026

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1 min read

Landman Landmansplains Landmansplained

For the people!

Keren Landman

Outbreaks

May 8, 2026

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4 min read

Hot Plague Ship Summer

And more on what we’re talking about when we talk about CDC

Keren Landman

Public health

I went to a CDC conference watch party and found a fight about the future

Apr 30, 2026

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4 min read

I went to a CDC conference watch party and found a fight about the future

Are you a Nostalgist or a Burner?

Keren Landman

Institutions

Apr 21, 2026

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4 min read

Gathering anyway

Public health Burning Man is this week, and it is not business as usual.

Keren Landman

Writing

Apr 18, 2026

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1 min read

This is happening

You know what they say about the first pancake

Keren Landman

Writing

Aug 1, 2025

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4 min read

Nice newsletter you got there

Why I'm stuck and how you can help

Keren Landman

Navel-gazing

Jun 4, 2025

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4 min read

What this newsletter is really, really about

Surprise! It's not public health.

Keren Landman

Keren Landman

It's okay to make a big deal about your birthday

What did Dolly Parton have in common with data centers?

New mission statement, who dis?

Five ways to make things worse

Want to become a leading expert in record time?

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.

How I turned a layoff into a launchpad

NEWS ALERT: The US government plans to screen Americans for Ebola overseas

Did we do this?

Landman Landmansplains Landmansplained

Hot Plague Ship Summer

I went to a CDC conference watch party and found a fight about the future

Gathering anyway

This is happening

Nice newsletter you got there

What this newsletter is really, really about

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