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Brenda Goodman retweeted
CNN's @KaitlanCollins: "Two thirds of Americans don't think the US is winning the war with Iran. When will it end?"
Trump responded: "You should not be here covering me. You said you weren't going to cover me. You shouldn't be covering me."
Brenda Goodman retweeted
My son was in kindergarten when I filed this #FOIA request that the State Department just responded to. Today, I am driving him to college.
Brenda Goodman retweeted
NEW: The CDC is excluding two deaths reported by Pa from its weekly national measles death tally, a decision that came from new director Erica Schwartz. Me + @rachel_roubein
washingtonpost.com/health/20…
Brenda Goodman retweeted
Yes indeed @JeromeAdamsMD Let’s go. One in 250 pregnant women with Syphilis is far too many.
Brenda Goodman retweeted
CNN: One year after shooting, CDC workers say they still feel like targets
By Brenda Goodman @CNN @ReporterGoodman @SecKennedy @CDCgov
➡️ cnn.it/4q38J5e
Brenda Goodman retweeted
Price has been a major barrier to access for these medications, especially for older adults who may live on fixed incomes. Bringing costs down through a temporary federal program may finally put them within reach.
But medical experts caution that price shouldn't be the only consideration when deciding whether to use one of these powerful drugs. cnn.it/4ggyfkG
Brenda Goodman retweeted
No one is more mortified by a mistake than a journalist committed to factual reporting. The best own up to it, correct it and apologize for it, as @NinaTotenberg has done. It's worth remembering a long career dedicated to getting it right.
Totenberg read the text of the apology message she sent to Justice Alito:
"Dear Justice Alito, there are no words to adequately apologize for today's error in reporting your retirement. It was entirely my fault. I rushed out of the courtroom after the opinion announcements, and when I realized that the usual rush of folks after a few minutes had not happened, I asked somebody was going on inside, to which the answer was, 'retirement announcements.' I didn't hear the 's' on 'announcements,' and I assumed something no reporter should ever do, that you were retiring. It was the worst professional mistake of my more than 50 years in journalism. I could go on, but I don't know what else to say, except that I am so, so sorry."
Brenda Goodman retweeted
A former USAID official based in the Democratic Republic of Congo tells @jaketapper that the response to the new Ebola outbreak was likely delayed weeks because of Trump's elimination of USAID.
Brenda Goodman retweeted
News: The CDC is sending a team to meet the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship and escort its American passengers back to the US via charter flight, per 4 sources.
Those passengers will then be placed in quarantine in Nebraska. w/ @jmhansler @ReporterGoodman & Deidre McPhilliips
Brenda Goodman retweeted
Understanding where shared clinical decision-making applies, and where it's being stretched beyond its design, is essential to understanding what's happening to the childhood vaccine schedule right now.
New piece: open.substack.com/pub/jakesc…
Brenda Goodman retweeted
Vivid snapshot here of the public health outbreak just humming along in the background
cnn.com/2026/02/27/health/me…
Brenda Goodman retweeted
A common question about vaccine-associated myocarditis is how the risk compares to myocarditis from SARS-CoV-2 infection (Covid). Having reviewed this data closely, I want to walk through what the studies show and why the answer has changed over time. 🧵
Brenda Goodman retweeted
Two top Trump health officials are leaving HHS — the latest fallout from the dept's restructuring ahead of the midterms.
Dep sec JIM O'NEILL and general counsel MIKE STUART on the way out, ppl familiar tell CNN.
Confirming @davidalim @Tim_Roehn scoop: cnn.com/2026/02/13/health/rf…
Brenda Goodman retweeted
“We’ve advocated for measles vaccines all along,” Oz said. “Secretary Kennedy’s been at the very front of this.”
“Oh, come on,” Ms. Bash responded.
@teddyrosenbluth
nytimes.com/2026/02/09/well/… via @NYTimes
Brenda Goodman retweeted
FDA intends to put 'black box' warning on COVID-19 vaccines, per reporting from Ben Tinker, @ReporterGoodman & @megtirrell: cnn.com/2025/12/12/health/fd…
Brenda Goodman retweeted
.@WHO is working closely with #Ethiopia’s @FMoHealth, the Ethiopia Public Health Institute and regional health authorities as part of the rapid response to a suspected outbreak of a viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF) in the Southern Ethiopian Region.
8 people, including health workers, have reportedly been infected.
WHO has deployed experts to the affected towns, along with medicines and other materials to support care for people in need, and personal protective equipment for health workers.
WHO will also be supporting contact tracing in affected communities. Samples have been sent for testing. Further details are expected soon.
I have released US$300,000 from the WHO Contingency Fund for Emergencies to provide immediate support.
WHO’s offices in Ethiopia and South Sudan are collaborating closely to prevent potential cross-border transmission. WHO is ready to scale up support, as and when needed.
I commend Ethiopian health authorities for their timely sharing of information and quick response and offer WHO’s full support.
afro.who.int/news/ethiopia-r…
Brenda Goodman retweeted
The readout from President Trump's visit to Walter Reed today says he got his flu shot and Covid booster.
Brenda Goodman retweeted
Vaccines save lives — more than a million lives every generation. Here’s the math. statnews.com/2025/10/10/meas…
