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🔬Health & science reporter: New York Times, Washington Post, The Atlantic, NBC News, The Guardian, NY Sun, The Nation, NY Post. http://www.benryan.net 🔹 https://benryan.substack.com 🔹Columbia grad🔹
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From our poll conducted Sunday-Monday: President Trump's decision to launch airstrikes against Iran is broadly unpopular with Americans www.cnn.com/2025/06/24/p...

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Many of Strangio's assertions are false in his rant against the New York Times. @benryanwriter.bsky.social analyses his comments and points out and corrects the errors in this comprehensive analysis.

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“I don’t know anything about how medical guidelines are established.” —Chase Strangio @chasestrangio.bsky.social, top ACLU @aclu.org litigator

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"Insidious": The ACLU's Chase Strangio Slams The NY Times In Leaked Audio In some of his first comments since U.S. v Skrmetti, Mr. Strangio never acknowledged or responded to the sharp critiques in a recent Times investigation of his own rhetoric and actions. benryan.substack.com/p/insidious-...

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I have arrived.

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FDA approves powerful HIV drug that nearly eliminated spread in clinical trials. The twice-yearly injectable drug’s potential could be compromised by the Trump administration’s dramatic cuts to HIV-prevention infrastructure in the U.S. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

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FDA approves powerful HIV drug that nearly eliminated the spread in HIV clinical trials. The twice-yearly injectable drug’s potential could be compromised by the Trump administration’s dramatic cuts to HIV-prevention infrastructure in the U.S. and abroad. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

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I report: FDA approves powerful HIV drug that nearly eliminated spread in clinical trials The twice-yearly injectable drug’s potential could be compromised by the Trump administration’s dramatic cuts to HIV-prevention infrastructure in the U.S. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

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My latest: Suppressing Puberty Not Tied to Higher Sexual Dysfunction in Trans Adults, Small Study Finds benryan.substack.com/p/suppressin...

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New financial disclosure filings highlight the expansion of a political cottage industry that revolves around President Trump, one that has been quite lucrative for some of his closest aides.

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Am I the only one who thought that the protest today was inspired by Ramona and Her Father?

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Minnesota lawmaker shootings: • State Rep. Melissa Hortman (D), has been assassinated. Her husband was also killed. • State Sen. John Hoffman (D) and his wife were also shot. They underwent surgery. • Police exchanged gunfire with gunman, who then escaped. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...

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How is advertising that junk food is harmful a “food shaming campaign”?

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My latest: The nation’s biggest pediatric gender clinic is shutting down under pressure from the Trump administration. open.substack.com/pub/benryan/...

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NEWS: An Alabama judge has ordered WPATH to publish videos of its 2021, 2022 and 2023 conferences, which remain fiercely guarded from the public eye, as well as a 2023 training video. www.law360.com/articles/235...

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Progressive activists left X en masse after the election as an act of protest and defiance against Elon Musk.

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One of the first things that Evan Urquhart did after he completed his prestigious science journalism fellowship with the Knight Foundation was to invent a journalistic norm that Azeen Ghorayshi supposedly violated in her pod on pediatric gender-transition treatment. open.substack.com/pub/jessesin...

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From my fan base: exiledonline.com/failing-up-w...

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Long-Awaited Puberty Blockers Study Is Out In Pre-Print, Finding No Change In Kids' Mental Health NYT that the lead author, Dr. Johanna Olson-Kennedy, had held off from publishing the study, which did not see mental health improvements, for political reasons benryan.substack.com/p/long-await...

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NEW: Big scoop from @telliotter.bsky.social and @makenakelly.bsky.social—Even as Musk and Trump break up publicly, DOGE is hiring. www.wired.com/story/doge-r...

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“I’m trying to be civil.” —Wendy Wildshape

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