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public health/medicine reporter | epidemiologist, ID doc | health misinfo, @soljourno, Southern stuff | Signal: kerenlandman.25 | kerenlandman.com My recent work at Vox: https://www.vox.com/authors/keren-landman
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Great piece by @marynmck.bsky.social on the interconnectedness of animal and human health www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/o...

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

RFK Jr. wants to tackle the GRAS exemption, which allows companies to put chemicals in food without review by the FDA. Many have tried before him.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Maybe I wasn’t clear about this. I wanted more egg and no plane crash, not many plane crash and no egg.

submitted 9 days ago • 606 comments

Be like Carrie! Contact me on Signal (usha.22) and end up being the lead of a story even if you aren't sure the info you have is helpful. We are journalists and not inside federal agencies. We don't have magic knowledge. We need you to help us expose what is happening. We'll protect your identity.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Hearing from a reliable source at CDC that none of the officers in its "disease detective" EIS program were actually laid off today. “Those news stories aren't right yet — but they probably will be soon," they said. #cdclayoffs

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Doing the unthinkable: The deep cuts to the #CDC's workforce today are expected to decimate the Epidemic Intelligence Service, a program that has trained public health rapid responders for decades. Envy of the world. Poof! www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...

submitted 12 days ago • 545 comments

You know Kate Winslet in Contagion? Where she runs into a hot zone, risking her life, so Americans could be safer? She was an EIS officer. That’s who was just fired at CDC today. EIS officers. And many, many more public servants fighting every day for your health.

submitted 12 days ago • 41 comments

CDC is planning to lay off 1,269 employees today. The vibes in Atlanta are rancid.

submitted 12 days ago • 2 comments

current mood: things are going to get worse before they get worse

submitted 14 days ago • 25 comments

profiles in courage

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

There's a "DEI Watch List" making the rounds. It includes the names of federal employees, that, per the site, are "most abusing diversity, equity, and inclusion: www.deiwatchlist.com For each employee named, the site provides what it calls a "dossier."

submitted 22 days ago • 5 comments

If I just read one million more posts tonight, I will have complete control over what comes next

submitted 110 days ago • 56 comments

Any of my public health people know anyone who’s ever tried to unionize at CDC? DM/Signal me pls and ty

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

Since I was laid off from Vox a few weeks ago, I no longer cover public health for that outlet -- but I sure do stay in touch with my many sources at the CDC and in public health more broadly The overwhelming msg they're getting this week is that this admin simply has no idea how anything works

submitted 26 days ago • 246 comments

“If the freeze is not stopped, I might lose my house.” Read STAT’s @ericboodman.bsky.social on how the funding freeze at NSF is affecting scientists. www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...

submitted 27 days ago • 4 comments

The Trump administration has halted disbursement of funds from a program that supplies most of the treatment for HIV in Africa and low-income countries worldwide for at least 90 days. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...

submitted 33 days ago • 43 comments

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submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

Look I’m sure some of the people who traffic in heroin and cocaine and fentanyl are good people

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

I would suggest Dekalb County take another stab at this because it simply makes no geographic sense, but they’re not on this platform because that is the level of public communications we are dealing with

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

Scrambling to get your audience from TikTok to wherever is next? @lizkellynelson.com and I wrote up 10 tips for news creators journalistspaythemselves.com/p/a-tiktok-b...

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

A Wake-Up Call for TikTok News Creators: Diversify Now - find out how creators, like @lisaremillard.bsky.social, are prepping for a potential ban. projectc.beehiiv.com/p/a-wake-up-...

submitted 44 days ago • 1 comment

Meet me in Candler Park

submitted 47 days ago • 1 comment

Devastated to be back again with a statement on today's layoffs at Vox.com. Please stay tuned for more details on how you can support our colleagues who lost their jobs today.

submitted 48 days ago • 2 comments

I just got laid off from @vox.com along with 11 other talented and delightful people. I'm leaving with a deep bench of sources and a million ideas. Editors assigning work on public health, health misinfo, corporate ints/religion in healthcare, please reach out! Gonna go have cookies for lunch now

submitted 48 days ago • 25 comments

Feelin a little queasy? You're not alone. I wrote about how everyone's barfing right now (and the prospects for a Norovirus! Vaccine!) for @voxdotcom.bsky.social www.vox.com/even-better/...

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments