Lisa Jarvis
Chicago-based health & science columnist for Bloomberg Opinion @opinion.bsky.social. Writing about public health, medicine, emerging technologies (Crispr!), biotech & pharma. opinions=mine, She/her. Signal: lisajarvis.77
- My god. Also, a reminder:
- NEW: Children are developing encephalitis as the South Carolina measles outbreak continues. @emilymullin.bsky.social has more:
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- Reposted by Lisa Jarvisi know that this is an unpopular take, but everyone starting their own newsletter as a revenue stream is not a sustainable model for writing and reporting or for people who love and want to pay for media.
- Bringing me some joy today: the science of babies' laughter. (Can you imagine a career spent studying giggling babies? Amazing.)
- And of course after reading/watching this, immediately had to dig up (and reconsider) the video of my own daughter, at ~6 mos old, giggling madly at a stack of cloth blocks being knocked down over and over again.
- Reposted by Lisa JarvisWe just keep going in the wrong direction.
- Reposted by Lisa Jarvis“Health officials in New Mexico are warning against consuming raw dairy products after a newborn baby in the state died from a listeria infection that they say was likely contracted when the baby's mother drank raw milk during pregnancy.” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social
- My latest for @opinion.bloomberg.com on the South Carolina measles outbreak, which should worry us all (🎁)
- They are taking so much from children. (🎁 link)
- “[Liam] keeps asking about that hat and that backpack that are in the picture,” the congressman said. “I think they took that from him.” www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/u...
- “Every single day that a kid is in a place like this, they deteriorate,” Hidalgo said. “I’ve seen [them] withdraw. They lose weight; they just get physically worse.”
- With his hat ❤️
- Reposted by Lisa JarvisICE in Portland tear-gassed a peaceful march that included children. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
- Reposted by Lisa JarvisFinally. Liam and his father “boarded a plane home on Sunday after a judge ordered the government to release them.” abcnews.go.com/US/5-year-li...
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- Reposted by Lisa JarvisI'm at the Willard Hotel where I've been denied entry and kicked out of the Reclaiming Science event with NIH director Bhattacharya & other top agency leaders. @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social and I registered for the event months ago yet were told capacity was full, even as they let in dozens of others.
- Supremely depressing that even students bringing in their own money are worried about finding a spot in a lab.
- With continued uncertainty over federal government support for biomedical research, PhD students are struggling to find labs willing to take on new students, @jonathanwosen.bsky.social reports. New students are the future of US science. www.statnews.com/2026/01/30/f...
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- Reposted by Lisa JarvisHer name is Stella Carlson, and she’s come forward. bsky.app/profile/cweb...
- Reposted by Lisa JarvisSAN ANTONIO (AP) — Federal judge issues temporary order prohibiting removal of 5-year-old boy and father who were detained in Minnesota.
- I wrote about the unconscionable state of hypervigilance and fear that children are living in under ICE--what that does to their mental and physical health in the short and long term, and how parents can talk to their kids about what's going on in their community. My latest @opinion.bloomberg.com:
- My latest on the unconscionable state of hypervigilance and fear that children are living in under ICE (🎁 link):
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- Reposted by Lisa JarvisBREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
- Reposted by Lisa JarvisAlex Pretti’s coworkers take a moment of silence this morning
- Reposted by Lisa Jarvis"How much resiliency can we ask of kids in the face of such naked cruelty?"
- I wrote about the unconscionable state of hypervigilance and fear that children are living in under ICE--what that does to their mental and physical health in the short and long term, and how parents can talk to their kids about what's going on in their community. My latest @opinion.bloomberg.com:
- Just 3 weeks into 2026 and the US has already had 416 confirmed measles cases, according to CDC's latest update. 94% of those folks were unvaccinated.
- Reposted by Lisa JarvisI'm excited to announce I'm doing a new Bloomberg column about the business of fashion. The first column is about how we can re-shore US garment manufacturing. Instead of mass deportations and raising tariffs, I argue the government should move the industry upstream: tinyurl.com/reshoringapparel
- "Asked what needed to change for discussions on vaccines to move forward, Bourla said: 'The Secretary of Health.'"
- Reposted by Lisa JarvisICE detained four children from Columbia Heights, Minnesota and sent them to detention centers in Texas. bringmethenews.com/minnesota-ne...
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- Reposted by Lisa JarvisHUGE NEWS for trans people: We have the latest minibus, including the bill to fund the Department of Health and Human Services and it looks like there are no restrictions on gender-affirming care for transgender people. docs.house.gov/billsthiswee...
- Reposted by Lisa JarvisCassidy was the key vote for RFK Jr. Now, a group with ties to Kennedy is backing the senator’s likely challenger. www.ms.now/news/trump-c...
- Reposted by Lisa JarvisSouth Carolina measles outbreak is growing incredibly fast. Another 124 cases reported Friday to a total of 558. 531 people in quarantine dph.sc.gov/news/friday-...
- Reposted by Lisa JarvisPresident Trump is suggesting here that people could use government subsidies to buy insurance that doesn’t comply with ACA rules, including coverage of pre-existing conditions. That could lower costs for healthy people, but send the ACA marketplace into a death spiral.
- Reposted by Lisa JarvisBREAKING: The controversial hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau has been *cancelled,* I can now report. A senior official with Africa CDC confirmed the cancellation and said GB officials are working to make sure any research is conducted ethically: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
- This is heartbreaking.
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- Seeing a lot of attention to a story pointing out major flaws in that highly publicized spoon full o' microplastics in your brain study. Worth reading my @opinion.bloomberg.com colleague Faye Flam's piece from last month on the problems w/the study (🎁): www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
- Learning from Chicago, where parents and concerned neighbors surrounded schools at dismissal during the height of ICE presence- and later smaller volunteer patrols for months were out there on a daily basis with their whistles and Signal chats to alert the school community.
- People who aren't in Minnesota might not know that if you drive or walk past pretty much any school, there's going to be a group of people, parents and childless, standing guard to make sure the kids are safe from feds. It's pretty remarkable. And very disturbing. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
- Reposted by Lisa JarvisThe federal government has announced that 22.8 million people have signed up for ACA marketplace coverage for this year, down 1.5 million from last year with enhanced tax credits expiring. The coverage loss will likely grow as people don’t actually make their premium payments.
- Reposted by Lisa Jarvisdo we think the pope is watching this
- Highly recommend spending a day listening to dozens of middle and high schoolers in Chicago giving soapbox speeches. The kids aren't just alright- they're activated and inspired. Really needed that hope for our future this week. #projectsoapbox #mikvachallenge
- Over 200 medical, public health & patient advocacy groups sent a letter to Congress today urging "swift and robust oversight" regarding RFK Jr.'s changes to the childhood vaccine schedule: downloads.aap.org/DOFA/Childho...
- A tragedy for American kids--and putting everyone needlessly at risk of preventable diseases. My latest for @opinion.bloomberg.com:
- Reposted by Lisa Jarvis"I’m not mad at you." That's about all I can take today.
- "We had whistles. They had guns."
- For my latest @opinion.bloomberg.com, wrote about how my own Dry(ish) January experience has shifted my habits over the course of several years and how the annual alcohol-free event has, as one expert put it, given us all cultural permission to pause. (🎁 link):
- Reposted by Lisa JarvisPORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents shot two people in Portland on Thursday afternoon, according to Portland city councilors. katu.com/news/local/i...
- Reposted by Lisa JarvisOh my gosh you guys! The House just passed my bill to extend the health care tax credits for three more years!
- Reposted by Lisa Jarvis"This was a family that could've been like mine" -- Philip Bump breaks down crying on MS NOW when talking about the stuffed animals in Renee Good's car when she was killed
- Reposted by Lisa JarvisAmerica’s childhood vaccine rollback borrows selectively from other countries while ignoring the realities of its own health care system, @lisamjarvis.bsky.social writes www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
- Reposted by Lisa Jarvis"Meanwhile, witnesses said a doctor was at the scene and tried to help the woman who had been shot, but the ICE agents refused to let the doctor in to help. Up to 15 minutes later, an ambulance arrived but was blocked by ICE vehicles that had occupied the street." www.fox9.com/news/minneap...
- Reposted by Lisa JarvisTOMORROW, a new health care newsletter that promises to be a little different from all the other wonderful health care newsletters. Sign up --> www.vox.com/pages/good-m...
- A tragedy for American kids--and putting everyone needlessly at risk of preventable diseases. My latest for @opinion.bloomberg.com:
- Threw on my coat and ran down the street to catch a better view of tonight’s spectacular Chicago sunset. Highly recommend winter sky walks.
- My family wrote out our goals--collective & individual--for 2026. My main project: Taking more walks with friends. This past year, really came to appreciate the power of taking a break from devices, getting outside of my own brain & making even a brief connection w/people who are good for my soul.
- Ohhhh, I needed this.
- The Dogs of 2025 youtu.be/K_1tNbud-8g?...
- "While there are plenty of vital conversations to have about feminism—even about its missteps—these shows and others like it aren’t interrogating if and how feminism delivered equality for women. They’re questioning whether equality itself was a mistake."
- Latest CDC data show flu cases are spiking around the country. This flu season is far from over-- still time to get vaccinated!
- Just a reminder that last year, some 288 children died from the flu--the highest in a normal flu year since the CDC began keeping track of pediatric flu deaths in 2004.
- And my column from earlier this month on the new variant driving flu cases (🎁 link):
- Reposted by Lisa JarvisBreaking News: Tatiana Schlossberg, an environmental journalist and child of Caroline Kennedy, died at 35. She recently wrote of her battle with leukemia in The New Yorker. nyti.ms/4pjDWiz
- Reposted by Lisa JarvisKeen look at public health metrics to watch in 2026, via @lisamjarvis.bsky.social. The (ugly) consequences of RFK Jr.'s first year as the US Secretary of Health and Human Services will unfold over years or even decades www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
- The consequences of RFK's first year in office will unfold over years--decades, even. Some hints of how his HHS overhaul will affect the health of Americans be more immediately evident. For my latest @opinion.bloomberg.com , pointed out a few metrics that I'll be watching in 2026 (🎁):
- Good. Grief.
- This story does a great job illustrating the terrible choices people face with expiration of ACA subsidies. Like taking a side gig as a bartender...in your 60s...to pay for health care. Or putting off marriage. Or forgoing coverage altogether.
- Reposted by Lisa JarvisI went to Texas to write about the sudden end of one of America's most successful experiments: the six decades of welcoming India's most educated and ambitious citizens. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/o...
- Hearing from friends whose gatherings are suddenly smaller bc of family hit by flu- stay healthy, folks!
- The flu is ramping up, friends. A few thoughts on that new strain driving cases and what we all can do to try to mitigate the worst of it. My latest for @opinion.bloomberg.com:
- Christmas baking has begun. My recent regular for a gathering is this nyt jam doughnut cake. Always a big hit and it truly is one bowl!
- Still waiting on CDC to update their measles page, but Johns Hopkins tracker is showing the US has now had more than 2,000 cases in 2025. publichealth.jhu.edu/ivac/resourc...
- And now we have the CDC's update, putting the country at 2,012 cases with a week to go in the year: www.cdc.gov/measles/data...
- Reposted by Lisa JarvisBREAKING: by an apparent vote of 7–2, the Supreme Court has *denied* President Trump‘s plea to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago
- Reposted by Lisa JarvisPer NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
- Was at a holiday party last night and got so many questions about this piece, which a) what a gift for friends to read your stuff and b) cocktail chatter really takes a turn in middle age.
- When I got the shingles vaccine this fall, secretly hoped that I might be doing my brain some good. A growing body of evidence suggests the shingles shot can lower the risk of dementia (and maybe even slow it down)-yes, there are caveats, but sure is compelling. My latest for @opinion.bloomberg.com:
- Anticipating a lot of “Da Pope” gear at Christmas this year.
- Reposted by Lisa JarvisThe flu is ramping up, friends. A few thoughts on that new strain driving cases and what we all can do to try to mitigate the worst of it. My latest for @opinion.bloomberg.com:
