Christina Jewett
Journalist covering the F.D.A. for The New York Times. Loves: The outdoors, a juicy investigation, spicy food & my most of all, my boys.
- Reposted by Christina JewettBERNIE SANDERS: Do vaccines cause autism? BHATTACHARYA: I do not believe that the measles vaccine causes autism SANDERS: Nah. Uh uh. I didn't ask measles. Do vaccines cause autism? BHATTACHARYA: I have not seen a study that suggests any single vaccine causes autism
- Under a "mild" scenario of ongoing budget cuts to developing nations, 2.5 million children younger than 5 die by 2030 from malaria, HIV/AIDS, TB and diarrheal diseases. Imagine losing a child who is younger than 5. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
- Reposted by Christina JewettA new study puts a number on the potential human toll of sharp aid cuts over the past year, projecting an extra 9.4 million deaths by 2030 if the current trends persist.
- Reposted by Christina JewettDon Lemon speaks outside of the courtroom after release: "I have spent my entire life covering the news. I will not stop now ... I will not be silenced."
- NEW: Sec. Kennedy stacked a government autism panel w/ people who believe vaccines cause autism, a widely debunked claim. They include a doctor who gave dangerous heavy metal treatments for a young child with autism. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/h...
- .@nytimes.com: A Bush-appointed federal judge in Minnesota excoriated ICE on Wednesday, saying it had violated nearly 100 court orders & disobeyed more judicial directives in January alone than “some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
- Love to see the art emerging around this moment . . .
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- Selfishly, I'm pretty pleased that we milked 11 years of family seating (2 kids, 5.5 yrs apart) out of this policy before it went away. 😎
- Reposted by Christina JewettWe profiled refugees who: Arrived in the country legally. Applied for green cards. Were arrested by ICE and detained. One refugee who was arrested found out they got their green card after being released. This is an unprecedented operation. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
- NEW: In August, the nursing home industry gave Trump's Super PAC $5M and had a private lunch with him at his golf course. They asked him to repeal a rule that would have increased nursing home staffing. Here's what happened next --> w/ @kenvogel.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
- Stunning frame-by-frame breakdown of the shooting of Alex Pretti with new video and a new detail. As he fell to the ground, he had his phone in one hand. In the other: his glasses. via @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
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- Age 37, I.C.U. nurse at a veteran's hospital and no criminal record. GIFT: www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
- Snow storm chicken hoarding has begun in the DC suburbs.
- ICYMI: Kennedy funded a study of the Hep. B vaccine on W. African babies. The country called it off for now. Infants there face 1/5 odds of mom-to-baby infection. The disease is excruciating & cuts off decades of life. w/ Stephanie Nolen GIFT: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/h...
- NEW: Kennedy's plan to study Hep. B vaccine in African babies has been suspended by Guinea-Bissau. Experts say the trial is unethical in a nation where 1 in 5 kids are exposed to Hep. B, which can take decades off their lives. HHS: the trial is "paused." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/h...
- Reposted by Christina JewettA woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you." The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?" "Learned what?" she asks Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
- MAHA leaders love to claim that conflicts of interest sullied past work on food policy. Now they aligned with Cattleman's Beef Association-funded people to tell us all: 'Eat more steak' ---> Smart work by @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2026/01/07/n...
- Interesting - Researchers and clinicians in emergency medicine, gynaecology and neurology also wrote queries and found big omissions in the AI LLM response: www.newscientist.com/article/2510...
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- Wow: The share of U.S. counties where 95% + of kindergartners were vaccinated against measles — the number doctors say is needed to achieve “herd immunity” — has dropped from 50 percent before the pandemic to 28 percent
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- Link to the Epstein library of just-released documents on DOJ's website -- www.justice.gov/epstein Looks like it's a backed-up waiting room for now.
- 👀🚨👀 NYT has the just-released Epstein files and a team of reporters live blogging. . . www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
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- My latest: Last month, RFK Jr.'s dep. sec. staged something of a coup against FDA boss Marty Makary. The White House waved it off. But what a year: 4,000 staff out, a drop in foreign inspections and $$ restrictions that left lab staff sitting idle. GIFT: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/h...
- A Michigan Democrat is seeking to impeach Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
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- The CDC vaccine panel is now discussing aluminum salts in vaccines. Here's what I wrote on the topic, including that RFK Jr. as a vaccine activist, tried to donate $15K to a researcher who claims it is hazardous. His check was returned: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/h...
- BREAKING: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h... The panel, called the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, voted 8-3 that women who test negative for the virus should consult with their health care provider and “decide when or if their child will” be vaccinated against the virus at birth.
- Soon CDC's influential vaccine committee will hear from Aaron Siri, which Sen. Cassidy finds alarming. ⬇️ I'm putting gift links to my articles about his work in a 🧵. TLDR is that he petitioned FDA to revoke approval of the polio vaccine for a client that believes polio was "like having a cold."
- NEW: @sherylnyt.bsky.social and I dove into Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s quest to dismantle vaccine policy, telling the inside story of how his allies from the vaccine activism world and political appointees embarked on a crash course with government scientists. Gift: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
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- NEW: The F.D.A. announced in an internal memo that 10 children died "because of" the Covid shot. Other experts want to see proof. “This is a profound revelation,” Dr. Prasad's memo said. “For the first time, the U.S. F.D.A. will acknowledge that Covid-19 vaccines have killed American children.”
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- NEW: ByHeart says that a lab found botulism-causing bacteria in its baby formula. 31 babies in 15 states have been hospitalized. One dad of a baby who was gradually paralyzed by the botulism toxin said his son's cry became a "prolonged, soft moan." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/h...
- The new CDC page suggesting that vaccines could cause autism makes 10 mentions of aluminum. Experts I talked to said taking it out would crash half of the childhood schedule immediately: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/h...
- NEW: FDA and CDC updated the number of infants treated for botulism illness after drinking ByHeart formula to 31. FDA said some ByHeart formula was still on the shelves when inspectors checked. My story from last week: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/h...
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- BREAKING: Infant Formula Company Tied to Botulism Outbreak Had Known Problems A Pennsylvania plant run by the company, ByHeart, was shut down this year after inspectors found mold, a leaking roof and more than 2,500 dead insects in a food production area. GIFT: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/h...
- . @sherylnyt.bsky.social went to the conference for the nonprofit @seckennedy.govpeeps.us co-founded: "I’ve come to this anti-vax conference with a message that we need to be more boldly anti-vax," said Mark Gorton, the president of the MAHA Institute, a group that works to advance agenda. GIFT:
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s MAHA movement has notched win after win from Big Food. But now the food industry is gearing up for a fight: GIFT:
- . @nytimes.com's Sarah Kliff found that fetal monitoring at delivery has big problems: 🚨Experts say it leads to unnecessary surgeries as doctors overreact to erratic readouts 🚨 OBs are putting more trust than ever on the flawed technology, often putting legal concerns ahead of patients GIFT:
- Twists and turns all night on this story. George Tidmarsh, FDA's top drug regulator, told me he resigned because he believed he was facing retaliation. A drug company tells a different story of revenge and alleged extortion, which Dr. Tidmarsh denies: GIFT: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/h...
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- They left a few stones unturned ... Not easy to find, but there are ways. It should be more transparent.
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- NEW: President Trump said we need to take aluminum out of vaccines. Experts say it is safe -- and removing it would jeopardize the supply of vaccines that cover polio, a deadly type of flu and whooping cough: gift link - www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/h...
- "Two weeks into the government shutdown, the Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion that had been reserved for more than 200 projects primarily located in Democratic-led cities, congressional districts and states, according to an analysis by The New York Times."
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- Never. Forget.
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- NEW: The same day Pres. Trump announced a link b/t Tylenol & autism, Aaron Siri, Kennedy's former campaign lawyer, petitioned the FDA to add a warning. He told me that he did not know if his office, which sought clients, had any against makers of Tylenol. Gift: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/h...
- NEW: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s close ally has raised ethical concerns by leading legal efforts on vaccines, fluoride and Tylenol. His vaccine efforts are largely funded by a nonprofit led by a man who said in July that polio "is like having a cold." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/h...
- He grew up in Brooklyn. He was a track & field Olympian and an educator. He was born in Guyana and ICE apparently wants to send him back: GIFT: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...
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- NEW: Approval of an old generic to treat autism symptoms upended the FDA's usual process. Some experts worry that the limits of the drug will get lost in the hype. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/h...
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- NEW: Will everyone need a prescription to get a Covid vaccine? Kennedy's newly-formed vaccine committee is going to vote on this very soon. About 90% of people got those shots at a pharmacy -- with no vaccine. This is very likely to limit access. Watch here: www.youtube.com/live/_9ChY9S...
- SCOOP: FDA sent a warning letter to obesity drug seller Hims & Hers, saying that their website made "false or misleading" claims about its compounded drugs. w/ @rebecca robbins & @dani blum www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/s...
- NEW: The F.D.A. is reviewing about two dozen reports of deaths in young people after vaccination to present to an influential CDC panel that could limit access to the shots. Through '23, about 1,800 children died from the virus. w/ @apoorvanyt.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/h...
