Eric Boodman
@EricBoodman
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Journalist @statnews. Trad fiddler. Formerly @PittsburghPG @mtlgazette. Always happy to hear your story ideas! [email protected]
Somerville, MA
Joined June 2014
I wrote about #Fibromyalgia patients, who are often told the pain is all in their head, and the physician framing himself as one of their few true allies. A story of medical misogyny, contested illness, and the weird world of blood-test entrepreneurship.
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Some global health foreign aid — for treating TB and malaria for instance — can restart, the Trump admin says. But other programs that given similar waivers are still waiting for funds. By @DrewQJoseph
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RT @brittanytrang: NEW @statnews: Members of NIH study sections confirmed that some study sections have resumed reviewing grants this week…
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Please stop what you're doing and read this delight from the incomparable @Jasonmmast. It has viruses so small they can pass through porcelain, researchers accusing their colleagues of being on shrooms, and plenty else besides.
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.@missanabeem is an inspiring reporter and writer. Her stories are incisive, smart, and a delight to read—and she's a lovely person to work with. Hire her!!
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RT @meggophone: Mohana is truly a wonderful colleague and journalist — smart, fair, full of ideas, so good at cutting through hype. I loved…
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RT @missanabeem: Criticism of maternal mortality data in the US makes sense: it's a mess; it's always been a mess. But there's real crisis…
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RT @_gaffknee: I wrote about gender-affirming surgery — what it means to the people that get it, its evolution as a professional specialty…
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A truly amazing piece by @_gaffknee about the history, present, and future of gender-affirming surgery. There are so many parts I want to screenshot, you should read the whole thing.
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A thought-provoking piece from the great @ushamcfarling (with gorgeous photos by @cmilz3211) about what the U.S. can learn from Portugal's health care system
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RT @eisingerj: 1/ Here’s a story about how journalism works. Spoiler Alert: This is how we decide *not* to publish. We were recently look…
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A riveting story from @Jasonmmast, about a family in the sickening position of having to choose which of their two children to treat with gene therapy.
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RT @Jasonmmast: How the Supreme Court’s transgender care case — set to be heard today — could reverberate across health care from @_gaff…
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RT @_gaffknee: There’s an effective treatment for menopause symptoms. Why do so few women use it? My latest:
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RT @JasonUkman: New tax filings lay out how much RFK Jr. was making at his vaccine-challenging group, Children’s Health Defense, before his…
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With MAHA reporter extraordinaire @isabellacueto: how the movement has created a political home for the disaffected of various stripes, from ex-Bernie fans to conservative moms.
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RT @SCDFoundation: In part 5 of @ericboodman’s investigative series, Coercive Care, he follows Tammy Clemons as she navigates SCD care, beg…
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RT @Longreads: "It was at Barnes that she’d learned people with sickle cell could have children after all. As she started coming here, she’…
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