Adrianna McIntyre

a chalkboard that reads “current situation: hot mess”

leftover notes on my classroom’s chalkboard hold up

Six federal scientists run out by Trump talk about the work left undone | CNN Federal data shows the NIH lost about 4,400 people — more than 20% of its workforce. Scientists say the departures harm the U.S.’ ability to respond to disease outbreaks, develop treatments for chroni...

The number of people employed at the NIH is at its lowest level in at least two decades.

Hear from six scientists run out by Trump and the work they left behind on cancer research, tick-borne diseases, and more.

Me + @k-hought.bsky.social @kffhealthnews.org for @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2026/03/05/h...

JAMA Health Forum: Research Letter on 'Racial Disparities in Food Insecurity for High- and Low-Income Households' by Cordelia Kwon, Yifan Liu, Deidra C. Crews, et al. Published March 6, 2026.

This study of nearly 1 million US households from 2000 to 2023 found racial disparities in #FoodInsecurity among both higher- and low-income groups, highlighting the continued role of structural racism and the value of federal nutrition programs.

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"The agency, in other words, handed regulatory oversight for drugs intended to treat rare and deadly diseases to a person who misses their hot-take podcast."

This would be so, so funny if it weren't also so, so embarrassing for America's medical and scientific enterprise.

The job market is weakening as work requirements are poised to go into effect for Medicaid and ACA premium assistance is decreasing.

oooooh adding this to my syllabus for next year

New piece with ace PhD student Rachel Swindle and Ben Sommers: Trump-Era Health Coverage Changes—What Will We Know and When?

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This RAND report puts the RHTP's inability to offset upcoming Medicaid cuts in grim perspective

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RIP to the HPM microwave of many, many, many years

the sign about the popcorn incident of 2005(?) is also gone (IYKYK)

tfw you have an overeager research assistant

stop. snowing.

every time I am offered CME for publishing or reviewing or whatever, I have this impulse that I should be able to claim the credit then give it away to someone who can actually use it

Former surgeon general: The Senate must not approve someone who can't practice medicine as the nation’s top doctor “The surgeon general is not a wellness influencer,” writes former Surgeon General Jerome Adams of Casey Means.

Now that's a headline:

"Former surgeon general: The Senate must not approve someone who can’t practice medicine as the nation’s top doctor"

Thread from three months ago that is relevant again:

Amitabh is a coauthor on arguably the best paper on high-deductible health insurance that we have (link to thread from a few months ago to follow)

And turning "fraud" into a political cudgel in the way that this administration seems determined to do is going to make it harder to make real progress on real fraud in the future

The cab ride from DCA past the Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial lit up at night never gets old

Even if you believe the proposed measures will reduce fraudulent activity, that does nothing for the costs of Medicare and Medicaid enrollees using actual non-fraudulent care

So the new playbook is just sticking “affordability” into press statements like we’re playing mad libs

As my colleague Andy Schneider explained there is a complex administrative process CMS has to follow to preemptively withhold or retrospectively disallow federal #Medicaid funding for a state like MN. It would be unlawful to just unilaterally halt federal funding: ccf.georgetown.edu/2026/01/16/c...

Bobby it is already half an hour past my bedtime

I'm not sure he actually said "Medicaid" at all?

I suppose he could meander his way back to health care, but no mention of Medicaid work requirements (which poll, in the abstract, more favorably than Democrats would prefer)

Potential Mortality Impact of the Reconciliation Bill Colleagues from Penn LDI & Yale School of Public Health compiled research detailing the potential mortality impacts of the GOP’s Budget Reconciliation Bill

OBBBA didn't cut Medicare directly, but it did take steps that will cause fewer Medicare-enrolled seniors to take up supplemental Medicaid benefits they qualify for. This is expected to cause over 18,000 avoidable deaths.

so that's something

tbf to Trump, him railing against drug companies for four years in his first term probably made it easier for Biden and Democrats in Congress to pass Medicare drug price negotiation, which will likely have more consequence than his MFN or TrumpRx policies

*taps sign*

aren't they supposed to release a copy of the speech so I can just ctrl+f and go to bed

While increasing the federal deficit by over $4 trillion

In unprecedented decision, The Boston Globe will not print a paper for Feb. 24 delivery due to blizzard - The Boston Globe A massive nor’easter that blasted New England with snow and turbulent winds made it nearly impossible for the paper’s printing staff to get to work in Taunton.

"By all accounts, including interviews with longtime pressroom employees and a review of the Globe historical archive, the decision marks the first time that management has called off production of a daily paper since the organization’s founding in 1872"