Lisa Jarvis

More than a dozen states sue to protect gender-affirming care from federal investigations A new lawsuit argues that the Trump administration is pursuing a backdoor strategy to restrict gender-affirming care nationally, while skirting state laws.

🚨 Breaking: A group of state attorneys general, led by New York, has filed a lawsuit accusing the Trump administration of mounting an unconstitutional pressure campaign against gender-affirming care for transgender youth.

The Attack on Transgender Kids Isn’t Just Cruel. It’s an Omen. The Trump administration is showing how easily it can target any health practice it opposes.

Trump's relentless campaign of fear and intimidation has led to a rapid retreat among hospitals previously offering gender affirming care to adolescents. For @opinion.bloomberg.com , I wrote about the cruelty of the current moment-and why it matters for access to other types of health care. (🎁 link)

Would You Pay $13,000 to Rid Your Blood of Microplastics? Yael Cohen thinks her new procedure could be revolutionary.

Sigh.

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Where Does Trump’s Tariff Campaign Stand? The US president is using import taxes in an effort to reshape the global economy. Here’s what you need to know.

To be clear - AGAIN - the Trump administration isn't imposing tariffs on other countries; it's imposing them on US businesses and consumers who buy goods from other countries.

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The Attack on Transgender Kids Isn’t Just Cruel. It’s an Omen. The Trump administration is showing how easily it can target any health practice it opposes.

Trump's relentless campaign of fear and intimidation has led to a rapid retreat among hospitals previously offering gender affirming care to adolescents. For @opinion.bloomberg.com , I wrote about the cruelty of the current moment-and why it matters for access to other types of health care. (🎁 link)

"I know of one friend who lost a parent from the covid vaccine" -- FDA Commissioner Makary

Health Screenings Work. So Why Gut the Panel Behind Them? US Preventive Services Task Force recommendations save lives. The committee shouldn’t be a political football.

With RFK said to be on the cusp of firing the entire US Preventive Services panel, some thoughts on the importance of this independent group's work--and what's at risk if these experts are summarily dismissed.

My latest @opinion.bloomberg.com (🎁 link):

Vinay Prasad, a powerful FDA official, departs after controversy over rare disease drug Vinay Prasad, a top FDA official, is out after less than three months on the job.

Well that was fast. www.statnews.com/2025/07/29/v...

this is also a must-read

Health Screenings Work. So Why Gut the Panel Behind Them? US Preventive Services Task Force recommendations save lives. The committee shouldn’t be a political football.

With RFK said to be on the cusp of firing the entire US Preventive Services panel, some thoughts on the importance of this independent group's work--and what's at risk if these experts are summarily dismissed.

My latest @opinion.bloomberg.com (🎁 link):

screenshot of a spreadsheet of Planned Parenthood closures: date state affiliate cities number closed budget reconciliation passes July 18 Ohio PP Southwest Ohio Region Springfield, Hamilton 2 July 23 Indiana PPGNHAIK Evansville 1 July 23 Texas PP of Greater Texas Tyler 1 July 25 Texas PP Gulf Coast Prevention Park and Southwest 2 July 25 California PP Mar Monte South San Francisco, San Mateo, Gilroy, Westside/ Santa Cruz, Madera 5 TOTAL 32

New: 11 more Planned Parenthood clinics have announced that they will close, or have closed, after Trump signed the budget bill which "defunds" large abortion providers.

That brings the total for the year to 32 by my count as the health provider navigates other funding freezes and increased costs

Alert: The Trump administration is quietly slashing new NIH grant awards, and it's not via the budget NIH’s sudden move to multiyear grant funding is forcing shocking cuts in the number of grants funded. This is an effective budget cut. It's bad, folks.

New, from an anonymous NIH insider: Trump is being pushed to spend more NIH money. The White House is ordering NIH to do multi-year budgets for awards. This budget trick means fewer awards, fewer labs funded, and lower paylines for researchers. 🧵
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Exclusive | RFK Jr. to Oust Advisory Panel on Cancer Screenings, HIV Prevention Drugs The task force determines which preventive services insurers must cover at no cost to patients.

Welp. www.wsj.com/health/healt...

Yikes. And from what I can tell, missing at least 2 other opinion departures.

No matter how many times I walk by the (adorable) free seed catalogue at my library, I have this same reaction--I mean, anyone can take some!

The Most Valuable Menopause Fitness Hack Middle-aged women aiming to build muscle should be skeptical of "fitfluencers," many of whom promote junk science and grifts.

Wrote about becoming one of the many ladies my age who lifts--and the raft of junk science and grifts out there for perimenopausal women who are trying to stave off muscle and bone loss as we age (gift link):

Mass starvation stalks Gaza as deaths from hunger rise Aid agencies warned for months that Israel’s harsh limits on food aid would bring acute malnutrition and widespread suffering to Gaza’s 2.1 million people.

“[Children's] small bodies are shutting down — they can’t breathe, their immune systems are collapsing."

Meanwhile, Gaza health authorities say more 1,000 people have been shot and killed trying to access food distribution sites backed by Israel and the US.
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Biggest trial of four-day work week finds workers are happier and feel just as productive Compressing five days of work into four can create stress, but the benefits outweigh the downsides, sprawling study shows.

Was Nature specifically targeting me with this photo of a woman in a hammock, reading a book with a dog in her lap?

An unbearably sad statement from the Editorial Committee (SDJ) of the AFP news agency, please read:

"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die.
AFP has been working with 1 writer, 3 photographers and 6 videographers, all freelance, in the Gaza Strip… /1

Chicago-area children get deportation letters: Leave or ‘the federal government will find you’ Immigration advocates warn that a growing number of children are now receiving letters from DHS ending their humanitarian parole.

"“They say I have to leave the country immediately,” the young teen whispered in Spanish, barely meeting anyone’s eyes at a Chicago law firm on a recent Friday afternoon.

No explanation. No hearing. And no time."
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finding the right gym community has been big part of finding a routine I love - I don't think I'd have been consistent without it.

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Love this. I started lifting a few years ago, albeit inconsistently, and the amount of random things I see about it has increased and made it harder to understand what’s good and what’s not. After about year, Jarvis’ point became clear: a routine I love is key. Well, that and being consistent.

“…take a short walk around many neighborhoods and you’re sure to come across a middle-aged woman wearing a weighted vest. They’ve become so ubiquitous, one might think they were part of a 40-something welcome pack (other items include reading glasses and an appointment for a colonoscopy).”

Enjoy! ⤵️

The Most Valuable Menopause Fitness Hack Middle-aged women aiming to build muscle should be skeptical of "fitfluencers," many of whom promote junk science and grifts.

Wrote about becoming one of the many ladies my age who lifts--and the raft of junk science and grifts out there for perimenopausal women who are trying to stave off muscle and bone loss as we age (gift link):

Opinion | A Movie About the Year America Went Fully Berserk

I want to see Eddington (and so stopped reading halfway through this essay to avoid spoilers), but also was fully traumatized by Midsommar (like, find even scrolling past a thumbnail of the poster upsetting). Someone please report back on whether I can handle this?

By a partisan 216-213 vote, the House approved President Trump's request to pull back $8B in foreign aid and all $1.1B set aside for NPR, PBS and their stations for the next 2 yrs.

Congress has now unraveled its role in public media stretching back more than a half-century.

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This policy will discourage lawfully present immigrants who are eligible for Medicaid from signing up, or signing their kids up, leaving them without health insurance. That, of course, is a feature, not a bug.

I Took 58 Walks in My 58th Year

Well, I loved this. "I see my walks as less of an athletic feat and more of a container for everything I value. They fed my desire to convene people without the pressure of a party...Most important, at a moment when the world felt unstable, these little pleasures with friends were grounding.