I lead enterprise & investigative journalism at MedPage Today. Have a story? Get in touch. Signal: KristinaMedPage.64https://bsky.app/profile/kristinafiore.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/kristinafiore.bsky.social/post/3mvnnljmpjc2iThe odd Federal Register notice caught my eye. Emergency use of medical countermeasures for the military? Some digging turned up a sole-source contract for a novel form of ketamine: https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/militarymedicine/12301916 Sep 2026 17:20 +0000at://did:plc:idcbuh6vxsnuhi7p2uoruabt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnnljmpjc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/kristinafiore.bsky.social/post/3mup2p3yiis2iThanks to Bob Crawford for having me on when he guest-hosted The Michael Smerconish Show! Bob told me he's an avid reader of @medpagetoday.com, and he wanted to talk about my story on CDC's Voyager program. Check out the episode here: https://sxm-publish-clips.content-ingest.siriusxm.com/clip/54c05ba9-95e0-4653-b672-f509ae78137104 Sep 2026 13:22 +0000at://did:plc:idcbuh6vxsnuhi7p2uoruabt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mup2p3yiis2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/kristinafiore.bsky.social/post/3mu6c3shqgc2iAs CDC reels from several outbreaks and staffing cuts, leadership announced the CDC Voyager program aimed at "transforming" the agency. https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/12278628 Aug 2026 21:19 +0000at://did:plc:idcbuh6vxsnuhi7p2uoruabt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu6c3shqgc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/kristinafiore.bsky.social/post/3mrsmnexxxs2dThe CDC has shaken up leadership of its Ebola response team after a Rolling Stone article that cited internal emails & meeting notes around a controversial decision to detain Americans coming back from DRC: https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/12239929 Jul 2026 19:06 +0000at://did:plc:idcbuh6vxsnuhi7p2uoruabt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrsmnexxxs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/kristinafiore.bsky.social/post/3mr5vyubdp22k"I was not expecting [AHRQ funding] to ever come back, but I guess there was always some glimmer of hope that the money that had been appropriated would come through." https://www.medpagetoday.com/washington-watch/washington-watch/12227421 Jul 2026 13:27 +0000at://did:plc:idcbuh6vxsnuhi7p2uoruabt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr5vyubdp22khttps://bsky.app/profile/kristinafiore.bsky.social/post/3mqtzucb2fk2mYou've heard of Cyclospora, now here are the other parasites you can catch from food. Yes, of course we mention brain worms! https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/publichealth/12223017 Jul 2026 15:10 +0000at://did:plc:idcbuh6vxsnuhi7p2uoruabt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqtzucb2fk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/kristinafiore.bsky.social/post/3mqmq3wl5vs2mIt's likely that only 2 OMB employees are plowing through nearly 500K comments. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Jul 2026 17:27 +0000at://did:plc:idcbuh6vxsnuhi7p2uoruabt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmq3wl5vs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/kristinafiore.bsky.social/post/3mq7vo43r622mPatients having cataract surgery are often offered an "upgrade" to multifocal lenses, often at an out-of-pocket cost of $5,000 per eye. But they're not right for everyone, and some can end up very unhappy with the results. https://www.medpagetoday.com/ophthalmology/generalophthalmology/12211109 Jul 2026 15:02 +0000at://did:plc:idcbuh6vxsnuhi7p2uoruabt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq7vo43r622mhttps://bsky.app/profile/kristinafiore.bsky.social/post/3mq5cs2pzgc2mCDC director's nomination hearing in front of Senate HELP is scheduled for next Wednesday, July 15: https://www.help.senate.gov/hearings/nominations-of-sean-kaufman-to-be-assistant-secretary-for-preparedness-and-response-for-the-department-of-health-and-human-services-and-erica-schwartz-to-be-director-of-the-centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention08 Jul 2026 14:18 +0000at://did:plc:idcbuh6vxsnuhi7p2uoruabt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq5cs2pzgc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/kristinafiore.bsky.social/post/3mpm4nttlnc2mAmong the CDC emails released last week, I found threads with William Thompson very interesting. This is a CDC scientist who felt so empowered by the HHS Secretary that he made demands of agency leadership and criticized their work, sometimes looping in RFK Jr.: https://www.medpagetoday.com/washington-watch/washington-watch/122011?trw=no01 Jul 2026 18:13 +0000at://did:plc:idcbuh6vxsnuhi7p2uoruabt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpm4nttlnc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/kristinafiore.bsky.social/post/3mlwevjqg7k2wThe CDC isn't making this information readily available, so we're putting it together. Here's how many people who may have been exposed to hantavirus are being monitored, and which states they're in: https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/publichealth/12124415 May 2026 22:27 +0000at://did:plc:idcbuh6vxsnuhi7p2uoruabt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlwevjqg7k2whttps://bsky.app/profile/kristinafiore.bsky.social/post/3ml7krdc6ts2aSCOOP: Americans were among people potentially exposed to hantavirus who disembarked the MV Hondius at St. Helena in April. At least 7 are back in the U.S., sources tell me. The extent of surveillance/monitoring isn't clear: https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/12114606 May 2026 20:41 +0000at://did:plc:idcbuh6vxsnuhi7p2uoruabt/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7krdc6ts2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/kristinafiore.bsky.social/post/3ml4nbj7jxs2iAndes virus, a hantavirus that has been shown to transmit person-to-person, may be involved in the outbreak aboard the MV Hondius: https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/generalinfectiousdisease/12111205 May 2026 16:47 +0000at://did:plc:idcbuh6vxsnuhi7p2uoruabt/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4nbj7jxs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/kristinafiore.bsky.social/post/3mejrzobil22mHere's how many jobs HHS and its key subagencies lost since RFK Jr. took the helm, according to OPM's own data: https://www.medpagetoday.com/washington-watch/washington-watch/11982210 Feb 2026 20:21 +0000at://did:plc:idcbuh6vxsnuhi7p2uoruabt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mejrzobil22m