senior editor at the Atlantic. I think a lot about climate, disease, animals, plants, risk, kids, New York City, and sometimes other cities toohttps://bsky.app/profile/slaskow.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/slaskow.bsky.social/post/3meqsb6lru227Come work with me https://atlanticmedia.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers/job/Washington-DC---The-Wharf/Staff-Writer_R677-113 Feb 2026 15:14 +0000at://did:plc:tunl3s2r2dmnzgedcdifarfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3meqsb6lru227https://bsky.app/profile/slaskow.bsky.social/post/3lyuv6qjor22nHHS put dozens of high ranking officials on administrative leave and then just ignored them https://www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/09/nih-administrative-leave/684191/15 Sep 2025 13:14 +0000at://did:plc:tunl3s2r2dmnzgedcdifarfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyuv6qjor22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/slaskow.bsky.social/post/3lxifd3h4zs2qSeems like a good time to re-up this one https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/01/rfk-jr-vaccine-decline/681489/28 Aug 2025 20:33 +0000at://did:plc:tunl3s2r2dmnzgedcdifarfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxifd3h4zs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/slaskow.bsky.social/post/3lu3iuqzmzk2pThe nine-person board was already down to three members. Then, on Monday, the White House sent them an ultimatum: Fire the CEO, or be fired. https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2025/07/trump-tennessee-valley-authority/683540/16 Jul 2025 13:17 +0000at://did:plc:tunl3s2r2dmnzgedcdifarfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu3iuqzmzk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/slaskow.bsky.social/post/3lu2cgzxewk24I will be hanging out with the excellent @laurapoppick.bsky.social next Monday at Books Are Magic to talk about the stories found in the ground. And also MUD. Come by! Tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/in-store-laura-poppick-strata-w-sarah-laskow-tickets-136750245966916 Jul 2025 01:49 +0000at://did:plc:tunl3s2r2dmnzgedcdifarfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu2cgzxewk24https://bsky.app/profile/slaskow.bsky.social/post/3lmhn2vdssk2d“He never said anything about the vaccine being helpful..." Important stuff from @tombartlett.bsky.social https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/04/rfk-measles-grieving-families-texas/682386/10 Apr 2025 13:42 +0000at://did:plc:tunl3s2r2dmnzgedcdifarfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmhn2vdssk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/slaskow.bsky.social/post/3llgvafrcmk2eHHS can make ineffective resources available to states but… no one has to take them https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/03/texas-never-wanted-rfk-jrs-unproven-measles-treatment/682222/28 Mar 2025 13:10 +0000at://did:plc:tunl3s2r2dmnzgedcdifarfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3llgvafrcmk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/slaskow.bsky.social/post/3llgv4yik522tWho needs a good medical mystery for Friday? https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/03/als-outbreak-montchavin-mystery/682096/28 Mar 2025 13:08 +0000at://did:plc:tunl3s2r2dmnzgedcdifarfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3llgv4yik522thttps://bsky.app/profile/slaskow.bsky.social/post/3lkduyxlmx227NIH officials were told this morning that approximately 1,000 more grants would be targeted for termination https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/03/nih-grant-terminations/682039/14 Mar 2025 15:03 +0000at://did:plc:tunl3s2r2dmnzgedcdifarfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkduyxlmx227https://bsky.app/profile/slaskow.bsky.social/post/3lj6jmhzt4s2bhttps://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/02/nih-grant-freeze-biomedical-research/681853/27 Feb 2025 18:31 +0000at://did:plc:tunl3s2r2dmnzgedcdifarfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj6jmhzt4s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/slaskow.bsky.social/post/3li5wu6wgv22xRead this one by the great @katherinejwu.com https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/02/trump-science-data-gender-dei/681698/14 Feb 2025 19:30 +0000at://did:plc:tunl3s2r2dmnzgedcdifarfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3li5wu6wgv22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/slaskow.bsky.social/post/3lh3eqp3smk2yCDC data’s “explicit purpose” is to guide researchers toward the places and people who most need attention, Patrick Sullivan, a former CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service officer, said. “It’s hard to understand how this benefits health.” https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/01/cdc-dei-scientific-data/681531/01 Feb 2025 01:35 +0000at://did:plc:tunl3s2r2dmnzgedcdifarfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh3eqp3smk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/slaskow.bsky.social/post/3lgtz3olb2225What is the Senate going to ask RFK Jr. tomorrow and is it “how will you handle the outbreaks of disease that will follow a drop in vaccination rates?” https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/01/rfk-jr-vaccine-decline/681489/29 Jan 2025 03:18 +0000at://did:plc:tunl3s2r2dmnzgedcdifarfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgtz3olb2225https://bsky.app/profile/slaskow.bsky.social/post/3lfsdi5dmec2vLA is breathing in burnt plastic https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2025/01/los-angeles-fire-smoke-plastic-toxic/681318/15 Jan 2025 17:53 +0000at://did:plc:tunl3s2r2dmnzgedcdifarfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfsdi5dmec2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/slaskow.bsky.social/post/3lcw2bzuy6s2rNo one totally knows how GLP1 drugs make people lose weight but it is clear that (unlike with older drugs) prescriptions for diet and exercise don’t add much of any additional effect. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2024/12/diet-exercise-ozempic/680909/10 Dec 2024 01:04 +0000at://did:plc:tunl3s2r2dmnzgedcdifarfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcw2bzuy6s2r