Melody Schreiber
@melodyschreiber.com
Health contributor/reporter at Guardian US, contributing editor at the New Republic, freelance elsewhere. Arctic obsessive and book enthusiast.
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Experts fear for US childhood vaccine schedule after hepatitis B guideline change
Pediatricians say panel’s decision will create confusion and access issues, and condemn ‘parody of public health’
www.theguardian.com
NEW: The entire US childhood vaccine schedule is now open for scrutiny. My latest:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
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Holiday gathering reminder 🎁
If your guests test w/rapids twice before the event, 48 hours apart, it’ll catch 63% of Covid cases even if they have no symptoms. Testing 3x improves that to 79%!
This is how we curb the annual January surge that gave me Long Covid—thanks for protecting yr community 🤍
If your guests test w/rapids twice before the event, 48 hours apart, it’ll catch 63% of Covid cases even if they have no symptoms. Testing 3x improves that to 79%!
This is how we curb the annual January surge that gave me Long Covid—thanks for protecting yr community 🤍
Study Examines Performance of Serial COVID Testing - News Center
Testing performance of rapid antigen tests for SARS-CoV-2 improved for both asymptomatic and symptomatic patients after testing multiple times in 48-hour intervals, according to findings published in ...
news.feinberg.northwestern.edu
December 14, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Holiday gathering reminder 🎁
If your guests test w/rapids twice before the event, 48 hours apart, it’ll catch 63% of Covid cases even if they have no symptoms. Testing 3x improves that to 79%!
This is how we curb the annual January surge that gave me Long Covid—thanks for protecting yr community 🤍
If your guests test w/rapids twice before the event, 48 hours apart, it’ll catch 63% of Covid cases even if they have no symptoms. Testing 3x improves that to 79%!
This is how we curb the annual January surge that gave me Long Covid—thanks for protecting yr community 🤍
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New: Pregnant immigrant women are showing up to deliver their babies w/ surveillance smart watches on their wrists as part of an ICE monitoring program. They’re too afraid of being detained to have the watch cut off even when it’s medically necessary. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
ICE is tracking pregnant women all the way to the delivery room: ‘She was so afraid they would take her baby’
Pregnant immigrants in ICE monitoring programs are avoiding care, fearing detention during labour and delivery
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
New: Pregnant immigrant women are showing up to deliver their babies w/ surveillance smart watches on their wrists as part of an ICE monitoring program. They’re too afraid of being detained to have the watch cut off even when it’s medically necessary. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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🚨The person of interest in the shooting at Brown University is Benjamin Erickson, a 24-year-old originally from Wisconsin.
My Signal is 202-412-9091 if you know more about him or what happened in Providence.
News, with @jeremyrroebuck.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
My Signal is 202-412-9091 if you know more about him or what happened in Providence.
News, with @jeremyrroebuck.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Live updates: Officials identify person of interest as 24-year-old from Wisconsin
Police have a person of interest in custody, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley said, after a gunman killed two and injured nine others at Brown University.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:58 PM
🚨The person of interest in the shooting at Brown University is Benjamin Erickson, a 24-year-old originally from Wisconsin.
My Signal is 202-412-9091 if you know more about him or what happened in Providence.
News, with @jeremyrroebuck.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
My Signal is 202-412-9091 if you know more about him or what happened in Providence.
News, with @jeremyrroebuck.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
One thing I haven't figured out is why so many people in the alternative wellness space are obsessed with supplement shots and IVs
I can literally think of nothing worse than every word used to describe this new private members club (it’s not even the one you think)
www.ft.com/content/6aad...
www.ft.com/content/6aad...
December 14, 2025 at 10:07 PM
One thing I haven't figured out is why so many people in the alternative wellness space are obsessed with supplement shots and IVs
This is superb, sobering journalism www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/m...
They Answered an Ad for Surrogates, and Found Themselves in a Nightmare
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
This is superb, sobering journalism www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/m...
what if you have two uteruses
December 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
what if you have two uteruses
Imagine if we all joined forces and negotiated prices as one!
Rand Paul on his healthcare plan: "What if you could join Costco? Costco has 44m members and if one person negotiated for all 44 and they bought a group plan like Toyota or General Motors does, they would be the largest collective entity in the country. They would drive prices down by sheer might."
December 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Imagine if we all joined forces and negotiated prices as one!
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This storm in Gaza has wrought an incredible amount of destruction upon people already desperately clinging to the bare essentials of life.
🚨A plea to save my family from death
We are in Gaza. Our tent was destroyed by the rain, and we are still without a tent😭
Our hope is to raise just $100 to buy a tent to live in and protect us from the rain.
Pls Help⬇️
chuffed.org/project/1580...
@mommunism.bsky.social✅
@alexanderchee.bsky.social✅
We are in Gaza. Our tent was destroyed by the rain, and we are still without a tent😭
Our hope is to raise just $100 to buy a tent to live in and protect us from the rain.
Pls Help⬇️
chuffed.org/project/1580...
@mommunism.bsky.social✅
@alexanderchee.bsky.social✅
December 14, 2025 at 6:28 PM
This storm in Gaza has wrought an incredible amount of destruction upon people already desperately clinging to the bare essentials of life.
I mean... Of course it can be airborne. The question is, how big an infectious threat is that?
📽️ WATCH: After a bird flu outbreak tore through Midwestern barns, which led to 18 million hens being killed and a spike in egg prices, the Department of Agriculture didn’t investigate whether the virus was airborne.
But ProPublica did.
@natlash.bsky.social breaks it down: propub.li/4iVcYfD
But ProPublica did.
@natlash.bsky.social breaks it down: propub.li/4iVcYfD
December 14, 2025 at 3:54 AM
I mean... Of course it can be airborne. The question is, how big an infectious threat is that?
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And yet in RFK Jr’s recent MAHA report, published by the White House, called “Make Our Children Healthy Again,” there was not a single mention of guns
Not one mention of the top cause of child death in America
It’s almost as if they don’t actually want to do anything to improve children‘s lives
Not one mention of the top cause of child death in America
It’s almost as if they don’t actually want to do anything to improve children‘s lives
Gun violence is the number-one cause of death for children. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Distracting the public’: group of health professionals call for RFK Jr to be removed
Ahead of the second Maha report, grassroots Defend Public Health warns that everything HHS is doing is ‘horrifying’
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:06 AM
And yet in RFK Jr’s recent MAHA report, published by the White House, called “Make Our Children Healthy Again,” there was not a single mention of guns
Not one mention of the top cause of child death in America
It’s almost as if they don’t actually want to do anything to improve children‘s lives
Not one mention of the top cause of child death in America
It’s almost as if they don’t actually want to do anything to improve children‘s lives
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I am heartbroken for our Brown community. If you know anything about Brown, you know what a tight-knit community we are. We share each other’s joys and pains. Today has been gut-wrenching. And our emergency is not yet over. Please keep our Brown family in your thoughts. 💔💔💔
December 14, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I am heartbroken for our Brown community. If you know anything about Brown, you know what a tight-knit community we are. We share each other’s joys and pains. Today has been gut-wrenching. And our emergency is not yet over. Please keep our Brown family in your thoughts. 💔💔💔
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so far tonight msnbc has interviewed two students from brown university that are also survivors of separate high school shootings.
insanity.
insanity.
December 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
so far tonight msnbc has interviewed two students from brown university that are also survivors of separate high school shootings.
insanity.
insanity.
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Florida moves toward eliminating four vaccine mandates, expanding exemption www.tampabay.com/news/florida...
Note: you can submit comments to: [email protected].
Note: you can submit comments to: [email protected].
Florida moves toward eliminating four vaccine mandates, expanding exemption
The state Department of Health heard public feedback on a proposed change to vaccine requirements.
www.tampabay.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Florida moves toward eliminating four vaccine mandates, expanding exemption www.tampabay.com/news/florida...
Note: you can submit comments to: [email protected].
Note: you can submit comments to: [email protected].
Gun violence is the number-one cause of death for children. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Distracting the public’: group of health professionals call for RFK Jr to be removed
Ahead of the second Maha report, grassroots Defend Public Health warns that everything HHS is doing is ‘horrifying’
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Gun violence is the number-one cause of death for children. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Our ex-BuzzFeed team has provided a testimonial to the immigration court about the value of Guan's work and his incredible bravery. I hope that this man - who I am in absolute awe of - is granted the asylum he needs and deserves. You can read more here: hrichina.substack.com/p/man-who-fi...
Man who filmed Uyghur concentration camps now fights for his own freedom in the United States
In 2020, Guan Heng embarked on a risky mission to prove the existence of concentration camp facilities used to imprison Uyghurs. Now, he faces the threat of deportation back to China, where he would f...
hrichina.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Our ex-BuzzFeed team has provided a testimonial to the immigration court about the value of Guan's work and his incredible bravery. I hope that this man - who I am in absolute awe of - is granted the asylum he needs and deserves. You can read more here: hrichina.substack.com/p/man-who-fi...
I just enrolled my kid in a mini-camp for winter break and why can't adults do this? like a seven-hour class with yoga, meditation, perhaps a selection of teas and coffees
December 14, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I just enrolled my kid in a mini-camp for winter break and why can't adults do this? like a seven-hour class with yoga, meditation, perhaps a selection of teas and coffees
Trader Joe's is like "what if grocery store but snacks" and I love it
December 13, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Trader Joe's is like "what if grocery store but snacks" and I love it
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NEW: We've revised our snowfall forecast up a bit ...
1-2" for Beltway area, w/ higher chance of boom than bust.
2-4" to NE toward Annapolis & Baltimore.
A dusting to an inch for south & west areas.
Timing: Late tonight to around sunrise Sunday.
Details: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
1-2" for Beltway area, w/ higher chance of boom than bust.
2-4" to NE toward Annapolis & Baltimore.
A dusting to an inch for south & west areas.
Timing: Late tonight to around sunrise Sunday.
Details: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
Brace for snow and then a blast of cold in D.C. area Sunday
A coating to 2 inches is the most probable amount of snow, starting late Saturday night.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
NEW: We've revised our snowfall forecast up a bit ...
1-2" for Beltway area, w/ higher chance of boom than bust.
2-4" to NE toward Annapolis & Baltimore.
A dusting to an inch for south & west areas.
Timing: Late tonight to around sunrise Sunday.
Details: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
1-2" for Beltway area, w/ higher chance of boom than bust.
2-4" to NE toward Annapolis & Baltimore.
A dusting to an inch for south & west areas.
Timing: Late tonight to around sunrise Sunday.
Details: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
You also run the risk, if you carry your passport or documentation everywhere, of having it stolen or confiscated
A reminder that most Americans who are life-long citizens have nothing OTHER than a Real ID to prove their citizenship. This is CBP’s chief enforcer saying that ID doesn’t count.
Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
December 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
You also run the risk, if you carry your passport or documentation everywhere, of having it stolen or confiscated
It's Friday night, so I might be shouting into the void here, but I saw a take today that public health is denying the idea that 10 kids could have died from Covid vaccination.
That's absolutely untrue. I've seen no one argue that. Every source I've talked to has said it is possible, but /
That's absolutely untrue. I've seen no one argue that. Every source I've talked to has said it is possible, but /
December 13, 2025 at 12:48 AM
It's Friday night, so I might be shouting into the void here, but I saw a take today that public health is denying the idea that 10 kids could have died from Covid vaccination.
That's absolutely untrue. I've seen no one argue that. Every source I've talked to has said it is possible, but /
That's absolutely untrue. I've seen no one argue that. Every source I've talked to has said it is possible, but /
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NEW: We've issued our snowfall forecast for late Saturday night into early Sunday morning...
This is subject to change... as we're on the edge of accumulating snow!!!
Read our detailed briefing here: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
Let's GO SNOW
This is subject to change... as we're on the edge of accumulating snow!!!
Read our detailed briefing here: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
Let's GO SNOW
December 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
NEW: We've issued our snowfall forecast for late Saturday night into early Sunday morning...
This is subject to change... as we're on the edge of accumulating snow!!!
Read our detailed briefing here: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
Let's GO SNOW
This is subject to change... as we're on the edge of accumulating snow!!!
Read our detailed briefing here: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
Let's GO SNOW
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Gender affirming care, but only for cis people I guess. 19thnews.org/2025/12/test...
There’s a testosterone crisis, the FDA says — for cisgender men
The government disapproves of the hormone for transgender people but is enthusiastic about what it could do for cisgender men.
19thnews.org
December 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Gender affirming care, but only for cis people I guess. 19thnews.org/2025/12/test...
Is there a word for something that is simultaneously saddening, enraging, and terrifying?
Yesterday, we sent this message to the @viralemergence.org team, bringing a (hopefully temporary) end to our project three years into what started as a decade of planned work. /1
December 13, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Is there a word for something that is simultaneously saddening, enraging, and terrifying?