Christina Jewett
@by-cjewett
Journalist covering the F.D.A. for The New York Times. Loves: The outdoors, a juicy investigation, spicy food & my most of all, my boys.
NEW: Sec. Kennedy has a new take on glyphosate as Trump moves to ramp production: “Donald Trump’s executive order puts America first where it matters most — our defense readiness 🚨 and our food supply. 🚨" via @hirokotabuchi.bsky.social + @sherylnyt.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/u...
👀🚨👀 NYT has the just-released Epstein files and a team of reporters live blogging. . . www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
Soon CDC's influential vaccine committee will hear from Aaron Siri, which Sen. Cassidy finds alarming. ⬇️ I'm putting gift links to my articles about his work in a 🧵. TLDR is that he petitioned FDA to revoke approval of the polio vaccine for a client that believes polio was "like having a cold."
Moderna presentation at an FDA meeting today, after the agency launched a plan to restrict vaccine use in healthy people under 65 (most hospitalizations/deaths are among the older people). www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/h...
Serious people are still asking if FDA can perform its core food and drug safety missions with the deep staff cuts. And ...
She was for a time the nation's top prescriber of Ivermectin and rose to internet stardom as the "demon sperm" doctor who claimed sex with demons caused gynecological disorders. Twitter was ready for this (it's not true):
Another FDA/HHS office this morning in Rockville -- long line because people were finding out at the door that they can't get in. They were fired.
FDA staff are getting the axe this evening. If you're one of them, you can reach me at christina.jewett@nytimes.com. I can keep your name confidential, just hoping to get a feel for who has been cut. DMs here fine, too. Pic for the algo.
Sources keep telling me that we .. The New York Times .. are the last institution standing. "You have a big job to do," the say. It feels very heavy. That said, please support legitimate, sourced, reported news. And talk to us. You can find me at christina.jewett@nytimes.com
Spotted on X (via @sherylnyt.bsky.social). Is a key swing vote on RFK Jr. trying to tell us something?
At Kennedy's confirmation hearing, Sen. Bernie Sanders is putting up a photo of onesies sold by a nonprofit that Mr. Kennedy led for many years until 2023 when he ran for president:
The team that funded the petition to the FDA to withdraw approval of the standalone polio vaccine is out with a new documentary ... exposing ... the myth of polio.