Mary Hudetz

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7 days after cancer surgery. I will stand with @postguild.bsky.social til my lungs collapse.

also reunited with @karenattiah.bsky.social

Trickster.

Trump’s EPA Could Limit Its Own Ability to Use New Science to Strengthen Air Pollution Rules In government records that have flown under the radar, the EPA is questioning its legal authority to revise pollution rules more than once when new science shows unacceptable health risks.

It doesn’t matter if decades have passed or new information has emerged --

If the EPA goes through with this, it won't be able to revise hazardous air pollution rules more than once when new science shows unacceptable health risks.

My latest:

www.propublica.org/article/air-...

Three hospitals are under investigation for providing gender-affirming care to trans youth In Washington state, Colorado, and Minnesota, children’s hospitals are facing federal scrutiny over care that’s legal under state law.

Three hospitals are under investigation for providing gender-affirming care to trans youth 19thnews.org/2026/01/gend... via @19thnews.org

SNAP Restrictions Take Effect in Five States With last minute federal guidance, grocers have lingering concerns about how new SNAP waivers will be implemented.

“Under the Iowa waiver, SNAP users can buy a Twix bar because it contains flour—which is not taxable—but not a Snickers bar, according to the Food Research and Action Center.”

civileats.com/2026/01/05/s...

Exclusive: The US Department of Health and Human Services plans to overhaul childhood vaccine schedule to recommend fewer shots, source says. https://cnn.it/4qhzOR2

Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera. Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...

This devastating piece destroys the lie that no one died as the result of this administration's cuts to USAID.

In South Sudan countless people died from cholera after US cut off money, as @annamaria.bsky.social and Brett Murphy report

www.propublica.org/article/usai...

Utah Leaders Are Hindering Efforts to Develop Solar Despite a Goal to Double the State’s Energy Supply Solar power accounts for two-thirds of the new projects waiting to connect to the state’s power grid. Utah Republicans’ hard turn against solar mirrors President Donald Trump’s hostile approach to the...

In Utah, solar power accounts for two-thirds of the new projects waiting to connect to the state’s power grid.

State Republicans’ hard turn against the energy source mirrors Trump’s hostile approach to the industry.

By @anjeanette-damon.bsky.social

Under Former Chemical Industry Insiders, Trump EPA Nearly Doubles Amount of Formaldehyde Considered Safe to Inhale Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or...

The Trump EPA has nearly doubled the amount of formaldehyde considered safe to inhale compared with a Biden-era assessment, which had already significantly underestimated the dangers of the chemical, a ProPublica investigation found.

By @fastlerner.bsky.social

Nicole Foy ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.

Hey folks 👋 I'm the reporter who revealed immigration agents detained 170+ citizens this year

My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! nicolemfoy@gmail.com
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Weekly measles cases in the U.S. CDC data plotted by NBC News

The magnitude of the change over time is striking.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

The Indian Health Service Is Flagging Vaccine-Related Speech. Doctors Say They’re Being Censored. Officials have deemed terms like “immunizations” and “vaccines” risky “buzzwords” that require approval to be used in social media posts, pamphlets and presentations.

RISKY BUZZWORDS: Indian Health Service officials have flagged the words, “immunizations” and “vaccines” for additional scrutiny, requiring approval from public information officers for them to be used in social media posts, pamphlets and presentations for patients. @maryhudetz.bsky.social

Major measles outbreaks have repeatedly cropped up in the Southwest this year. Yet at IHS hospitals in the region, agency officials deemed “measles” and “immunizations” a "medium risk" in internal agency emails.

Staffers, including doctors, now need to get approval to use them in public messaging

I'm seeing a whole lot less outrage for the journalists of color who have been systematically discarded at places like NBC and CBS (and across journalism, really) than the response to Jimmy Kimmel's 5-day suspension.

U.S. Postal Service Cuts Funding for a Phoenix Mail Room Assisting Homeless People The loss of support comes at a time of uncertainty for one of Arizona’s largest homeless services providers as the Trump administration calls for reducing and restructuring homelessness assistance grants.

NEW: For years, the Phoenix nonprofit Keys to Change has run a mail room for thousands of homeless people.

Now the U.S. Postal Service is cutting its $24,000 investment, leaving the organization to raise the extra money to keep it open.

Hundreds airlifted from storm-battered Western Alaska villages in historic evacuation The Alaska Airlines Center arena at the University of Alaska Anchorage will shelter 300 displaced residents starting Wednesday evening, the American Red Cross said.

This seems really bad and should be getting more attention nationally. Hundreds airlifted from storm-battered Western Alaska villages in historic evacuation, by @adn.com

“The storm killed at least one person in the village of Kwigillingok with a few people still missing after it brought feet of storm surge to small and vulnerable communities on Alaska’s west coast.”

An ICE agent threw a mom to the ground.

You know how she can file a complaint with DHS?

SHE CAN'T. Trump closed that office.

www.propublica.org/article/home...

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Linking Tylenol to autism could harm pregnant people’s health, doctors warn Acetaminophen is one of the few drugs that pregnant people can safely use to relieve pain or fever — conditions that, if left untreated, can increase the risk of birth defects and premature delivery.

The federal government’s reported plans to link pregnant people’s use of acetaminophen — the pain-relief drug sold under the brand name Tylenol — as a cause of autism could worsen their health and stigmatize one of the few treatments pregnant people have for reducing pain and fever, doctors warn.

“Just Let Me Die”: After Insurance Repeatedly Denied a Couple’s Claims, One Psychiatrist Was Their Last Hope After a North Carolina man attempted suicide twice, his wife tried to get him help at an inpatient clinic. But their insurance provider refused to cover the treatment, deeming it “not medically necess...

He wanted to die. His wife fought for him. A psychiatrist was their last hope.

www.propublica.org/article/ment...

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Looking for all of our timely guidance on how to accurately cover trans communities? Trying to understand complex political messaging about governmental efforts to limit trans rights, or spot misinformation on a deadline?

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A Las Vegas Festival Promised Ways to Cheat Death. Two Attendees Left Fighting for Their Lives. Authorities are investigating why two women fell ill at the Revolution Against Aging and Death Festival. They both received peptide injections, an alternative therapy promoted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr....

NV public health officials are investigating how two women became critically ill after receiving injections at a Las Vegas longevity conference promising pathways to an "unlimited lifespan." The doctor who ran the booth isn't licensed in Nevada. My story: www.propublica.org/article/pept...

The immensity of this reporting cannot be overstated.

@propublica.org made an archive of reported, fact-checked info on each of the individuals sent to prison in El Salvador.

Trump admin knew that only *six* had been convicted of violent offenses.

Shattered Science: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. More than 150 researchers shared with ProPu...

NEW: The Trump administration said their research did not "enhance health, lengthen life, or reduce illness."

Thousands of scientists disagreed.

We heard from +150 researchers impacted by the NIH grant terminations on what is being lost in the cuts. 🧵👇
projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...

How much are we willing to pay for life-saving medications? ProPublica health care reporter David Armstrong has multiple myeloma. He says a single pill of his prescription costs the company just 25 cents to make — but costs him about the same as a new iPhone.

Today on @nprfreshair.bsky.social: Our @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social discusses “The Price of Remission,” where he investigates why a single pill of the cancer treatment he takes costs roughly the same as a new iPhone.

🎧 Listen below.

You may have seen various headlines/tweets this weekend implying that 50K noncitizens are registered to vote in Arizona, and that counties are starting to remove them.

That is incorrect.

"The story is wrong," Maricopa County Recorder's Office says... 🧵

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