Eric Boodman

I wrote about #Fibromyalgia patients, who are often told the pain is all in their head, and the physician framing himself as one of their few true allies.

A story of medical misogyny, contested illness, and the weird world of blood-test entrepreneurship.
statnews.com/2021/10/20/sel…

In June, guards expelled five scientists from a conference. Months later, some 1,200 researchers are boycotting the American Diabetes Association.

I wrote about how diabetes research has become a microcosm of Trump's America.

nytimes.com/2026/11/09/sci…

Some news, as they say. After 11 years of working with the amazing folks @statnews, I’m joining the @nytimes as national science correspondent.

I’ll miss the STAT crew—some of my favorite journalists and people—and am excited to tell stories about all kinds of science.

Without treatment, syphilis in pregnancy can cause miscarriage, stillbirth, or lifelong disability. It's entirely preventable.

Pfizer has an emergency system to get patients penicillin.

But it's so confusing that in April, a baby was born untreated.

statnews.com/2026/06/15/pfi…

"I’m beginning to regret having lived so long," Stanley Plotkin, aka "the godfather of vaccines," tells @HelenBranswell in this sobering piece.

statnews.com/2026/03/02/sta…