Read Siri’s full response — including his predictions on the future vaccine landscape — here: https://t.co/BszfFvcg12

His appearance before ACIP rattled several health experts and lawmakers, who flagged his extensive vaccine litigation background — and lack of scientific credentials — and questioned why he was invited to speak.

Siri’s firm focuses heavily on vaccine injury and exemption cases, and is currently involved in multiple lawsuits against federal health agencies.

In an emailed Q&A, @AaronSiriSG argued that critics such as @BillCassidy, who publicly denounced him ahead of the meeting, “prejudged” his presentation. “The only thing he discredited by doing so was himself,” he said.

A little Tuesday evening exclusive: Aaron Siri — the vaccine critic and attorney who spoke at last week’s high-profile federal vaccine committee meeting — told @Law360 he sees no conflict between his litigation work and presenting to the ACIP. https://t.co/BszfFvcg12

Abbe Lowell and I represent @CDCgov Director Susan Monarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:

That troubled a lot of data privacy and healthcare experts who told me the U.S. lacks a robust legal framework to protect consumers who use wearable health technology. Read more about that here: https://t.co/fTOIay3De9

... provide ironclad privacy protections." Last week, Kennedy told the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce that he was planning to launch "one of the biggest advertising campaigns in HHS history to encourage Americans to use wearables."

"I do not—and will never—support collecting Americans' data without their full, informed consent," Kennedy told us in an email. "I am fully aware of the dangers mass data collection poses to personal freedoms, and I do not advise anyone to purchase a wearable that does not...

A little Tuesday exclusive: HHS head RFK Jr. told @Law360 that he gets that wearables “are not for everyone,” effectively walking back comments from last week where he outlined a vision in which “every American is wearing a wearable within four years.” https://t.co/fTOIay3De9

On one level, this is a story about what a lot of doctors told me feels like "the inevitable corporatization of healthcare" But on another, it's about how providers are deciding that if healthcare is changing, they better change with it

I talked with a bunch of doctors for this story, who overwhelmingly said they felt like they needed to learn the language of business to have a seat at the table today "Gone are the days of just being able to go out and practice medicine," one physician told me

Wrote about a really interesting micro-trend happening among physicians who no longer feel like they can simply be doctors who treat patients: As private equity continues to invest billions into healthcare, doctors are going back to school — to get MBAs https://t.co/Zc8NdMbxyk

Employees have been to come back to work on Monday — but unsurprisingly there's a bunch of logistical things to figure out as these firings are reversed... like how do they even log back into their computers after being locked out (7/7)

There's been a ton of lawsuits due to the firings and I'm sure a bunch of things happening internally at HHS but I'd like to think that @mckaydan's and my solid reporting about the effects of these cuts at DAB played a small role in the decision to bring back these folks (6/7)

More delays were set to play out with these cuts in place. But yesterday, just one day before the firings became official, we began to receive calls from the folks we talked to at DAB — who told us that they were being reinstated (5/7) https://t.co/4fU8gIt5V5

That's a big deal because it could mean a bunch of claims could take WAY longer to get paid out. In 2014, the @ahahospitals sued the gov, accusing it of pushing some hospitals to the brink of financial ruin because they were taking so long processing these claims. (4/7)

It's sometimes hard to understand what these HHS firings actually mean for the larger healthcare system. But in this case we found that they could mean delayed payments to providers and significant Medicare dollars in limbo as claims stall through a complicated process (3/7)

Last month we reported on how the mass firings were set to upend a little known but super important division working to clear a huge backlog of Medicare payment and coverage appeals (2/7) https://t.co/qewls6uLtl

Have been taking a break from this site for a hot minute but wanted to hop back on to talk a little about some cool reporting my colleague @mckaydan and I have done recently for @Law360 on the cuts happening across @HHSGov (1/7)