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Joanne Kenen

@joannekenen.bsky.social
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Journalist in residence at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Contributor @politico magazine. KFF “What the Health” podcast. Forthcoming book on media, misinformation, public health. I write about birth, death and everything in between.

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Julie Rovner @julierovner.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
New #WTHealth up, we're back from break with all your health news! Join me, @joannekenen.bsky.social, @sandhyawrites.bsky.social and Amanda Seitz for the latest! kffhealthnews.org/podcast/what...
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Anger Over Health Costs Clouds Midterms - KFF Health News
Amid a campaign already focusing on affordability, anxious voters are unlikely to be assuaged by headlines about healthcare costs rising even more next year. And a lawsuit that could cut off access na...
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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 04/09/2026
New Jersey is leading the way when it comes to solar panel recycling. Here's how.
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Joanne Kenen @joannekenen.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Pretty sure it’s the first time our podcast mentioned Marc Cuban, Costco, the CDC, AI slop in one episode! (Though not in one sentence)
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Joanne Kenen @joannekenen.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Recess is making a comeback in Washington and across the U.S. www.axios.com/local/seattl...
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Recess is making a comeback in Washington and across the U.S.
After decades of declines, more states are requiring schools to protect time for children's play.
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Joanne Kenen @joannekenen.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
This is almost as astonishing as the mental image we now share of Trump in the catering cart— so much for loyalty ..(Hegseth reportedly flew with Trump) Rubio, Bessent and Miller Traveled on Decoy Plane From Turkey Without Trump www.nytimes.com/2026/08/11/u...
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Rubio, Bessent and Miller Traveled on Decoy Plane From Turkey Without Trump
Some of President Trump’s top officials traveled on the original Air Force One, which the president secretly disembarked.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
NEW: We’ve spent a year tracking ICE’s massive expansion of detention for people with years-long ties to the U.S. It has strained courts, wrecked lives and been widely deemed illegal. Our report, based on interviews with judges, detainees and attorneys: www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
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Reuters @reuters.com · 10/08/2026
Taylor Farms recalls salsa and guacamole over salmonella risk reut.rs/4fO6aR6
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Taylor Farms recalls salsa and guacamole over salmonella risk
Taylor Farms on Sunday said it was recalling more than ​a dozen prepared food items containing jalapeños, including ‌salsas and guacamole, from retailers over concerns about potential salmonella contamination.
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Joanne Kenen @joannekenen.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
My fitness tracker says (correctly) that I worked out for just over an hour this morning. But somehow it thinks I had no heartbeat.
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Joanne Kenen @joannekenen.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
But her email!
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Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
New issue of @jhppl.bsky.social just dropped! (I unabashedly love the hard copy)! Special issue on “Health Politics and Democracy”, edited by Holly Jarman, @askellyphd.bsky.social, Herschel Nachlis, and @charleywillison.bsky.social.
The cover of the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law. Brown cover, title is Health Politics and Democracy. Table of contents of Volume 51, number 4
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Joanne Kenen @joannekenen.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Decided it wasn’t polite to post the photo from pool Parking lot but if you are going to drive an enormous Jeep Cherokee do you really think your license plate should say #zen?
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Joanne Kenen @joannekenen.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Whether you agree or disagree with Sen Grassleys politics…. Beth, the Beloved Vacuum of a 92-Year-Old Iowa Senator, Has Died www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/u...
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Chuck Grassley Announces the Death of His Beloved Vacuum, Beth
Senator Chuck Grassley mourned his decades-long cleaning companion, writing on social media: “GOOD BYE BETH. U hv been a real workhorse.”
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Julie Rovner @julierovner.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
on this week's #WTHealth? pod: @alicemiranda.bsky.social, @joannekenen.bsky.social, and Amanda Seitz on primary news from Michigan, Medicaid work rules, and Fauci contempt vote. Plus @andykimnj.bsky.social on health care for all kids. kffhealthnews.org/podcast/what...
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The Return of ‘Medicare for All’ - KFF Health News
Michigan voters this week chose former Detroit public health director Abdul El-Sayed as the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate. El-Sayed has made “Medicare for All” a major part of his campaign. Joann...
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Joanne Kenen @joannekenen.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
So now even Abstinence education had the federal funding rug pulled out from under it. (Yes you read that right) Another good story from @alicemiranda.bsky.social
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Joanne Kenen @joannekenen.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
“Extreme weather”
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Joanne Kenen @joannekenen.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
This A.I. Just Created Viruses Not Found in Nature www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/s...
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This A.I. Just Created Viruses Not Found in Nature
Scientists trained artificial intelligence on libraries of DNA and then asked the model to create recipes for viral genomes. Sixteen of them were viable, yielding new viruses.
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Joanne Kenen @joannekenen.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Trump Administration Plans to Upend Head Start by Deregulating It www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/u...
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Trump Administration Plans to Upend Head Start by Deregulating It
The White House tried but failed to block funding for preschool for poor children. Instead, it will seek to strip away standards on health, literacy — and brushing teeth.
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Joanne Kenen @joannekenen.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
And in this case strengthening means building capacity .. the @theassemblync.bsky.social team was terrific. This was done in collaboration with Main Street News Coop
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Joanne Kenen @joannekenen.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Been doing some work strengthening local news - this with @theassemblync.bsky.social and Main Street News Coop - www.theassemblync.com/news/health/n…
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New Work Rules Could Drop Thousands of Sick N.C. Residents From Medicaid
People with serious illnesses will need a doctor to verify twice a year that they’re too sick to work, or they risk losing Medicaid coverage.
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Joanne Kenen @joannekenen.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
“Shrinking safety net” is going to be a phrase you hear a lot….
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Joanne Kenen @joannekenen.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Honored to be elected to board of @healthjournalism.org I’ve been involved for years but decided (at the last possible moment naturally) to formalize that. Submitting my candidate statement just under the deadline made me feel like an undergraduate again!
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Joanne Kenen @joannekenen.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Partnered with Mississippi Today on this story about heat and pregnancy,, The clinical care isn’t keeping up with the science. Mississippi is getting hotter. Experts say it’s hurting moms and babies mississippitoday.org/2026/07/13/m...
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Mississippi is getting hotter. Experts say it’s hurting moms and babies - Mississippi Today
Exposure to extreme heat can be harmful to pregnant women and the babies they are developing. The danger is acute in Mississippi, which typically has long, hot and muggy summers and a high rate of peo...
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Joanne Kenen @joannekenen.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Yes you know the ending but read it anyway. The Prom Went On in Kyiv, but Masha’s Date Danced Alone www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/w...
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The Prom Went On in Kyiv, but Masha’s Date Danced Alone
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Joanne Kenen @joannekenen.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Also the health angle to that algae …(you know which algae I mean)
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Joanne Kenen @joannekenen.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Surprise! Scores Fall Ill at Air Force Base After Hegseth Makes Flu Vaccine Optional www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u...
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Scores Fall Ill at Air Force Base After Hegseth Makes Flu Vaccine Optional
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Joanne Kenen @joannekenen.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Making Algae Great Again! www.washingtonpost.com/video/nation...
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Algae forms in the Reflecting Pool after $14M repair project
A few days after Washington’s Reflecting Pool was refilled, clumps of green algae have been spotted across the water.
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Joanne Kenen @joannekenen.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Never a good sign when you return, tired, from a long work trip and check your calendar and see entries that say things like “12-1 ????”
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
This $3,000 supervised exercise program drastically cuts colon cancer recurrence. Here’s why Canadian doctors say it should be prescribed and funded like a drug, by Megan Ogilvie www.thestar.com/news/canada/... via @thestar.com
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This $3,000 program drastically cuts colon cancer recurrence. Doctors say it should be funded like a drug
Supervised exercise programs, which cost about $3,000 per patient over three years, boost survival rates and save the health system money, study shows.
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Joanne Kenen @joannekenen.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Measles kills more than 500 children in Bangladesh — and outbreak is not getting the needed attention www.npr.org/2026/05/24/g...
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More than 500 children have died in an outbreak that the world is virtually ignoring
The number of cases — and deaths — in Bangladesh is staggering. As of Sunday, 528 have died, mostly children. How did this measles outbreak begin? And how is the country responding?
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Julie Rovner @julierovner.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
on this week's #WTHealth podcast: @sherylnyt.bsky.social, @alicemiranda.bsky.social and @joannekenen.bsky.social on the liberation of Sen. Bill Cassidy; the latest on ebola; and more changes at HHS. Plus an interview with @mirandayaver.bsky.social. kffhealthnews.org/podcast/what...
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Joanne Kenen @joannekenen.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
If i were an Egyptian mummy i would have preferred the Odyssey www.scientificamerican.com/article/pass...
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Passage from Homer’s Iliad discovered inside the abdomen of a Roman-era Egyptian mummy
A snippet of text from Homer’s famous epic recounting the siege of Troy was apparently placed inside this body as part of the mummification process
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Joanne Kenen @joannekenen.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Pilates teacher described shape of an arm exercise as opening the Sunday paper. Not sure anyone under 30 had a clue
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Julie Rovner @julierovner.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
on this week's #WTHealth podcast: hospital prices on the hotseat, plus a policy success on 988. With @shefali.bsky.social, @rachelroubein.bsky.social, and @joannekenen.bsky.social kffhealthnews.org/podcast/what...
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The Peculiar Politics of Hospitals - KFF Health News
Democrats and Republicans on a House panel that oversees Medicare had strong words about high hospital pricing at a hearing this week, but it remains unclear whether reality will match the rhetoric wh...
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Sarah Karlin-Smith @sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
So about that RFK vax pivot.. news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...
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US Asks to Pause Suit on RFK Jr.'s Vaccine Moves as Appeal Looms
The US is asking a federal court to pause a pending case over Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s shakeup of the childhood vaccine schedule while it weighs an appeal.
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Prison Journalism Project @prisonjournalism.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
A formerly incarcerated writer argues that, as long as prisons exist, they should reduce their environmental impact.
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How Prisons and Jails Can Go Green
A formerly incarcerated writer argues that, as long as prisons exist, they should reduce their environmental impact.
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Joanne Kenen @joannekenen.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Just asked one AI Assistant how to find something on another AI assistant. Not sure if this is “meta” or meshuggas
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Joanne Kenen @joannekenen.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
“Congress’s approval rating has plunged to 10 percent, according to Gallup polling released this morning. Even the I.R.S. scores better.” From today’s NYT The Mornjng.
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Joanne Kenen @joannekenen.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Measles Took My Daughter. This Is What I Want Everyone to Know. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/o...
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Opinion | Measles Took My Daughter. This Is What I Want Everyone to Know.
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Institute for Social Research (ISR) - University of Michigan @umisr.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
How does misinformation impact public health? Join ISR for Information Sick, featuring journalist @joannekenen.bsky.social and public health expert Joshua M. Sharfstein. They will explore how changes in journalism and the rise of misinformation are affecting health. April 16 at ISR. RSVP below!
INFORMATION SICK with subtitle How Journalism’s Decline & Misinformation’s Rise Are Harming Our Health and What We Can Do About It; text lists panel discussion featuring Joanne Kenen and Joshua Sharfstein, date April 16, 2026, time Program at 3:30 p.m. with reception to follow, and location Institute for Social Research, Room 1430; right side shows a pink book cover image with the title Information Sick
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Joanne Kenen @joannekenen.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
A very little girl (maybe 18 months old or so) dressed in bright pink is bopping around Dulles airport singing “you make me feel like dancing.” Feels like she’s one of the very few things right with our world at the moment.
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Sarabeth Berman @sarabethb.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Today on #LocalNewsDay, millions are reconnecting with local newsrooms that strengthen communities and connect people to what’s happening around them. Ensuring every community has access to that kind of trusted #localnews is essential. LocalNewsDay.org
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Local News Day
A National Day of Action Connecting Communities with Trusted Local News
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Joanne Kenen @joannekenen.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Thanks to Columbia’s Mailman School Of Public Health for hosting our talk about our book Information Sick. Great questions! @drjoshs.bsky.social @lymarimorales.bsky.social
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Joanne Kenen @joannekenen.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
At a time of intense pressure on science, including but not only public health, it’s more important than ever for academics and researchers to talk to reporters - who are facing a whole lot of political and economic pressures too. With @lizstuart.bsky.
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Joanne Kenen @joannekenen.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Weekend listening… On the KFF What the Health podcast. We talk about RFK’s very bad week — and Medicare Advantage (past and present) and the FDA and …more. . Me @julierovner.bsky.social @annaedney.bsky.social @shefali.bsky.social … podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
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RFK Jr.'s Very Bad Week
Podcast Episode · What the Health? From KFF Health News · March 12 · 40m
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Joanne Kenen @joannekenen.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
A Physical therapist told me she’s perplexed by DC weather. “One day my patients come in saying they got hurt shoveling snow, and the next day they say they got hurt gardening” #health #climate
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Joanne Kenen @joannekenen.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
protecting elections….This Summer, Students From Hundreds of Colleges Will Heed One Urgent Call www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/o...
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Opinion | This Summer, Students From Hundreds of Colleges Will Heed One Urgent Call
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Joanne Kenen @joannekenen.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
A great thing about shopping for plants online is that algorithms then keep sending pictures of flowers instead of the usual gloom,doom And nonsense
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Julie Rovner @julierovner.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
On this week's #WTHealth podcast: HHS gets funded, but will RFK Jr. follow Congress's priorities or his own? Plus ACA negotiations break down, again. With @annaedney.bsky.social, @sandhyawrites.bsky.social, and @joannekenen.bsky.social. kffhealthnews.org/news/podcast...
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HHS Gets Funding, But How Will Trump Spend It? - KFF Health News
Congress has passed — and President Trump has signed — the annual spending bill for the Department of Health and Human Services. But it’s unclear whether the administration will spend the money as Con...
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Milbank Memorial Fund & The Milbank Quarterly @milbankfund.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Join our webinar, Winning Public Trust Through Better Health Communication, TOMORROW, February 4 @ 2PM, to hear from leading communicators @joannekenen.bsky.social, @drjoshs.bsky.social, @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social & top health officials from Maine & Missouri us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Joanne Kenen @joannekenen.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
The trust problem is daunting and dangerous. Please tune in to our discussion Wednesday - me, my co-author @drjosh plus the always amazing @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social And views from state officials courtesy of @milbankfund.bsky.social
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