Journalist @statnews. Trad fiddler. Formerly @PittsburghPG @mtlgazette. Always happy to hear your story ideas! eric.boodman@globe.com
Somerville, MA
- Tweets 3,003
- Following 2,801
- Followers 4,430
- Likes 2,442
Pinned Tweet
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/sell…
8
13
54
Eric Boodman retweeted
NEW: A Houston-based microhospital operator came close to bankruptcy after the No Surprises Act banned balance billing. Then, less than a year after Nutex Health began using the NSA's arbitration process, revenue tripled and profit grew twelvefold. 1/5
1
8
14
15,069
Eric Boodman retweeted
Congenital #syphilis is a "never event" in the medical world - shouldn't happen. But the only drug to prevent spread from an infected mother to her baby is in short supply & the system set up to deliver it where it's needed failed, @EricBoodman reports. statnews.com/2026/06/15/pfiz…
2
21
35
3,163
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/pfiz…
1
2
4
459
With thanks to @drklausner, @NCSDDC, @ASHPOfficial, @chngin_the_wrld, @UtahDHHS, @CAPublicHealth, and many others
1
1
291
Eric Boodman retweeted
RFK Jr. claimed his calendar, including meeting details, is public.
But those records have not been released by HHS — despite more than a year of FOIA requests from @statnews reporters.
More on the state of transparency at HHS, w/ @ChelseaCirruzzo
statnews.com/2026/06/11/rfk-…
1
15
19
16,567
Eric Boodman retweeted
STAT has kept a running list of Kennedy's promises for 9 months now. We just ran a full update on the tracker.
The refresh includes new deets on 10 HHS priorities that have gained traction in recent months, plus what's not moving & much more:
statnews.com/2025/09/10/rfk-…
ALT A photo of a curly-haired person in a "MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN" T-shirt sitting in a crowd. The others are in shadow, making her pop from the image. The story headline underneath reads "Updated: Tracking RFK Jr.'s promises to remake health in America." Subhed says: "From additives to chronic disease to vaccines, Kennedy has goals met, incomplete, and unfulfilled."
11
4
2,405
Eric Boodman retweeted
Since the FDA ordered a nonprofit to stop shipping fecal transplant material in 2024, patients with recurrent C. diff have struggled to find cures.
@EricBoodman documented one mom's long journey to keep her son alive.
statnews.com/2026/03/23/c-di… via @statnews
2
2
244
Eric Boodman retweeted
"He had transmuted the principles of urban planning into SimCity, the existential consumerist ennui of suburbia into The Sims, the branching complexities of evolutionary theory into Spore." The videogame designer has a new obsession. Lovely @EricBoodman! vulture.com/article/will-wri…
1
2
228
"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/stan…
4
362
Eric Boodman retweeted
I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated.
Waking up without power, heat, or running water. (Again.)
But the work here in Kyiv continues. Warming up in the car, writing in pencil — pen ink freezes — by headlamp.
Despite how difficult this job can be, I am proud to be a foreign correspondent at The Washington Post.
10,986
30,592
232,444
14,929,275
Eric Boodman retweeted
Breaking: Private equity firm will finance Harvard research lab, in possible template for future statnews.com/2025/06/16/harv… via @statnews @ADeAngelis_bio
4
7
1,333
Wrote about how fallopian tube removal has been replacing “tube-tying” — and how pathologists first found evidence that the most common form of ovarian cancer often begins in the tube.
statnews.com/2025/06/16/ovar…
1
4
14
2,740
Eric Boodman retweeted
How could the Trump's admin's cuts to CDC affect Americans' health? @EricBoodman has a striking example.
At least 6 of the authors on CDC's paper on how they pinpointed applesauce as the source of lead poisoning in 566 kids in 2023 have been fired.
shorturl.at/8Bylo
1
10
7
1,606
Eric Boodman retweeted
Lots of talk among the HHS & FDA leadership of potentially fewer people being offered #Covid boosters going forward. CDC’s vaccines advisory panel, ACIP, has been working on a risk-based plan for a while. statnews.com/2025/05/12/covi…
13
33
73
9,347
A laid-off CDC expert is offering free help to Milwaukee during its lead crisis. “As far as I know, it’s still a free country, and if you want to volunteer your time to help people in need, I don’t think that’s proscribed," he said. HHS isn't so sure.
statnews.com/2025/05/12/laid…
1
12
25
4,475
Eric Boodman retweeted
Trump proposes billions in cuts to federal health agencies from NIH to CDC
statnews.com/2025/05/02/skin…
8
9
1,184
Eric Boodman retweeted
Adults who suspect they have autism and parents of autistic kids are cancelling diagnostic evaluations after federal officials announced a national autism registry.
statnews.com/2025/05/01/auti…
1
5
5
608