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Ben Ryan

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Health and Science Reporter at Freelance

Health Journalist at Hazard Ratio: Benjamin Ryan

🔬Health & science reporter: @NYTimes @NBCNews @WashingtonPost @TheAtlantic @Guardian @NewYorkSun | Cancer survivor | @Columbia 🎓| https://t.co/dQRHZHqWHn

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  • 3 weeks ago | benryan.substack.com | Ben Ryan

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  • 2 months ago | yahoo.com | Ben Ryan

    The nation’s LGBTQ research field is collapsing. In recent weeks, academics who focus on improving the health of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer Americans have been subjected to waves of grant cancellations from the National Institutes of Health. More than 270 grants totaling at least $125 million of unspent funds have been eliminated, though the true sum is likely much greater, researchers told NBC News.

  • Mar 17, 2025 | nysun.com | Ben Ryan

    The United Kingdom will spend $13.9 million to study the impacts of puberty blockers on minors experiencing gender-related distress. The U.K.’s National Health Service earlier this month announced its plan to invest in much-anticipated research into the controversial treatments, for which there remains insufficient data, per an NHS-commissioned report called the Cass Review. The study still needs to pass muster with an NHS ethics board.

  • Mar 14, 2025 | nbcnews.com | Ben Ryan

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has reportedly targeted a manufacturer of poppers, an inhalant drug that has gained increasingly mainstream popularity as an adjunct to clubbing and sexual activity. The drug has long been sold in convenience stores under a legal loophole.

  • Mar 8, 2025 | benryan.substack.com | Ben Ryan

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Benjamin Ryan
Benjamin Ryan @benryanwriter
15 Jun 25

RT @jwilcox79: I had the same thought this morning!

Benjamin Ryan
Benjamin Ryan @benryanwriter
15 Jun 25

Am I the only one who thought the protest today was inspired by Ramona and Her Father? https://t.co/6CcZ6HKbW9

Benjamin Ryan
Benjamin Ryan @benryanwriter
15 Jun 25

I’m looking at Instagram and I’m thinking: How curious that there are people whose job it is to take steroids, go to the gym, and take flexing videos. That’s it. That’s what they do for work.