Brenda Goodman

Atlanta

Senior Writer, CNN Health at CNN

Senior Writer, CNN Health Major science geek. find me on the other one: @bkdgoodman idea? Tip? My DMs are open. Encrypted: [email protected]

Featured in: Favicon

cnn.com (+2) Favicon

nytimes.com Favicon

cbsnews.com Favicon

webmd.com

yahoo.com (+9) Favicon

usnews.com Favicon

flipboard.com Favicon

mercurynews.com Favicon

accuweather.com Favicon

medscape.com + 100 more

Articles

CDC denies Milwaukee’s request for help with unsafe lead levels in public schools

1 week ago | cnn.com | Meg Tirrell |Brenda Goodman

Milwaukee requested the CDC’s help with the investigation of lead exposure in its public schools after hazardous levels of lead contamination were found in multiple school buildings.
More people with type 1 diabetes are using GLP-1 drugs, study finds, despite limited evidence on safety or effectiveness

2 weeks ago | cnn.com | Brenda Goodman

Ozempic and Mounjaro were originally developed to treat type 2 diabetes but were not studied in people with type 1. George Frey/Reuters CNN — The use of drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy and Zepbound in people with type 1 diabetes has risen sharply over the past decade, a new study finds, even though there’s little information on the drugs’ safety and effectiveness for the condition.
Kennedy to reinstate some personnel and programs cut in HHS layoffs

2 weeks ago | wdsu.com | Brenda Goodman |Meg Tirrell

Some personnel and programs affected by sweeping reductions at federal health agencies Tuesday will be reinstated, including a program at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that monitors lead in kids, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Thursday.
Kennedy says he plans to reinstate some personnel and programs severed in massive HHS layoffs

2 weeks ago | news8000.com | Brenda Goodman |Meg Tirrell

(CNN) — Some personnel and programs affected by sweeping reductions at federal health agencies on Tuesday will be reinstated, including a program at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that monitors lead in kids, US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Thursday.
Kennedy says he plans to reinstate some personnel and programs severed in massive HHS layoffs

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Brenda Goodman |Meg Tirrell

Some personnel and programs affected by sweeping reductions at federal health agencies on Tuesday will be reinstated, including a program at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that monitors lead in kids, US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Thursday.
A city responding to a lead crisis in schools reached out to the CDC for help. The agency’s lead experts were just fired

3 weeks ago | cnn.com | Brenda Goodman

CNN — A few months ago, a test revealed that a child in Milwaukee had elevated levels of lead in their blood. The results triggered an investigation into the family’s home, then the child’s school and then more aging school buildings still riddled with lead paint.
‘It’s a bloodbath’: Massive wave of job cuts underway at US health agencies

3 weeks ago | krdo.com | Nick Valencia |Brenda Goodman |Meg Tirrell |Tami Luhby

By Nick Valencia, Brenda Goodman, Meg Tirrell, Tami Luhby and Sean Lyngaas, CNN(CNN) — A massive wave of job cuts got underway at US health agencies Tuesday, with some employees receiving early-morning emails saying their jobs were eliminated and some unable to access the building when they arrived at work. It was not immediately clear how many employees had received notice Tuesday morning. The US Department of Health and Human Services has not responded to CNN’s request for comment.
Massive wave of job cuts underway at US health agencies

3 weeks ago | wkow.com | Nick Valencia |Brenda Goodman |Meg Tirrell |Tami Luhby

(CNN) - A massive wave of job cuts got underway at US health agencies Tuesday, with some employees receiving early-morning emails saying their jobs were eliminated and some unable to access the building when they arrived at work. It was not immediately clear how many employees had received notice Tuesday morning. The US Department of Health and Human Services has not responded to CNN's request for comment. HHS Secretary Robert F.
Massive wave of staff cuts begins at federal health agencies

3 weeks ago | wkow.com | Nick Valencia |Brenda Goodman |Rene Marsh

(CNN) - A massive wave of job cuts began at US health agencies early Tuesday, with some employees receiving early morning emails that their jobs were eliminated and some unable to access the building when they arrived at work. It was not immediately clear how many employees had received notice Tuesday morning. CNN has reached out the US Department of Health and Human Services for comment. HHS Secretary Robert F.
‘The lives of individuals in the US are at stake,’ researchers warn after HHS cancels hundreds of vaccine grants

3 weeks ago | news8000.com | Brenda Goodman

(CNN) — As preventable infections like measles threaten to become endemic again in the US, researchers whose government grants were recently terminated are warning about the consequences of throttling studies looking at ways to increase vaccination. Among more than 1,600 grant cancellations announced by the US Department of Health and Human Service since January 20, roughly 300 have been related to vaccines, making the area one of the largest focal points for funding cuts by the agency.

Contact details

Emails

[email protected]

Socials & Sites

Try JournoFinder For Free

Search and contact over 1M+ journalist profiles, browse 100M+ articles, and unlock powerful PR tools.

Start Your 7-Day Free Trial →

Coverage map

X (formerly Twitter)

Followers: 3K
Tweets: 3K
DMs Open: Yes

Brenda Goodman @ReporterGoodman

3 Apr 25

RT @matthewherper: It was really a trip to get to be on the newscast I grew up watching last night. You can see me on @NewsHour talking ab…

Brenda Goodman @ReporterGoodman

3 Apr 25

After Tuesday’s massive cuts to federal health agencies “we no longer have lead experts” a source at the CDC told me. That may leave the city of Milwaukee in a lurch as it responds to a lead paint crisis in its schools. https://t.co/vsw2otwGb1

Brenda Goodman @ReporterGoodman

29 Mar 25

RT @PeterHotez: My new article in @PLOSBiology out today. If you are a new- early- mid-career scientist or physician-scientist: Your futur…

Brenda Goodman

Articles

CDC denies Milwaukee’s request for help with unsafe lead levels in public schools

More people with type 1 diabetes are using GLP-1 drugs, study finds, despite limited evidence on safety or effectiveness

Kennedy to reinstate some personnel and programs cut in HHS layoffs

Kennedy says he plans to reinstate some personnel and programs severed in massive HHS layoffs

Kennedy says he plans to reinstate some personnel and programs severed in massive HHS layoffs

A city responding to a lead crisis in schools reached out to the CDC for help. The agency’s lead experts were just fired

‘It’s a bloodbath’: Massive wave of job cuts underway at US health agencies

Massive wave of job cuts underway at US health agencies

Massive wave of staff cuts begins at federal health agencies

‘The lives of individuals in the US are at stake,’ researchers warn after HHS cancels hundreds of vaccine grants

Contact details

Emails

Socials & Sites

Coverage map

X (formerly Twitter)