senior editor, The Atlantic
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Daniel Engber retweeted
May 26
In the past five years, Americans’ fervor for injections has reached new heights—even as a wariness about vaccines persists, @danengber argues. He examines what this selective preference for needles may reveal about the country’s approach to wellness: theatlantic.com/health/2026/…
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Daniel Engber retweeted
May 21
I missed this piece by @danengber when it came out, but it's fascinating. On the contradictions of MAGA's "animal nationalism."
theatlantic.com/science/2026…
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Apr 22
Remember the "disappearing scientist" uproar of 2002, in the midst of the anthrax scare, when a bunch of microbiologists died mysteriously over a few months?
(It turned out not all were microbiologists, the deaths were not mysterious, etc etc etc)
nytimes.com/2002/08/11/magaz…
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Daniel Engber retweeted
In which @danengber looks into the story of the missing scientists and determines it is a Summer of the Shark kinda thing theatlantic.com/science/2026…
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Daniel Engber retweeted
This is completely fascinating, by @danengber: theatlantic.com/books/2026/0…
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Daniel Engber retweeted
Feb 22
Donald Trump's administration has taken a more active approach to animal welfare than any other president's in recent memory—which hints at something more widespread in right-wing, nationalist politics, @danengber writes: theatlantic.com/science/2026…
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Daniel Engber retweeted
Trump is, of course, a man whose rise to power has been fueled by his denigration of people for being animal-like. The same politician who describes his political enemies as “vermin”—@danengber theatlantic.com/science/2026…
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Daniel Engber retweeted
13 Dec 2025
I don't love how every story just turns into a media criticism story now - often by people who only read headlines.
I've been writing about the risk of vaccine myocarditis in the Atlantic for years.
theatlantic.com/health/archi…
10 Dec 2025
It’s enormously important for places like @TheAtlantic to revisit these types of questions that they’ve previously refused to consider.
It’s a small step. But without it, there’s no hope for the legacy press to regain trust.
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26 Nov 2025
Is there any lower form of journalism than the "holiday debunker"?
Here I inaugurate a new series of holiday-debunker debunkers.
First up: DON'T BELIEVE THE MYTH ABOUT THE MYTH ABOUT THE 'TURKEY COMA'
26 Nov 2025
Every Thanksgiving, articles debunk the idea that turkey makes you sleepy. But this only seems to make people more confused about what the big holiday meal does to you, @danengber writes. theatlantic.com/health/2025/…
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Daniel Engber retweeted
15 Nov 2025
Last year, the Canadian government ordered a flock of ostriches to be killed after some contracted bird flu. The movement to save the birds became a right-wing cause célèbre—and sparked a standoff with authorities, @danengber reports: theatln.tc/myO2ARqE
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Daniel Engber retweeted
12 Nov 2025
Last year, the Canadian government ordered a flock of ostriches to be killed after some contracted bird flu. The movement to save the birds became a right-wing cause célèbre—and sparked a standoff with authorities, @danengber reports: theatlantic.com/science/2025…
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Daniel Engber retweeted
8 Jul 2025
This is an excellent article that explains these issues, and the ongoing assault on the FDA, and the perspectives of people like @reshmagar who have pushed to reform the FDA in their work but who are now fighting to save it from these depredations.
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Daniel Engber retweeted
28 Jun 2025
Americans had a glimpse into the future of U.S. vaccine policy this week with the first meeting of RFK Jr.’s newly formed advisory committee. It was messy, to say the least, writes @danengber. theatlantic.com/health/archi…
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22 May 2025
PBS is really going for it.
(gift link)
theatlantic.com/culture/arch…
h/t to @antkaufman for breaking the story
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22 May 2025
Here's @antkaufman's very good reporting from earlier this week:
documentary.org/online-featu…
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