Sydney Lupkin

Correspondent at @NPRScience. Past: @KFFHealthNews, @VICENews, @MedPageToday, @ABC // DM for Signal

[Sydney Lupkin @slupkin]

Would you take a drug if it was still awaiting a confirmatory study to show it really worked?

What if I told you some #pharma companies take years to even START those studies? And make millions of dollars in the meantime.

My latest for @npr:
https://t.co/f5Fv7ApTL2

[Brian Mann @BrianMannADK]

Monday during Morning Edition and Up First, @NPRMichel, @slupkin and I debut a new series about Weed in America. Marijuana is increasingly legal and mainstream, but it's still complicated for people who choose to use to find safe, well-regulated cannabis. Please tune in. 📻

[Sydney Lupkin @slupkin]

@DCCirculator Any WP-AMs on the road at all? Been waiting for 30 mins and nothing has come.

[Sydney Lupkin @slupkin]

@dsrbroadway Hi Dan -- Any chance you have a few minutes to chat with me tomorrow about this for an NPR story I'm working on?

[Drew FitzGerald @DrewFitzGerald]

Amount of ignored @DCPoliceTraffic 311 calls before locals start taking things into their own hands: about 2 hours’ worth

[Sydney Lupkin @slupkin]

Did you know the approval of mifepristone in 2000 was groundbreaking in the US but not a big deal for the rest of the world? They already had it.

Re-upping this abortion pill history piece with SCOTUS hearing oral arguments on mifepristone today. https://t.co/TRUK4sVVOO

[Chabeli Carrazana @ChabeliC_]

🧵: Discrimination against moms is an "open secret" in many workplaces.

Workers are still being laid off while on leave, pushed out of jobs or subjected to comments like, “You probably have your hands full at home."

There is little legal recourse.
https://t.co/1qtOs1ns6N

[André Picard @picardonhealth]

Strep is bad right now — an antibiotic shortage is making it worse. Strep throat is more prevalent this year, and amoxicillin manufacturers didn't make enough of the antibiotic to go around, by @slupkin https://t.co/0stMm06Qlf via @NPRhealth

[Sarah Jane Tribble @sjtribble]

The Congressman is responding to our findings:
The federal system meant to stop health care business owners and executives from repeatedly bilking government health programs fails to do so.
https://t.co/A297mklRrX

[Emily Kwong @emilykwong1234]

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[Sacha Pfeiffer @SachaPfeiffer]

Two painful reporter layoffs on @NPR's investigative team this week: @a_fast & @ChiaraEisner. Both are smart, skilled, talented, and adored by their peers. I hope our terrible loss will be another media outlet's great fortune. Contact me for recommendations of either:

[Sydney Lupkin @slupkin]

So that Walgreens contract @GavinNewsom is backing out of over the abortion pill? I found it.

Looks like it was worth $54 million OVER FIVE YEARS.

Seems more symbolic than punitive to a co with a $30 billion (with a b!) market cap. https://t.co/uM0TRNdpA4

[Sydney Lupkin @slupkin]

I wondered what they'd say after hearing @selenasd on @npratc last night!

I think this is the contract listing: https://t.co/GmPkBwVYtQ
Looks like it goes back to Dec. 2017. So $54 million OVER 5 YEARS? Not much to a company with a $30 billion (with a b) market cap.

[Liz Kreutz @LizKreutzNews]

.@GavinNewsom’s office just released some details on what it means for California to break ties w Walgreens.

This says the state is not renewing a contract worth about $54m that allows CA to buy prescription drugs from Walgreens for use mostly by the department of corrections:

[Sabrina Siddiqui @SabrinaSiddiqui]

When I found out I would be one of just two journalists traveling with President Biden to Ukraine, my first question for the White House was how I would be able to pump.

My essay about going to Kyiv fresh off maternity leave: https://t.co/MIl0yxZAMk

[Sydney Lupkin @slupkin]

A pregnant woman was devastated to learn one of her twins wouldn't make it to birth. Then, it got worse.

"You can't do anything in Texas, & I can't tell you anything further in Texas, but you need to get out of state."

New from @selenasd @nprscience
https://t.co/L9LLZG6HG2

[Sydney Lupkin @slupkin]

@reshmagar @US_FDA I'm seeing an anticipated primary completion date for that one in... 2027? NCT03887455?

[Sydney Lupkin @slupkin]

@shefalil It's going to be a must-read, like everything else you write!

[Sarah Karlin-Smith @SarahKarlin]

ICYMI...US will pay 75% more for updated Moderna COVID booster shots despite much more limited data packages. $MRNA $PFE $BNTX

https://t.co/uIxtPlW9hj