Margaret Manto

Former Reporter & AJI Fellow

Margaret covered science and health policy for NOTUS.

She received her bachelor’s degree in biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2019. Before NOTUS, she was a biologist developing environmentally friendly agricultural products. She began her reporting career as a freelancer for C-Ville Weekly and Charlottesville Tomorrow.

HHS Is Quietly Looking for Two New Vaccines

July 08, 2025 05:27 a.m.
RFK Jr.’s Planned Assault on Corporate Influence Is Clashing With Reality

June 26, 2025 05:27 a.m.
‘Fig Leaf’: Democrats Attack the GOP’s Rural Hospital Fund for Reconciliation

June 25, 2025 08:39 p.m.
RFK Jr. Dominated the Confirmation Hearing for the Next CDC Director

June 25, 2025 02:20 p.m.
RFK Jr. Calls Fake MAHA Report Citations a ‘Mistake’

June 24, 2025 12:50 p.m.
Bill Cassidy Is Facing His Latest MAGA Test: How Closely He Aligns With RFK Jr.

June 20, 2025 05:13 a.m.
Sen. Bernie Sanders Wants an Investigation of RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Firings

June 16, 2025 12:27 p.m.
HHS Award Indicates Changes May Be Coming for Vaccine Injury Compensation Program

June 16, 2025 05:05 a.m.
RFK Jr. Used the MAHA Report to Advance Vaccine Misinformation

June 11, 2025 05:13 a.m.
RFK Jr. Says He Won’t Replace Fired Vaccine Committee Members With ‘Anti-Vaxxers’

June 10, 2025 07:15 p.m.
Susan Collins Says Proposed NIH Cuts Are ‘Disturbing’

June 10, 2025 01:22 p.m.
An HHS Report on Transgender Care Cites a Retracted Study

June 10, 2025 05:20 a.m.
RFK Jr. Fires the Entire CDC Vaccine Recommendation Panel

June 09, 2025 06:04 p.m.
The MAHA Report Has Been Updated With Fresh Errors

May 30, 2025 03:08 p.m.
The MAHA Report Has Been Updated to Replace Citations That Didn’t Exist

May 29, 2025 04:54 p.m.
DOGE Days of Musk

May 29, 2025 06:00 a.m.