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Lauren Weber
@LaurenWeberHP
Health & Science accountability reporter @washingtonpost. Former @KHNews , @HuffPost. The HP stands for health policy. Signal @LWeber.91
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    Lauren Weber
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    Dec 31, 2025
    Our @washingtonpost investigation found only about a quarter of counties have herd immunity for kindergartners from measles after I spent the last year w/ @caitlinsgilbert collecting school/county level vaccination rates Look up your local vaccine rate: washingtonpost.com/health/interac…
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    Lauren Weber
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    Nov 29, 2022
    I'm beyond thrilled to announce I’m joining the @washingtonpost , where I'll do my best to hold the forces behind health disinformation to account That's where you all come in: Let me know where I should be digging in all the crevices of health care
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    Lauren Weber joins The Post as an accountability reporter focused on disinformation
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    Lauren Weber
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    Apr 3, 2020
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    So for those with diabetes or other chronic medical conditions, the resulting mass panic buying spree has threatened their usual medical routines, such as when patients use an alcohol swab or a rubbing alcohol-soaked cotton ball to disinfect their skin before they inject insulin.
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    Lauren Weber
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    Sep 22, 2022
    🧵The day after his 8-month-old baby died, Kingsley Raspe opened the mail and found he had been sent to collections for her care. It was a paltry sum, $26.50 — absurd really, given he’d been told he owed $2.5 million My latest @khnews @NPR
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    The heartbreak and cost of losing a baby in America
    Even after their babies died, hospital bills kept coming. These parents of fragile, very sick infants faced exorbitant bills — though they had insurance. "The process was just so heartless," one says.
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    Lauren Weber
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    Aug 20, 2019
    This is the story of how a Miami entrepreneur and his business associates amassed a rural hospital empire -- and drove it into the ground, devastating towns across the country. Communities lost more than life-saving medical care and hundreds of good jobs. khn.org/news/rural-hos…
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    Lauren Weber
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    Jun 12, 2020
    🚨🚨🚨 Amid the pandemic, at least 27 state and local public health leaders have resigned, retired or been fired across 13 states, due in part to a mix of backlash and stressful, nonstop working conditions. W/ @annabarryjester @MRSmithAP @AP @KHNews
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    Public Health Officials Face Wave Of Threats, Pressure Amid Coronavirus Response - KFF Health News
    From kffhealthnews.org
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    Lauren Weber
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    Feb 6, 2020
    Did you know your insurer can tell you something is covered, and then after you have surgery say they’re not going to pay for it? And yes, it’s legal. Welcome to American health care in 2020. My latest @khnews for @USATODAY :
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    Health insurers can use this loophole to push pricy medical bills onto you, the patient
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    Lauren Weber
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    Oct 3, 2023
    Seat belts. Cigarette taxes. Public health investment. Some lawmakers chose to back these policies. Others don’t. Those choices along red and blue lines are shaving years off American lives. w/ @ddiamond @dtkeating
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    How red-state politics are shaving years off American lives
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    Lauren Weber
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    Mar 8, 2023
    In the next pandemic, North Dakota can't make residents wear masks. Ohio health officials can't shutter businesses. The president can't force a vaccine or test mandate. Inside the 3 year culmination of public health handcuffing w/ @JoelAchenbach
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    Covid backlash hobbles public health and future pandemic response
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    Lauren Weber
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    Sep 30, 2021
    🚨 Rural Americans are dying of covid at more than twice the rate of their urban counterparts — a divide that is likely to widen. "We’ve turned many rural communities into kill boxes," @Amorganrural @NRHA_Advocacy said My latest for @khnews @NBCNews nbcnews.com/health/health-…
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    Lauren Weber
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    Mar 18, 2019
    Some personal news: I'm thrilled to be joining @khnews to cover how America's health care system is working--and not working--for the Midwest. Hit me up at [email protected] with any and all tips on what you think is getting missed, and get in touch next time you're in St. Louis!
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    Lauren Weber
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    Jul 1, 2020
    The U.S. has starved state and local public health departments of funding for decades, leaving the country ill-equipped for #COVID19, our @khnews @AP investigation found. This is America's public health system in a pandemic. #UnderfundedUnderThreat
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    Hollowed-Out Public Health System Faces More Cuts Amid Virus - KFF Health News
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    Lauren Weber
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    Apr 3, 2020
    NEW: While everyone else hunts for toilet paper, Caroline Gregory and others with diabetes have been forced on their own mission amid #COVID19: scouring stores for the rubbing alcohol or alcohol swabs needed to manage the disease. @KHNews @USATODAY
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    Panic-buying for coronavirus affects diabetes patients: They can't find rubbing alcohol
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    Lauren Weber
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    Aug 27, 2016
    Here's what parents of kids with life-threatening allergies think of the EpiPen price increase huffingtonpost.com/entry/parents-…