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I edit coverage of public health and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for the Washington Post.

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November 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
To win Sen. Bill Cassidy’s vote for confirmation, Kennedy explicitly pledged to not remove vaccines don’t cause autism language from the CDC website.

And this is how he got around that wapo.st/4idz3Wn
November 20, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Hopefully will be a reminder of the great writers and journalism still at the paper. Today’s top stories include an investigation revealing the deadliest roads in America and reporting showing the consequences of DeSantis’s right-wing take over of a college. wapo.st/3Kcn8vl
Column | Why ‘All Her Fault’ hits home for moms. (It’s not just the missing kid.)
“All Her Fault,” the missing-kid drama on Peacock starring Sarah Snook, is wryer than most crime stories, with a subtext about the invisible labor of women.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM