Opens profile photo
Follow
Click to Follow LaurenWeberHP
Lauren Weber
@LaurenWeberHP
Health & Science accountability reporter
@washingtonpost
. Former
@KHNews
,
@HuffPost
.
@Georgetown
alum. STL
@Cardinals
fan. The HP stands for health policy.
Washington, DCwashingtonpost.com/people/lauren-…Born April 21Joined January 2010
4,014 Following
8,888 Followers

Lauren Weber’s Tweets

Lauren Weber
@LaurenWeberHP
This story has it all: Records pointing to former Rep. Lacy Clay in a corruption scandal, a lawyer named Piggee who says, and I quote “Fortunately, whoever that guy was was smart enough and honest enough not to commit the crime”
@jacobbarker
@ahuguelet
stltoday.com
Records point to Lacy Clay and Brandon Bosley in St. Louis corruption scandal
Both the former St. Louis congressman and alderman deny being the unnamed public officials in FBI search warrants related to a bribery sting. Neither were charged.
1
Lauren Weber Retweeted
Sarah Kaplan
@sarahkaplan48
What better way to honor investigative reporter Jeff German, who authorities say was killed for his journalism, than by continuing his work? Read this powerful story by
@lizziejohnsonnn
: washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/
Quote Tweet
lizzie johnson
@lizziejohnsonnn
Not long after Jeff German — a reporter at the @reviewjournal — was slain outside of his home last fall, my editor called me with a question. The Post had reached out, asking if we could help in some way. Jeff's editor had an idea. Maybe we could take on the last of his work.
Show this thread
1
82
Lauren Weber Retweeted
Cara Anthony
@CaraRAnthony
Where do we lay our children to rest when the unthinkable happens? 💔 In my community, kids are buried in a place called “Baby Land.” My first visit came after a toddler was shot and killed. This story begins there. Read my latest for
@KHNews
and
@NPR
npr.org
When gun violence ends young lives, these men prepare the graves
Just outside St. Louis, a cemetery for children sits on a hill. A wooden, weather-worn sign welcomes mourners to "Baby Land." The gravediggers who made the special spot work quietly in the shadows.
2
44
Lauren Weber Retweeted
Fenit Nirappil
@FenitN
New CDC data shows bivalent boosters cut the risk of XBB.1.5 infection by about half and was just as effective against XBB.1.5 than BA.5. It offers reassurances after lab studies suggested the booster struggles against XBB.1.5.
@bylenasun
& I explain
washingtonpost.com
Do bivalent boosters work against XBB.1.5? Vaccine questions, answered.
New CDC data shows updated boosters are cutting risk of getting sick from covid-19 by about half.
3
88
Show this thread
Lauren Weber Retweeted
Catie Edmondson
@CatieEdmondson
After Ms. Greene’s Twitter was shut down for violating Covid misinformation policies, she demanded Mr. McCarthy “fix” it. Over the next 2 months, his general counsel would spend hours on the phone with Twitter execs arguing her case. ⁦
@jonathanvswan
⁩
nytimes.com
How Kevin McCarthy Forged an Ironclad Bond With Marjorie Taylor Greene
The close alliance that has developed between the speaker and the hard-right Georgia Republican explains his rise, how he might govern and the heavy influence of the extremes on the new House G.O.P....
180
1,670
Lauren Weber Retweeted
Bram Sable-Smith
@besables
If you had $30 million, how would you build an addiction treatment program? That's the question one health center CEO in Decatur, IL was asked out of the blue one day by the local sheriff...who just so happened to be Warren Buffett's son. My latest:
khn.org
A $30 Million Gift to Build an Addiction Treatment Center. Then Staffers Had to Run It.
Howard Buffett, son of billionaire investor Warren Buffett and chairman of his own charitable foundation, gave $30 million to build an addiction treatment center in the central Illinois community w…
14
Lauren Weber Retweeted
LenaSun
@bylenasun
NEW: A dark forecast frm WH covid chief
@AshishkJha46
. New normal: every winter is going to be rough. Longer hospital waits. Treatment delays. “We have no idea how hard this is going to make life for everybody, for long periods of time." w
@JoelAchenbach
washingtonpost.com
The doctor won’t see you now: Covid winters are making long hospital waits the new normal
“I’m so sorry that you’re still in the emergency room,” one doctor told a stroke patient who was waiting for days.
13
41
Lauren Weber Retweeted
Fenit Nirappil
@FenitN
A Washington Post review of satellite imagery, firsthand videos posted to social media and witness accounts suggests that China’s covid death toll is far higher than the government’s tally, undermining Beijing’s claim that the outbreak is under control
washingtonpost.com
Satellite images show crowds at China’s crematoriums as covid surges
An analysis of satellite images and videos finds a dramatic increase in activity at funeral homes, undermining Chinese claims that outbreaks are under control.
4
19
Show this thread
Lauren Weber
@LaurenWeberHP
"That means it can more easily become the dominant strain in a community than its relatives, but it doesn’t necessarily worsen an individual’s covid symptoms." Joined the great
@FenitN
to breakdown what's happening with XBB.1.5
Quote Tweet
The Washington Post
@washingtonpost
XBB.1.5, pegged by the WHO as “the most transmissible” descendant yet of the omicron variant, rose from barely 2 percent of U.S. cases at the start of December to more than 27 percent the first week of January, according to new estimates by the CDC. wapo.st/3jZtdOl
1
5
Lauren Weber Retweeted
Fenit Nirappil
@FenitN
XBB.1.5. is the latest variant in the spotlight, rapidly gaining ground as the omicron descendant causing most infections in some areas. While its high transmissibility is worrying,
@LaurenWeberHP
and I report there are reasons to be optimistic.
washingtonpost.com
New variant XBB.1.5 is ‘most transmissible’ yet, could fuel covid wave
A recent swirl of misinformation linking the rise of new coronavirus variants to vaccination has cast a spotlight on XBB.1.5, raising concerns that it could limit booster uptake.
1
15
Show this thread
Lauren Weber Retweeted
Gerry Shih
@gerryshih
New: doctors in Nepal say they're seeing abnormal rates of chronic kidney disease among migrant workers returning from hot, humid countries. Nepal is just the latest. Similar findings in Nicaragua, Mexico, Thailand etc, and the NIH is funding research on TX, FL farmworkers...
Quote Tweet
Kareem Fahim
@kfahim
“They’d tell me, ‘I came back from Saudi, Malaysia, Qatar." One-third of transplant patients at a center in Nepal have been young men who worked abroad in extreme heat. by @gerryshih @sagarkshetry washingtonpost.com/world/2023/01/
4
148
Show this thread