Rachel Roubein
@rachel_roubein
@washingtonpost reporter covering health & the abortion rights/antiabortion movements. Author of The Health 202. Tell me all: [email protected].
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NEW: As bird flu spreads in cows, U.S. response has echoes of early covid. Testing of cows too limited. Results + studies not shared fast enough. Genetic analysis of H5N1 suggests outbreak started months before it was noticed. w Rachel Roubein washingtonpost.com/health/2024/04…
IMPORTANT NEWS: Bird flu virus fragments found in grocery milk, not necessarily a threat to human health, but suggests virus is more widespread in cows than previously thought. w Rachel Roubein Dan Diamond. washingtonpost.com/health/2024/04…
Our first take on today’s HIPAA announcement, with Rachel Roubein.
HHS official Rainer: “The goal here is to reinstate trust into the provider medical relationship. … The goal here is that people don’t stay home if they’re too scared to get care.”
washingtonpost.com/health/2024/04…
The Arizona Supreme Court shook up the national abortion debate this week, ruling that a ban originally passed in 1864 could be enforced. Host julie rovner and panelists Alice Miranda Ollstein, Rachel Cohrs Zhang, & Rachel Roubein discuss the ruling and more on #WTHealth : kffhealthnews.org/news/podcast/w…
NEW: Now that we know bird flu has infected humans, we took a look at how prepared the U.S. is for a bird flu pandemic. Rachel Roubein and me. washingtonpost.com/health/2024/04…
Our 24-hour strike has begun.
For the first time in 50 years, The Washington Post workers are walking off the job because our company is refusing to bargain in good faith and breaking the law.
Today’s Health 202 newsletter: “Abortion rights and antiabortion advocates are honing their election playbooks for 2024.”
And speaking of 2024 — kudos to Rachel Roubein on her stewardship of the Health 202 as she heads out on parental leave. washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/…
Advocates test out new abortion strategies ahead of 2024. Rachel Roubein @mckenziebbeard washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/…
Since Dobbs, doctors have been left to shoulder life-and-death decisions about abortion care. Many begged their hospitals for guidance — and got nothing.
Read our 5-month investigation into hospitals that have failed to back up their doctors. W/ Dan Diamond washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/…
Scoop: Republicans are quietly delaying more than $1 billion in planned funding for PEPFAR — the life-saving HIV program — demanding changes to terms like abortion, sexual reproductive health, even 'human rights' in PEPFAR documents.
More at The Post: washingtonpost.com/health/2023/10…
State Supreme Court races are costly and high-stakes affairs in post-Roe America. And abortion rights are playing a central role in this year's race in Pennsylvania
washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/… w/ McKenzie Beard
Abortion is a top topic in Kentucky’s governor race. In Mississippi, it’s Medicaid expansion. Rachel Roubein @mckenziebbeard washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/…
Abortion, gender-affirming care, vaccinations. As conservative views collide with science on these issues and more, doctors find themselves navigating political landmines.
Smart story via Sarah Owermohle
statnews.com/2023/10/03/doc…
.The Washington Post reporters spent the past year examining the nation’s crisis of premature death, with the U.S. falling far behind peer nations.
The result: a harrowing series shedding light on the roles chronic diseases, food & politics play our deaths
washingtonpost.com/health/interac…
Arkansas has seen a sixfold spike in appeals during the massive Medicaid unwinding via McKenzie Beard
washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/…