Fenit Nirappil
@fenitn.bsky.social
Health reporter at The Washington Post. Contact: fenitn.33 on Signal; fenit.nirappil@washpost.com
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🚨 WaPo scoop: You've heard of Trump's "board of peace."
Now HHS wants to build its own World Health Organization that will cost exponentially more than the U.S.'s contribution to the WHO.
-- with the incredible @lenasun.bsky.social
Now HHS wants to build its own World Health Organization that will cost exponentially more than the U.S.'s contribution to the WHO.
-- with the incredible @lenasun.bsky.social
After leaving WHO, Trump officials propose more expensive replacement to duplicate it
HHS proposes spending $2 billion a year to re-create systems the U.S. accessed through the WHO at a fraction of the cost, according to officials briefed on the matter.
wapo.st
February 19, 2026 at 4:15 PM
🚨 WaPo scoop: You've heard of Trump's "board of peace."
Now HHS wants to build its own World Health Organization that will cost exponentially more than the U.S.'s contribution to the WHO.
-- with the incredible @lenasun.bsky.social
Now HHS wants to build its own World Health Organization that will cost exponentially more than the U.S.'s contribution to the WHO.
-- with the incredible @lenasun.bsky.social
The latest big scoop from @lenasun.bsky.social w/ @jacobbogage.bsky.social assisting
After pulling out of the WHO, Trump officials are proposing the U.S. spend about three times as much to duplicate it wapo.st/4tKRwyM
After pulling out of the WHO, Trump officials are proposing the U.S. spend about three times as much to duplicate it wapo.st/4tKRwyM
After leaving WHO, Trump officials propose more expensive replacement to duplicate it
HHS proposes spending $2 billion a year to re-create systems the U.S. accessed through the WHO at a fraction of the cost, according to officials briefed on the matter.
wapo.st
February 19, 2026 at 4:34 PM
The latest big scoop from @lenasun.bsky.social w/ @jacobbogage.bsky.social assisting
After pulling out of the WHO, Trump officials are proposing the U.S. spend about three times as much to duplicate it wapo.st/4tKRwyM
After pulling out of the WHO, Trump officials are proposing the U.S. spend about three times as much to duplicate it wapo.st/4tKRwyM
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. inaccurately claimed that patients with schizophrenia were cured through ketogenic diets. Experts say the diet does show promise, but the research is preliminary and RFK. Jr. is overstating nutritional science.
RFK Jr. claimed that keto diets cured schizophrenia. Here’s what science says.
Ketogenic diets do show promise for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, but the research is preliminary and not backed by randomized controlled trials.
wapo.st
February 17, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. inaccurately claimed that patients with schizophrenia were cured through ketogenic diets. Experts say the diet does show promise, but the research is preliminary and RFK. Jr. is overstating nutritional science.
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NEW: The AMA and a leading public health research group focused on vaccines are teaming up to create a parallel system to review vaccine safety and effectiveness.
The CDC’s vaccine review process has “effectively collapsed” under RFKJr. My story.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
AMA joins effort to launch vaccine science review amid CDC turmoil
The American Medical Association and a partner group are taking on a new role in reviewing vaccine safety and effectiveness as the CDC’s review process faces criticism.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:15 PM
NEW: The AMA and a leading public health research group focused on vaccines are teaming up to create a parallel system to review vaccine safety and effectiveness.
The CDC’s vaccine review process has “effectively collapsed” under RFKJr. My story.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
Paige’s last story for us, now atop the homepage, shows what we lost.
She could have done a quick hit on Oz telling Americans to delay retirement, but instead delivered a comprehensive piece rich in policy analysis, data, voices of real people and a rare non-TV interview with Oz wapo.st/4rHUCC6
She could have done a quick hit on Oz telling Americans to delay retirement, but instead delivered a comprehensive piece rich in policy analysis, data, voices of real people and a rare non-TV interview with Oz wapo.st/4rHUCC6
February 8, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Paige’s last story for us, now atop the homepage, shows what we lost.
She could have done a quick hit on Oz telling Americans to delay retirement, but instead delivered a comprehensive piece rich in policy analysis, data, voices of real people and a rare non-TV interview with Oz wapo.st/4rHUCC6
She could have done a quick hit on Oz telling Americans to delay retirement, but instead delivered a comprehensive piece rich in policy analysis, data, voices of real people and a rare non-TV interview with Oz wapo.st/4rHUCC6
Reader data offers a roadmap for success. And we’ve gone down a path of gutting coverage areas they value.
February 8, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Reader data offers a roadmap for success. And we’ve gone down a path of gutting coverage areas they value.
“Katie Mettler, a former chair of the Washington Post guild, said: “I’m glad Will Lewis has been fired. I wish it had happened before he fired all my friends.”” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/t...
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:10 PM
“Katie Mettler, a former chair of the Washington Post guild, said: “I’m glad Will Lewis has been fired. I wish it had happened before he fired all my friends.”” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/t...
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No one writes more incisively, accessibly and credibly than Geoffrey about the ways tech companies are serving — or, far more often these days, disserving — everyday consumers than Geoffrey. He’s worth following wherever he goes.
After 8 years writing the tech column
@washingtonpost.com, I am among folks who were laid off today. I’m grateful for the stories I got to tell and the impact we made on privacy, sustainability & AI.
You can keep following my work on my new (free) Substack geoffreyafowler.substack.com
@washingtonpost.com, I am among folks who were laid off today. I’m grateful for the stories I got to tell and the impact we made on privacy, sustainability & AI.
You can keep following my work on my new (free) Substack geoffreyafowler.substack.com
Geoffrey's Substack | Geoffrey Fowler | Substack
My personal Substack. Click to read Geoffrey's Substack, by Geoffrey Fowler, a Substack publication. Launched 16 hours ago.
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February 6, 2026 at 1:18 PM
No one writes more incisively, accessibly and credibly than Geoffrey about the ways tech companies are serving — or, far more often these days, disserving — everyday consumers than Geoffrey. He’s worth following wherever he goes.
@petridishes.bsky.social is a national treasure, exhibit #394729374 www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
February 6, 2026 at 12:56 AM
@petridishes.bsky.social is a national treasure, exhibit #394729374 www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Still working to hold power to account here
@washingtonpost.com on the health team amid our crushing losses yesterday.
Email/signal/DM with tips as the work continues.
@washingtonpost.com on the health team amid our crushing losses yesterday.
Email/signal/DM with tips as the work continues.
We had devastating cuts to @washingtonpost. Our health team of 14 lost 9 reporters yesterday despite it being listed as part of the Post’s new focus.
But I still have my job. Along w/a core team, we are still dedicated to covering public health, holding the powerful to account.
But I still have my job. Along w/a core team, we are still dedicated to covering public health, holding the powerful to account.
February 5, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Still working to hold power to account here
@washingtonpost.com on the health team amid our crushing losses yesterday.
Email/signal/DM with tips as the work continues.
@washingtonpost.com on the health team amid our crushing losses yesterday.
Email/signal/DM with tips as the work continues.
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We had devastating cuts to @washingtonpost. Our health team of 14 lost 9 reporters yesterday despite it being listed as part of the Post’s new focus.
But I still have my job. Along w/a core team, we are still dedicated to covering public health, holding the powerful to account.
But I still have my job. Along w/a core team, we are still dedicated to covering public health, holding the powerful to account.
February 5, 2026 at 7:16 PM
We had devastating cuts to @washingtonpost. Our health team of 14 lost 9 reporters yesterday despite it being listed as part of the Post’s new focus.
But I still have my job. Along w/a core team, we are still dedicated to covering public health, holding the powerful to account.
But I still have my job. Along w/a core team, we are still dedicated to covering public health, holding the powerful to account.
Nothing was more Washington Post than Marty Weil starting his night shift by walking around the newsroom saying hello to every single person at their desks
Martin Weil, one of hundreds of journalists being let go at The Washington Post, has worked on local news there since 1965.
He Was Laid Off at The Washington Post After Working There 60 Years
Martin Weil, one of hundreds being let go at The Post, has worked on local news there since 1965, witnessing the paper’s rise and now retrenchment.
nyti.ms
February 5, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Nothing was more Washington Post than Marty Weil starting his night shift by walking around the newsroom saying hello to every single person at their desks
I had the privilege of editing one of the sharpest health policy reporters anywhere.
Paige owned coverage of Medicaid cuts and the expiration of enhanced ACA subsidies and brought precision and nuance often missing in coverage. She's relentless about fairness.
Hire her!
Paige owned coverage of Medicaid cuts and the expiration of enhanced ACA subsidies and brought precision and nuance often missing in coverage. She's relentless about fairness.
Hire her!
I’m stunned and heartbroken. I’ve been laid off, along with so many dear colleagues. Making my way to The Post nine years ago felt like a dream come true.
February 5, 2026 at 4:48 PM
I had the privilege of editing one of the sharpest health policy reporters anywhere.
Paige owned coverage of Medicaid cuts and the expiration of enhanced ACA subsidies and brought precision and nuance often missing in coverage. She's relentless about fairness.
Hire her!
Paige owned coverage of Medicaid cuts and the expiration of enhanced ACA subsidies and brought precision and nuance often missing in coverage. She's relentless about fairness.
Hire her!
Our second most read story right now comes from @markjohnpost.bsky.social, a Pulitzer-winning science reporter on our team, who announced he was laid off.
Just the latest example of how he found the most fascinating areas of science to unpack beautifully www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
Just the latest example of how he found the most fascinating areas of science to unpack beautifully www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
These patients saw what comes after death. Should we believe them?
Researchers have developed a model to explain the science of near-death experiences. Others have challenged it.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Our second most read story right now comes from @markjohnpost.bsky.social, a Pulitzer-winning science reporter on our team, who announced he was laid off.
Just the latest example of how he found the most fascinating areas of science to unpack beautifully www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
Just the latest example of how he found the most fascinating areas of science to unpack beautifully www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
The Washington Post gutted the health team which I helped to lead despite our stories being among the most widely read, impactful and adept at reaching new audiences.
February 5, 2026 at 4:17 PM
The Washington Post gutted the health team which I helped to lead despite our stories being among the most widely read, impactful and adept at reaching new audiences.
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I expected the cuts would be bad but I'm honestly stunned and sickened seeing how many great journalists the Washington Post just lost. People who nailed huge investigations, documented war zones, exposed horrific crimes, dropped all at once for failures they did not cause.
February 4, 2026 at 4:29 PM
I expected the cuts would be bad but I'm honestly stunned and sickened seeing how many great journalists the Washington Post just lost. People who nailed huge investigations, documented war zones, exposed horrific crimes, dropped all at once for failures they did not cause.
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The American Society of Plastic Surgeons is the first major medical association in the U.S. to narrow its guidance on pediatric gender care amid a crackdown by the Trump administration.
First major medical group opposes gender transition surgeries for youth
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons said doctors should delay gender-related surgeries until age 19, citing “insufficient evidence” that benefits outweigh risks.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:07 PM
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons is the first major medical association in the U.S. to narrow its guidance on pediatric gender care amid a crackdown by the Trump administration.
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NEW: American Society of Plastic Surgeons has become the first major US medical org to recommend against all youth gender transition surgeries. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
First major medical group opposes gender transition surgeries for youth
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons said doctors should delay gender-related surgeries until age 19, citing “insufficient evidence” that benefits outweigh risks.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:05 PM
NEW: American Society of Plastic Surgeons has become the first major US medical org to recommend against all youth gender transition surgeries. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
How D.C. taxpayers financed a city contractor's lavish parties, go-karting trips to New Jersey and an alcohol-filled pool party.
Even with diminished resources, The Post's local desk delivers hard-hitting accountability coverage you won't find elsewhere.
wapo.st/4qWcoRO
Even with diminished resources, The Post's local desk delivers hard-hitting accountability coverage you won't find elsewhere.
wapo.st/4qWcoRO
How D.C. allowed ‘completely inappropriate’ spending by anti-violence group
D.C. officials say spending of public funds by Life Deeds — including trips to a New Jersey shopping mall, lavish meals and a pool party with alcohol — should not have been allowed.
wapo.st
February 3, 2026 at 5:18 PM
How D.C. taxpayers financed a city contractor's lavish parties, go-karting trips to New Jersey and an alcohol-filled pool party.
Even with diminished resources, The Post's local desk delivers hard-hitting accountability coverage you won't find elsewhere.
wapo.st/4qWcoRO
Even with diminished resources, The Post's local desk delivers hard-hitting accountability coverage you won't find elsewhere.
wapo.st/4qWcoRO
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A retiree wrote this email to a DHS attorney. Within five hours, DHS demanded Google turn over records for his account.
A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech.
New from us at the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social
A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech.
New from us at the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 3:15 PM
A retiree wrote this email to a DHS attorney. Within five hours, DHS demanded Google turn over records for his account.
A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech.
New from us at the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social
A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech.
New from us at the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social
An estimated 16,000 Floridians are set to lose access to free HIV treatment medication or the insurance plans to pay for them.
@davidovalle.bsky.social and Drea Cornejo did a great job telling the stories of people whose lives hang in the balance through text and video. Free link: wapo.st/49VO2BK
@davidovalle.bsky.social and Drea Cornejo did a great job telling the stories of people whose lives hang in the balance through text and video. Free link: wapo.st/49VO2BK
Free HIV drugs save lives. Why one state is restricting access for thousands.
An estimated 16,000 HIV and AIDS patients in Florida might lose free medication, health care as the state dramatically rolls back a decades-old program.
wapo.st
February 2, 2026 at 7:18 PM
An estimated 16,000 Floridians are set to lose access to free HIV treatment medication or the insurance plans to pay for them.
@davidovalle.bsky.social and Drea Cornejo did a great job telling the stories of people whose lives hang in the balance through text and video. Free link: wapo.st/49VO2BK
@davidovalle.bsky.social and Drea Cornejo did a great job telling the stories of people whose lives hang in the balance through text and video. Free link: wapo.st/49VO2BK
The caliber and rigor of our international desk is breathtaking.
@raelombuor.bsky.social & Katharine Houreld "uncovered an extensive clandestine pipeline stretching from Nairobi to the forests of eastern Ukraine" of Africans conscripted by Russia to fight in Ukraine wapo.st/4qnDnoA
@raelombuor.bsky.social & Katharine Houreld "uncovered an extensive clandestine pipeline stretching from Nairobi to the forests of eastern Ukraine" of Africans conscripted by Russia to fight in Ukraine wapo.st/4qnDnoA
February 2, 2026 at 3:41 PM
The caliber and rigor of our international desk is breathtaking.
@raelombuor.bsky.social & Katharine Houreld "uncovered an extensive clandestine pipeline stretching from Nairobi to the forests of eastern Ukraine" of Africans conscripted by Russia to fight in Ukraine wapo.st/4qnDnoA
@raelombuor.bsky.social & Katharine Houreld "uncovered an extensive clandestine pipeline stretching from Nairobi to the forests of eastern Ukraine" of Africans conscripted by Russia to fight in Ukraine wapo.st/4qnDnoA
Ours sports section takes us into delightful worlds with some of the best writing anywhere.
Case in point: @jessedougherty.bsky.social’s dispatch from the competitive Excel championship www.washingtonpost.com/sports/inter...
Case in point: @jessedougherty.bsky.social’s dispatch from the competitive Excel championship www.washingtonpost.com/sports/inter...
Between the sheets at the college Excel championships
One of the most unusual — and fun — events in college sports is a high-stakes spreadsheeting competition in Las Vegas.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 1, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Ours sports section takes us into delightful worlds with some of the best writing anywhere.
Case in point: @jessedougherty.bsky.social’s dispatch from the competitive Excel championship www.washingtonpost.com/sports/inter...
Case in point: @jessedougherty.bsky.social’s dispatch from the competitive Excel championship www.washingtonpost.com/sports/inter...
South Carolina is now experiencing the nation’s worst measles outbreak since the virus was declared eliminated a quarter century ago.
@lenasun.bsky.social and photographer Juan Diego Reyes show what’s happening on the ground wapo.st/4rttZRg
@lenasun.bsky.social and photographer Juan Diego Reyes show what’s happening on the ground wapo.st/4rttZRg
What South Carolina’s soaring measles outbreak means for the rest of the U.S.
More than 840 measles infections have been reported in South Carolina, surpassing the tally in Texas last year. Public health experts say it shows the risks when vaccination coverage falls.
wapo.st
January 31, 2026 at 4:24 PM
South Carolina is now experiencing the nation’s worst measles outbreak since the virus was declared eliminated a quarter century ago.
@lenasun.bsky.social and photographer Juan Diego Reyes show what’s happening on the ground wapo.st/4rttZRg
@lenasun.bsky.social and photographer Juan Diego Reyes show what’s happening on the ground wapo.st/4rttZRg
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For nearly a century, the @washingtonpost’s foreign correspondents have been on the ground for the world’s most pressing stories. Now, our desk is facing potential steep cuts. Washington needs us. The world needs us. If you read us and need us, please watch this video and share.
January 29, 2026 at 11:32 PM
For nearly a century, the @washingtonpost’s foreign correspondents have been on the ground for the world’s most pressing stories. Now, our desk is facing potential steep cuts. Washington needs us. The world needs us. If you read us and need us, please watch this video and share.
