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Fenit Nirappil

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Public health reporter @WashingtonPost. Teach watchdog reporting @medillschool. Forever @postlocal. Fenitatwapo on Insta/Threads. 🏳️‍🌈

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NEW: Childhood pneumonia outbreak in Ohio is NOT related to cases in China, Europe. “We don’t have any evidence to suggest this is anything but routine, standard winter bugs causing pneumonia in higher rates in kids,” says Ohio official. w Fenit Nirappil washingtonpost.com/health/2023/12…

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Henry Kissinger's legacy in Cambodia

- 500,000 tons of bombs dropped from 1969 to 1973
- 150,000 civilians killed
- groundwork laid for the genocidal Khmer Rouge, under which 1.5-3 million Cambodians died

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The leather convention I covered was like Bible camp compared to the political humiliation fetish kink covered here washingtonpost.com/style/of-inter…

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More people are dying in Puerto Rico as its healthcare system crumbles.

We partnered w/Centro de Periodismo Investigativo to bring this monthslong examination of mortality data in 🇵🇷 and asking the local govt. why 2022 was so deadly for Boricuas.

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'And the partisanship of social media has persuaded some officials that the only 'legitimate' news coverage is praiseworthy and unaggressive.' washingtonpost.com/style/media/20…

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This is what it’s like hearing my desk mate Joel Achenbach talk about aliens. He has a great story out about how the truth may not be out there washingtonpost.com/science/2023/1…

This is what it’s like hearing my desk mate @JoelAchenbach talk about aliens. He has a great story out about how the truth may not be out there washingtonpost.com/science/2023/1…
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It’s time for the annual Thanksgiving showdown over washing meat

My mom: “The FDA can say what it wants. Indians don’t listen to the FDA”

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The Biden administration set “the lowest possible bar” for hospitals to win the government’s new “birthing friendly” designation washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/…

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I am proud to work for a newsroom that takes so much time and care with big journalistic decisions. Read this note from Sally Buzbee that explains why we are publishing graphic images from AR-15 shootings today: washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/11…

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“As gun violence has grown more common, state lawmakers have increasingly restricted access to government records documenting its destructive impact” washingtonpost.com/nation/interac…

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The ⁦The Washington Post⁩ took the extraordinary step to publish never before seen images from mass shootings. They are disturbing but, together with deeply personal accounts, offer the public a real look at what an AR-15 does. washingtonpost.com/nation/interac…

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Human smuggling networks need a seemingly endless supply of drivers on US soil to transport migrants on the last leg of their journeys. They've long recruited vulnerable Americans to do this work. Now, they're finding them on Snapchat and TikTok.

Human smuggling networks need a seemingly endless supply of drivers on US soil to transport migrants on the last leg of their journeys. They've long recruited vulnerable Americans to do this work. Now, they're finding them on Snapchat and TikTok.
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D.C. oversight in action ->

“The hearing was more of a forward-looking informational session about what Bowser’s new policy will do, and it avoided probing how agencies have been investigating sexual harassment complaints.” washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/…

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NEW: Our snapshot of how @CDCdirector Mandy Cohen is leading CDC. Kudos for being quick + decisive. But some staffers say she’s also caused confusion + duplicative work. We also discovered there’s a “Mandy Cohen User Guide.” w ⁦⁦Dan Diamond⁩ washingtonpost.com/health/2023/11…

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Marijuana legalization often wins when voters decide, but most of the states where it’s still illegal don’t allow citizen ballot measures wapo.st/49vXBFe

Marijuana legalization often wins when voters decide, but most of the states where it’s still illegal don’t allow citizen ballot measures wapo.st/49vXBFe
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We got the future of the marijuana legalization movement after Ohio on the front page.

Paywall-free link here: wapo.st/3MASfyG

We got the future of the marijuana legalization movement after Ohio on the front page. Paywall-free link here: wapo.st/3MASfyG
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