Yasmeen Abutaleb is a New York Times best selling author[1][2] and journalist who was the national health policy reporter and as of August 4, 2022 is a White House reporter for The Washington Post.[3]
Yasmeen Abutaleb | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | University of Maryland, College Park |
| Occupation | Health Policy Reporter |
| Years active | 2014-present |
| Employer | The Washington Post |
Education edit
Abutaleb graduated from Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland in 2010, where she first learned about journalism on their newspaper, the Black and White.
Abutaleb received a B.S. in microbiology and a B.A. in journalism from University of Maryland in 2014. She served as the editor-in-chief of the school's newspaper, The Diamondback from 2012-2013.[4]
Career edit
Abutaleb started her career covering health care for Reuters, focusing on the Affordable Care Act, drug pricing and federal health programs.[5]
In 2016, she was one of three lead reporters on a five-part investigative series detailing the rising threat of antibiotic-resistant infections.[6][7]
She joined The Washington Post in 2019 as a national reporter covering health policy. She focuses on the Department of Health and Human Services and health care in politics.[8]
Throughout her career, Abutaleb has reported on the opioid crisis,[9] changes to Medicaid[10] and how politics influence health policies.[11]
She has appeared on Washington Week,[12] C-SPAN[13] and MSNBC.[14][15][16]
Works edit
In June 2021,[17] Abutaleb and Damian Paletta co-authored “Nightmare Scenario: Inside the Trump Administration’s Response to the Pandemic That Changed History,” a book detailing the Trump administration's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in America.[18][19]
The book most notably reveals that President Trump considered displacing infected passengers from the Diamond Princess cruise ship at Guantánamo Bay,[20] and that the severity of President Trump's coronavirus infection was far worse than he originally let on.[21][22][23][24]
References edit
- ^ "The New York Times Best Sellers". The New York Times. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
- ^ "Yasmeen Abutaleb". globalaffairs.org. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
- ^ "Yasmeen Abutaleb; National reporter focusing on health policy". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2021-07-06.
- ^ Admin, DBK (January 1000). "Diamondback's new editor in chief named". The Diamondback. Retrieved 2021-07-06.
- ^ "Yasmeen Abutaleb, Reuters". Reuters.
- ^ McNeill, Ryan; Nelson, Deborah; Abutaleb, Yasmeen. "'Superbug' scourge spreads as U.S. fails to track rising human toll". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-07-06.
- ^ Allen, Marshall (19 September 2016). "The Hidden Toll of Drug-Resistant Superbugs". Retrieved 2021-07-08.
- ^ WashPostPR. "Yasmeen Abutaleb joins National Desk as a health policy reporter". Washington Post. Retrieved 2021-07-06.
- ^ Abutaleb, Yasmeen. "As Trumpcare health bill languishes in politics, former opioid abusers cling to lifeline". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-07-06.
- ^ Abutaleb, Yasmeen. "Trump administration to reject generous Medicaid expansion funding for Utah". Washington Post. Retrieved 2021-07-06.
- ^ "Yasmeen Abutaleb, National Health Policy Reporter". PBS. Retrieved 2021-07-06.
- ^ "President Biden Visits Surfside After Deadly Collapse". PBS. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-06.
- ^ "Yasmeen Abutaleb on the Affordable Care Act". C-SPAN. Retrieved 2021-07-06.
- ^ "'So many missteps': Inside Trump WH's handling of the coronavirus". MSNBC. Retrieved 2021-07-06.
- ^ "Transcript: The Rachel Maddow Show, 6/29/21". MSNBC. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
- ^ https://www.c-span.org/video/?432749-3/yasmeen-abutaleb-affordable-care-act
- ^ Kurtzleben, Danielle. "The 1st Wave Of Post-Trump Books Arrives. And They Fight To Make Sense Of The Chaos". NPR. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
- ^ Washington Post Live. "Trump's Coronavirus Infection Was Much Worse Than We Knew". Washington Post. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
- ^ Betancourt, Sarah (23 June 2021). "Trump hoped Covid-19 would 'take out' former aide John Bolton, book claims". The Guardian. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
- ^ Szalai, Jennifer (28 June 2021). "Reliving a Year of Death, as Havoc Reigned in the White House". The New York Times. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
- ^ Saletan, William (25 June 2021). "Trump's Coronavirus Infection Was Much Worse Than We Knew". Slate. Retrieved 2021-07-06.
- ^ Abutaleb, Yasmeen; Paletta, Damian (2021-06-29). Nightmare Scenario: Inside the Trump Administration's Response to the Pandemic That Changed History. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-306607-6. OCLC 1225066847.
- ^ Abutaleb, Yasmeen; Paletta, Damian; Stead Sellers, Frances (29 June 2021). "Yasmeen Abutaleb & Damian Paletta discuss their new book "Nightmare Scenario"". Washington Post Live. Retrieved 30 June 2021 – via YouTube.
- ^ Abutaleb, Yasmeen; Paletta, Damian; Stead Sellers, Frances. "Transcript: Yasmeen Abutaleb & Damian Paletta, "Nightmare Scenario"". Washington Post Live. Archived from the original on 30 June 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.