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Karen Weintraub

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Reporter/Editor at USA Today

An editor at USA Today, [email protected]. Adjunct prof. Biased in favor of facts, science, health, and journalism. She/her. Co-author: Born in Cambridge

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  • 4 weeks ago | usatoday.com | Karen Weintraub

    On a special episode (first released on May 29, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: Parkinson’s is a disease that afflicts an estimated 90,000 Americans every year. Dr. Lorenz Studer and Dr. Viviane Tabar of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, joined USA TODAY The Excerpt to share more about a new stem cell-based therapy that creates nerve cells. The treatment is showing early promise. Hit play on the player below to hear the podcast and follow along with the transcript beneath it.

  • 1 month ago | usatoday.com | Karen Weintraub

    Most Americans have decided that they're done getting vaccinated against COVID-19, but there are still reasons to consider it, and it remains an essential protection for some. That's why many doctors and medical organizations are concerned about changes to the vaccine recommendations made single-handedly by Health Secretary Robert F.

  • 1 month ago | usatoday.com | Karen Weintraub

    Within minutes of KJ Muldoon’s birth, doctors knew there was something very wrong. Five weeks premature, his little arms went rigid when lifted and shook oddly on the way back down. An attentive doctor at the University of Pennsylvania, checking for a host of possible causes, noticed that KJ’s ammonia level was off the charts. He was rushed across the street to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where doctors quickly offered a dire diagnosis.

  • 1 month ago | usatoday.com | Karen Weintraub

    In a little more than 100 days, the Trump administration has upended the U.S. health care system Americans love to hate, sparking turmoil and confusion.The Trump administration calls its sweeping changes a "critical course correction" to the way the nation delivers heath care. "This is not just policy ‒ it’s a revolution in public health," HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in an April 29 statement touting the administration's accomplishments.

  • 1 month ago | wisconsinrapidstribune.com | Karen Weintraub

    In a little more than 100 days, the Trump administration has upended the U.S. health care system Americans love to hate, sparking turmoil and confusion.The Trump administration calls its sweeping changes a "critical course correction" to the way the nation delivers heath care. "This is not just policy ‒ it’s a revolution in public health," HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in an April 29 statement touting the administration's accomplishments.

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Karen Weintraub
Karen Weintraub @kweintraub
29 Jul 24

RT @_erinmansfield: The election just got a lot more interesting. It's inspiring young voters to register. https://t.co/bhJg3qiLn0 via @usa…

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Karen Weintraub @kweintraub
28 Jul 24

RT @Immunize_USA: Not only does the #vaccine prevent a very painful disease, it also has shown that people who had the #shingles vaccine ha…

Karen Weintraub
Karen Weintraub @kweintraub
28 Jun 24

RT @kiranmusunuru: She's fighting to stop the brain disease that killed her mother before it gets her. https://t.co/ubrq1LOWjm via @kwei…