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Lenny Bernstein

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Former health and medicine reporter for The Washington Post. Still freelancing on the same topics.
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A blind man’s triathlon pursuit

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By Lenny Bernstein Verified
| The Washington Post Verified
We tend to frame this country's fitness and obesity problem almost entirely in terms of lifestyle and motivation. Even the most out-of-shape, time-pressed couch potato can find some way to start exercising, we say. You make it a priority, get up and do it. I've written words to that effect any number of times. It took Doug Powell to remind me, to my embarrassment, that it's not always that simple.
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Medical Mysteries: He beat a fungal infection. So why was he so ill again?

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By Lenny Bernstein Verified
| The Washington Post Verified
Medical Mysteries: He beat a fungal infection. So why was he so ill again? (washingtonpost.com) Medical Mysteries: He beat a fungal infection. So why was he so ill again? By Lenny Bernstein 2025070513003600 When Peter Redweik's physicians finally realized that his splitting headaches, slurred speech and stumbling gait were caused by cryptococcal meningitis — a severe inflammation of his brain caused by a fungal infection — they prescribed amphotericin B.
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Millions rely on Medicaid for health care. Will Congress cut it?

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By Lenny Bernstein Verified
| washingtonpost.com
President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill could mean drastic cuts for Medicaid. What would that mean for the millions of people insured by the program? House Republicans are trying to push President Donald Trump’s massive tax and immigration bill across the finish line this week, hoping to conquer internal divisions and tee up a vote that would send the bill to the Senate. One of the areas targeted for major cuts is Medicaid, which insures more than 80 million people in the United States.
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