Republican legislators in more than half of U.S. states, spurred on by voters angry about lockdowns and mask mandates, are taking away the powers state and local officials use to protect the public against infectious diseases.
Author Archives: Lauren Weber
Lauren Weber is Kaiser Health News' Midwest correspondent based in St. Louis. Formerly a health policy reporter for HuffPost based in Washington, D.C., she has covered a wide variety of topics including Ebola and hepatitis A outbreaks as well as the health of migrant detainees. She was a 2017 USC Annenberg Health Journalism National Fellow.
