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Author Archives: Liz Essley Whyte

Liz Essley Whyte is a senior reporter covering health inequality at the Center for Public Integrity, where her investigative work has been recognized with a Gerald Loeb Award, Goldsmith Prize and more. Before joining the Center in 2014 as an American University fellow, she was the managing editor of a quarterly magazine focused on philanthropy. She also covered local government and transportation for The Washington Examiner, where her scoops on insider deals at the local airports authority spurred the U.S. Secretary of Transportation to demand reform at the authority. She graduated summa cum laude from Hillsdale College and earned a master’s degree in journalism and public affairs from American University.

A mid adult female doctor uses a stethoscope to listen to a senior female patient's lungs during a medical exam.
Posted inWatchdog newsletter

What does it take to narrow racial health gaps in the U.S.?

by Liz Essley Whyte April 22, 2022April 19, 2022

Black women in the U.S. were 3.5 times more likely than white women to die of causes related to childbirth from 2016 to 2017, a new study published last week found — a gap that is wider than previously estimated. It’s just one of a long list of racial health disparities in a nation that […]

A medical staff member prepares a syringe with a dose of COVID vaccine.
Posted inWatchdog newsletter

The struggle to help Medicaid patients get vaccinated

by Liz Essley Whyte April 8, 2022April 7, 2022
Two nursing home workers distribute pasta to two residents in the dining area of a nursing home.
Posted inWatchdog newsletter

A fifth of nursing-home workers remain unvaccinated as deadlines loom

by Liz Essley Whyte February 4, 2022February 3, 2022
Dr. Anthony Fauci
Posted inCoronavirus and Inequality

Analysis: Fauci’s finances are already public. But they could be easier to find.

by Liz Essley Whyte January 13, 2022February 22, 2022
Dr. Anthony Fauci holds up his hand as he testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing .
Posted inCoronavirus and Inequality

A senator couldn’t find Fauci’s financial info. But we did.

by Liz Essley Whyte January 12, 2022February 22, 2022
Liz Essley Whyte cradles her newborn while in the hospital. She chose to get the COVID-19 vaccine while pregnant.
Posted inCoronavirus and Inequality

The evidence is piling up that pregnant people should get vaccinated

by Liz Essley Whyte November 23, 2021January 28, 2022
A vaccination card
Posted inCoronavirus and Inequality

States move to ban ‘vaccine passports’

by Liz Essley Whyte June 18, 2021January 28, 2022
Anti vaccine proponents are profiting from their stance.
Posted inCoronavirus and Inequality

Spreading vaccine fears. And cashing in.

by Liz Essley Whyte June 8, 2021July 6, 2023
A pharmacist volunteer prepares doses of the Johnson and Johnson coronavirus vaccine during a pop-up clinic in Detroit, Michigan.
Posted inWatchdog newsletter

Vaccines key to preventing another Michigan-like coronavirus surge

by Liz Essley Whyte May 7, 2021January 28, 2022
Liz Essley Whyte, who is pregnant, gets the COVID-19 vaccine.
Posted inCoronavirus and Inequality

I’m pregnant. Here’s why I decided to get the coronavirus vaccine.

by Liz Essley Whyte April 8, 2021January 28, 2022
Karen Klink, of Hermosa Beach, visits her 86-year-old mother Cynthia Tachner at Silverado Beach Cities Memory Care in Redondo Beach
Posted inCoronavirus and Inequality

Exclusive: Months into federal vaccine program, many long-term-care workers still refusing shots

by Liz Essley Whyte March 31, 2021January 28, 2022
Doctor analyzing COVID information
Posted inCoronavirus and Inequality

Biden COVID data director on plugging deadly information gaps in a pandemic

by Liz Essley Whyte March 5, 2021January 28, 2022
Posted inCoronavirus and Inequality

For some COVID patients, pre-existing conditions and long-term consequences part of the struggle

Avatar photo by Carmen Nesbitt and Liz Essley Whyte January 31, 2021January 28, 2022
Posted inCoronavirus and Inequality

South Dakota’s coronavirus surge is turning nursing homes into a ‘battle zone’

by Liz Essley Whyte December 22, 2020January 28, 2022
Posted inCoronavirus and Inequality

The vast majority of America’s cities qualify as ‘sustained hotspots,’ new federal COVID-19 data shows

by Liz Essley Whyte December 18, 2020January 28, 2022
Posted inCoronavirus and Inequality

‘Darkest red’ for the coronavirus surge: Task force pleads with states to do more

by Liz Essley Whyte December 17, 2020January 28, 2022
Posted inCoronavirus and Inequality

In worst coronavirus surge yet, task force urges return to strict social distancing

by Liz Essley Whyte December 8, 2020January 28, 2022
Posted inCoronavirus and Inequality

White House coronavirus task force: ‘We are in a very dangerous place’

by Liz Essley Whyte December 2, 2020January 28, 2022
Posted inCoronavirus and Inequality

47 states and DC are now in the red zone for coronavirus cases

by Liz Essley Whyte November 17, 2020January 28, 2022
Posted inCoronavirus and Inequality

Task force doubles down on rapid testing strategy to fight the coronavirus

by Liz Essley Whyte November 16, 2020January 28, 2022
Posted inCoronavirus and Inequality

42 states are now in the red zone for coronavirus cases, White House says

by Liz Essley Whyte November 10, 2020January 28, 2022
Posted inCoronavirus and Inequality

The White House’s state map is mostly red — for COVID-19 cases

by Liz Essley Whyte November 4, 2020January 28, 2022
Artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg walks among thousands of white flags planted in remembrance of Americans who have died of COVID-19.
Posted inCoronavirus and Inequality

White House data contradicts the president’s claims on the coronavirus

by Liz Essley Whyte October 28, 2020January 28, 2022
Posted inUS Polling Places

You’ll either need a copy machine or a notary to vote by mail in Oklahoma

by Liz Essley Whyte October 22, 2020January 28, 2022
Posted inCoronavirus and Inequality

Five more states in coronavirus ‘red zone,’ White House says. Total now at 31

by Liz Essley Whyte October 20, 2020January 28, 2022
President Donald Trump walks off after speaking at a campaign rally in Florida on Oct. 12, 2020.
Posted inCoronavirus and Inequality

Trump plans rally in Wisconsin despite White House warning of ‘preventable deaths’

by Liz Essley Whyte October 15, 2020January 28, 2022
Posted inCoronavirus and Inequality

States in ‘red zone’ for coronavirus cases grow to 26, White House says

by Liz Essley Whyte October 13, 2020January 28, 2022
Posted inHealth

24 states in coronavirus ‘red zone,’ White House says

by Liz Essley Whyte October 8, 2020January 3, 2023
Medical personnel prepare to test hundreds of people lined up in vehicles in Phoenix's western neighborhood for free COVID-19 tests.
Posted inCoronavirus and Inequality

New, secretive data system shaping federal pandemic response

by Liz Essley Whyte September 22, 2020January 28, 2022
Printouts of coronavirus reports
Posted inCoronavirus and Inequality

House committee: Coronavirus reports show Trump administration in denial

by Liz Essley Whyte August 31, 2020January 28, 2022

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