Stories:

US Losing Ground on Preventable Deaths

Health Bills Too Timid on Cutting Costs

For This Health System, Less is More

At Wal-Mart, A Health-Care Turnaround

Edwards Emerges From Her Husband's Shadow, Washington Post

Teen Girls Using Pills, Smoking More Than Boys;
Government's Findings Counter Overall Decline, Washington Post

Toyota Assembly Line Inspires Improvements at Hospital, Washington Post

Cedars-Sinai Doctors Cling to Pen and Paper, Washington Post

Katrina's Emotional Damage Lingers;
Mental Health Experts Say Impact Is Far Beyond What They've Ever Faced

 

In summer 2001, Connolly was named national health policy correspondent for the Post, producing articles on bioterrorism, the Medicare prescription drug benefit, skyrocketing medical bills, physician-assisted suicide, stem cells and the Terri Schiavo case. She was sent to Louisiana in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and spent 5 months on the ground, reporting on the worst natural disaster in modern U.S. history.

As the paper's lead health writer, Connolly chronicled President Barack Obama's successful effort to enact sweeping health-care legislation. She is co-author of the book Landmark: The Inside Story of America's New Health Care Law and What It Means for Us All

Read Ceci Connolly's Washington Post series on AIDS and Immigration