Christopher Rowland

Business of health reporter at The Washington Post.

Previously: The Boston Globe.

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Patients lose “spectacular” amounts of weight on Eli Lilly’s GLP-1 medicine. But doctors say with greater potency comes greater risk. https://t.co/3oDLHGbfF6

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

As co-founder and CEO of telehealth company Hims & Hers, Andrew Dudum has helped lead the tech industry’s encroachment on traditional medicine, using social media to sell popular prescription drugs over the internet. https://t.co/LxIOcawb8D

[Juliet Eilperin @eilperin]

A CDC report found that the most recent covid vaccine cut the likelihood of emergency department visits and hospitalizations for healthy adults last winter by about half. The CDC's acting director has delayed publication of the findings, scoops @bylenasun https://t.co/qNqwxlCNns

[Juliet Eilperin @eilperin]

1/ Everyone should read this revelatory story, the first in a @washingtonpost series on why more and more pedestrians in the U.S. are being killed on our roads - and which one are most dangerous. By @iduncan @eh_mah_nwel and @DylanMoriarty https://t.co/Wwmk9aB0yG

[Juliet Eilperin @eilperin]

2/ A team of talented folks across the newsroom brought this to life, including @PostRowland @MeghanHoyer @Timmeko @tylerremmel Monique Woo, Dominique Hildebrand, @bettychavarriaa KC Schaper, Jeff Cavallin, @FOIANate @JordanMelendrez and @nataliathinks It's a true public service.

[Christopher Rowland @PostRowland]

A stellar lift here from our transpo and data teams ... We explain in this most detailed, national analysis why so many pedestrians are getting killed by cars in the United States @iduncan @eh_mah_nwel

The deadliest roads in America https://t.co/3dcgLQBgwE

[Christopher Rowland @PostRowland]

@RachelVanD @MSNBC @madhaeringer @MBennettSmith @zackstanton @Reddy Best of luck @RachelVanD we'll miss you! They are so fortunate to have you at MSNBC

[Marty Baron @PostBaron]

On political endorsement https://t.co/e5OTZhylIE

This is cowardice, with democracy as its casualty. @realdonaldtrump will see this as an invitation to further intimidate owner @jeffbezos (and others). Disturbing spinelessness at an institution famed for courage.

[Nancy Cook @nancook]

Congrats to @PostRowland on his return to editing! He's been my shadow editor at home for many years now, so I can say, with confidence, that he'll make your stories much stronger, he'll help you craft pithy ledes and he'll always have your back: https://t.co/9MCkDn4dEd

[Christopher Rowland @PostRowland]

some personal career news .... Chris Rowland takes on new role as editor of transportation, energy and health care team https://t.co/1LZ22XHttc

[Christopher Rowland @PostRowland]

Senior-care referral site ‘A Place for Mom’ stays mum on neglect https://t.co/t06riaA2Tj Our latest look at the business of #memory #assistedliving #alzheimers #longtermcare

[Julie Z. Weil @juliezweil]

The country's largest chain of senior homes has an algorithm for how many staff each home can hire, even when workers say they're dangerously understaffed. @dmac1 & @PostRowland's latest installment in our investigation of the assisted living industry: https://t.co/dQguaPcz08

[Doug MacMillan @dmac1]

Brookdale, the nation's leading operator of assisted living homes, uses an algorithm to set staffing levels at facilities. Managers have warned the system leaves senior homes dangerously short-staffed. Latest in our Memory Inc series: https://t.co/drtF83ST6B w/ @PostRowland

[Christopher Rowland @PostRowland]

Algorithms are guiding senior home staffing. Managers say care is suffering. https://t.co/BDvMZsYSAY our latest #assistedliving story, with @dmac1

[Nancy Cook @nancook]

Congrats to @PostRowland and this talented team --

[Christopher Rowland @PostRowland]

Thursday’s hearing came less than a week after the latest fatality reported to The Post.

Senators challenge assisted living industry over wandering deaths, poor care https://t.co/0WFF5mxZPb

[Christopher Rowland @PostRowland]

Impact: @SenBobCasey calls Post findings "horrific" & "violation of trust" - Senate to examine walkaway deaths in assisted-living facilities https://t.co/2ykqsrLYnw

[Christopher Rowland @PostRowland]

Impact of our December stories on dangerously poor dementia care: Senate to examine walkaway deaths in assisted living facilities https://t.co/2ykqsrLYnw

[Christopher Rowland @PostRowland]

A vital @washingtonpost editorial on dangerous neglect in assisted living, based on our findings about deadly walkaway deaths in assisted living.

The dementia crisis is here. Better training can’t wait. https://t.co/BfdX2HoIfY

[Christopher Rowland @PostRowland]

One day, he was safe in a nursing home. The next, he was homeless. #longtermcare #evictions #nursinghomes #comics https://t.co/5BnyBrlEHl