Reporter
I am a health reporter for Politico focused specifically on public health policy at the federal level. I have spent the past two years covering the Trump administration’s response to the opioid crisis, and have also focused on mental health and infectious diseases. I am a Minnesota native and I have my Masters degree in Public Affairs Repoering from the University of Illinois.
Carl and Malette Young struggled for more than a decade to find help for their adopted son, Marc, who has fetal alcohol syndrome. Marc spent most of his adolescence bouncing between inpatient facilities for children with behavioral issues and his home in rural North Dakota....
How fetal alcohol syndrome has slipped from Washington's agenda.
The consequences of prenatal alcohol exposure include devastating, long-term conditions that range from difficulty learning to mental and physical disabilities and brain damage.
