Mark Johnson
@majohnso
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Pulitzer Prize winning Washington Post science reporter. Author of novel "Though The Earth Gives Way". One-time guitarist for punk band, The Bloody Stumps.
Arlington, Virginia
Joined January 2009
Superb story on the potential impact of sweeping NIH changes that would cut funding for research grants. Reporting by my Washington Post colleagues Carolyn Johnson, Susan Svrluga and Joel Achenbach.
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Read about Katie Doble, a uveal melanoma patient who was given 16 months to live and instead took a leap into the unknown, entering a series of clinical trials.
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Biology has a potentially powerful new AI-driven tool for predicting gene regulation. I have a story about it in today's Washington Post.
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Might be just me, but I'm not crazy about the timing of this new Looney Tunes movie called THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP.
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CDC warns of infection spread via body lice in homeless populations. Read The Washington Post story by Sabrina Malhi and me.
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RT @cambskeptics: Scientists are on high alert as Donald Trump returns to the White House, with implications for climate change and researc…
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RT @MSpicuzzaMJS: As I overheard myself saying that I've never gotten kicked out of an Election Night party in my 15 years of covering Wisc…
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How a grandma became the focus of a ‘misinformed’ Trump ad on trans athletes. From Casey Parks at The Washington Post.
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An important election story by my colleague at The Washington Post: Voters in PA trying to save their ballots from being tossed.
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Election officials brace for "little fires everywhere," if Trump loses again. Please read this important story.
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17 years after the bald eagle was taken off the endangered species list our national bird faces a new threat. Bird Flu. My story in The Post with gorgeous photos by Demetrius Freeman.
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A fruit fly brain is the size of a poppy seed but contains more than 50 million connections. An international team of scientists has mapped all of it. Here's my story in today's Washington Post:
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Read this excellent investigation by The Post's David Ovalle and an international team of reporters. Though bankrupt, Purdue Pharma, and its global counterparts are still selling opioids abroad and profiting.
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RT @haiderwarraich: 🙏to @washingtonpost @pulitzercenter winner @majohnso for his feature w/ great interviews on a major crisis in cardiovas…
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Almost half of the counties in the U.S. are without a single a cardiologist. And those without tend to be those with the highest levels of obesity, smoking and other tell-tale symptoms of heart disease. Here's my story in today's Washington Post:
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