Yasmeen Abutaleb
Washington, D.C.
White House Reporter
Education: University of Maryland, College Park; BS in microbiology; BA in journalism
Yasmeen Abutaleb is a White House reporter with The Washington Post. She joined in 2019 as a national reporter covering health policy and covered the Trump and Biden administration responses to the coronavirus pandemic, as well as the Department of Health and Human Services. Yasmeen co-authored the New York Times No. 1 best seller, "Nightmare Scenario: Inside the Trump Administration Response to the Pandemic that Changed History." She previously covered health care and technology for Reuters.
