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Portrait of Katie Thomas

Katie Thomas

My reporting explores the intersection of money and health care, with a particular focus on how business decisions affect the lives of real people.

I have worked at The New York Times since 2008, when I was hired to be a reporter on the Sports desk, covering so-called off the field issues like gender equity, performance-enhancing drugs and Olympic politics. In 2012, I began writing about health, mainly covering the drug industry but also diving into other topics, like the quality of nursing homes. During the pandemic, I covered the vaccine race and was part of the team that won a Pulitzer Prize for its Covid coverage in 2020.

Before joining The Times, I worked at Newsday on Long Island for nine years, covering everything from local politics to major news events, including the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and Hurricane Katrina. My reporting in New Orleans led to a book, “Waters Dark and Deep,” about one family’s separation and reunification in the aftermath of the storm.

I grew up in Oneonta, a small town in upstate New York, and fell in love with journalism after joining my high school newspaper, The Echo. Before long, I got a job working nights at the local paper, The Daily Star, where I wrote high school game recaps. After graduation, I moved to New York City to attend New York University.

All Times journalists are committed to upholding the standards of integrity outlined in our Ethical Journalism Handbook, which means I do not participate in political campaigns or make political donations. I choose not to belong to a political party. I work hard to be accurate and to treat the people I write about fairly. I do not own individual stocks in any health care company, nor do I accept any gifts, trips, awards or other perks from health care companies or other groups I write about. I rigorously fact-check every detail in a story, seeking multiple sources and documentation whenever possible. Like other reporters at The Times, I do not provide advance copies of my work to sources before publication.

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    Michigan Vascular Clinics Shutting Down After Scrutiny

    The clinics’ owner, Dr. Jihad Mustapha, who called himself the “leg saver” but whose procedures sometimes preceded amputations, was a focus of a Times investigation last year.

    By Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Katie Thomas

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    The Booming Business of Cutting Babies’ Tongues

    One family’s story of “tongue-tie release” surgery on their newborn.

    By Sabrina Tavernise, Katie Thomas, Asthaa Chaturvedi, Diana Nguyen, Will Reid, Alex Stern, Michael Simon Johnson, Michael Benoist, Brendan Klinkenberg, Diane Wong, Dan Powell and Alyssa Moxley

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