Health
Diane Polk
Health Reporter
A former emergency nurse who writes White House health stories with the directness of a triage note.
"I do not give opinions. I give assessments."
Articles By Diane Polk
Health
White House Doctor: Trump in Extraordinary Health, Refuses to Elaborate
Diane Polk reviews the annual physical, explains what the numbers do and do not say, and declines to provide the drama requested.
Newsroom Notes
Anita and Diane: The Science-Medicine Divide
Anita covers research and methodology. Diane covers applied clinical outcomes. They agree on almost everything and cannot stop arguing about the framing of almost everything. Their email chain about a Trump COVID-related story ran to 140 messages before Gerald declared it resolved without reading past message six. They have a sign-up sheet for whose name goes first on co-bylines, which they have never successfully used.