David Brown
Reporter

David Brown, a journalist and physician, has been a staff writer for The Washington Post since 1991. He has covered medical research, the AIDS epidemic, clinical practice, medical ethics, epidemiology, global health, and numerous non-medical scientific subjects. He majored in American Studies at Amherst College, graduating in 1973. He worked as a reporter at The Greenwood (Miss.) Commonwealth and The Baltimore Sun before entering the Medical College of Pennsylvania, from which he graduated in 1987. He works four days a week at the Post and two-thirds of a day at a general internal medicine clinic in Baltimore supervising third-year medical students.

Latest by David Brown

CDC recommends hepatitis C tests for all baby boomers

The federal government called for all baby boomers to be tested for hepatitis C, which kills more Americans each year than AIDS and is the leading reason for liver transplants.

Brain damage from IED blasts, football concussions is similar, study shows

Brain damage from IED blasts, football concussions is similar, study shows

Soldiers exposed to roadside bomb blasts and athletes who have suffered repeated concussions show the same long-lasting changes to brain cells, a new study shows.

Study: 42 percent in U.S. will be obese in 2030

Study: 42 percent in U.S. will be obese in 2030

In 2030, 42 percent of American adults will be obese, and about one-quarter of that group will be severely obese, a condition that shortens life and incurs large medical expenses, a study predicts.

Failed drugs to get another chance

Federal officials seek ways to rescue and repurpose drugs that washed out for their initial planned uses but may work well for some other treatment.