Lenny Bernstein

Washington Post

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Lenny Bernstein is a health and medicine reporter for the Washington Post.

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Pennsylvania's Republican Congressman Tom Marino has withdrawn his name as President Trump's appointee to be the nation's drug czar.

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Pennsylvania's Republican Congressman Tom Marino has withdrawn his name as President Trump's appointee to be the nation's drug czar.

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