Lindsey Theis

Lindsey Theis

Lindsey Theis

Health and Wellness Reporter

Lindsey Theis (which rhymes with "peace") is an award-winning storyteller who joined Scripps News in 2018 with a focus on health and science. During 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic became the health story that's demanded constant reporting, but Lindsey's also covered groundbreaking treatments, on the ground impacts of natural disasters like wildfires and floods, and problems and solutions related to various mental health topics.  She believes in telling stories that make the science aspect simple to communicate, and the health aspect focused on what matters to patients.

Outside of news, Lindsey's a novice watercolor painter and comedy nerd; she performs and teaches improv comedy and helps run a comedy nonprofit she co-founded. Lindsey is based in San Francisco, California. 

Recent Work
Birth control pills

Finding More Options For Male Birth Control

The American flag flies at half-staff at the White House to commemorate 1 million American lives lost due to COVID-19

1 Million Americans Have Died From COVID-19

Doctors look at a lung scan of a cocci patient.

Climate Change Could Drive Potentially Deadly Valley Fever Cases

Doctor uses a stethoscope on a child patient

U.S. Monitoring Outbreak Of Hepatitis In Children

Two overweight women

Obesity Is On The Rise Worldwide

A patient wearing a pulse monitor

Study: Black, Hispanic Women More Likely To Die From Uterine Cancer

Cans of sunscreen

The Risks Of Benzene In Personal Care Products

A quilt in memory of people who have died from HIV/AIDS

AIDS Memorial Quilt Still Filled With New Names 35 Years Later

fentanyl-laced pills

Teen Drug Overdoses Climb, Deadly Fentanyl to Blame

Customers wear face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus

Coronavirus Cases Are On The Rise Again

Surgeons operate during a lung transplant

Hospitals Use 'Lungs In A Box' To Solve Donation Shortage

A narcan applicator

U.S. Fentanyl Seizures Jump Dramatically

A man sleeps

Why We Dream

A doctor at Northwestern Medicine looks at X-rays of lungs

Doctors See Growing Demand For Lung Transplants During Pandemic

A woman holds an aspirin pill

Study: Aspirin Early On Could Be Effective For COVID Patients

Masked and unmasked visitors walk in front of the carousel at Pier 39 in San Francisco

Fauci: Omicron BA.2 Uptick Expected To Start In A Week

Oxycodone pills

Record Number Of Americans Died From Drug Overdose Oct. 2020-2021

A brain positron emission tomography scan.

Study Finds Most Americans Unfamiliar With Signs Of Early Alzheimer's

A wastewater treatment plant

Wastewater Is Tracking Down COVID In Communities

A girl looks out the window of her hospital room.

New Study Looks At Mental Health Effects Of Long-Haul COVID

A worker handles a coronavirus test sample at a private testing site

The World Health Organization Declared COVID A Pandemic 2 Years Ago

A student wears a mask and face shield in a 4th grade class amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Doctors Warn Of Possible Omicron BA.2 Variant Surge

Northwestern Medicine file footage shows brain images from an MRI scan

Study: COVID-19 May Cause Changes In The Brain

A nurse loads a syringe with a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

The State Of COVID And Public Health

Child after getting a COVID-19 vaccine

Study: Pfizer Vaccine Just 12% Effective In Kids Ages 5 To 11

Shopper wearing a face mask.

CDC: Many Healthy Americans Can Take A Break From Masks

Boxes containing Pfizer vaccines.

Drugmakers Seek Emergency Authorization For New COVID Vaccine

A patient participates in a study on the Azlheimer's drug Aducanumab

Analysis: Alzheimer's Drug Treamtent Costs Patients $75,000 Per Year

Dr. Kalilah Gates speaks with a patient

The Front-Line Fight Against Racial Disparities In Health Care

A woman displays an HIV testing kit.

Scientists Say They Have Cured A Woman Of HIV