September - 2020

The sprint to create a COVID-19 vaccine started in January. The finish line awaits.

For five days, the FedEx plane sat on the tarmac in Shanghai. American scientists at Novavax, a biotech company in suburban Maryland,...

Health reporter

for USA Today.

Co-author "Born

in Cambridge."

Former long-time health/science

journalist, contributing to The

New York Times, The Washington Post,

Scientific American.com, and others.

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How will the obesity epidemic end? With kids.

New drugs and surgery can deliver major weight loss. But they come at a cost.

Americans don't choose to be fat. Many live within a 'system they don't control.'

What we eat matters. Researchers are still searching for the 'best' diet.

Extra weight increases health risk in the long run. Fat shaming hurts now.

Obesity was long considered a personal failing. Science shows it's not.

Can you improve memory? Brain stimulation could make a 'moderate to large' difference, study shows.

Donald Trump's COVID-19 treatment is similar to the average American hospitalized with coronavirus.

The sprint to create a COVID-19 vaccine started in January. The finish line awaits.

911 calls for heart attack tripled in New York City during COVID-19 outbreak

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