More than anything I've reported last decade, this @undark.org feature on #PANDAS showed me how profit-driven healthcare keeps US specialists siloed & unable to coordinate care. Many thanks @asjahq.bsky.social for supporting our work! Links to award-winning stories: www.asja.org/announcing-t...

Incredible reporting by @saratalpos.bsky.social for @undark.org undark.org/2025/05/27/j... Focuses on principles over politics, showing how a scientist became "controversial" for asking fair questions that deserved more attention and dialogue

The physicians who trusted me with their painful, complicated journeys deserve this award! Shout-out to @brookeborel.bsky.social & Jane Reza @undark.org for terrific editing & fact-checking Fuller thoughts on LinkedIn: bit.ly/4cRa1tj

#foodallergy sufferers: Would you rather get a shot every 2-4 weeks or consume your allergens(s) daily? My story @medscape.com on new data from research trial addressing this Q — latest from my "medicine is rarely black and white" beat 🤪 www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

My first story for AARP, on pre-symotomatic #Alzheimer's Dx - now possible with blood tests, but advisable? www.aarp.org/health/brain...

Health journalism+jazz drumming in 1 post w/ shared theme: improv! First, "thought aloud on mic" w/ @mcgowankat.bsky.social @alokpatelmd.bsky.social @ 1/13 JPM healthcare writers reception (📸 Kathleen Sheffer Photography) Then took drumsticks 🥁 across town & sat in for a tune @SFJAZZ jam session

Thrilled that my Undark features on PANDAS/PANS, direct-to-consumer allergy SLIT drops & OTC hearing aids won an award from the Society of Professional Journalists NorCal chapter! Thanks @brookeborel.bsky.social @saratalpos.bsky.social for edits & encouragement! spjnorcal.org/2024/10/30/s...

Caregivers, parents, @sciencewriters.org has a virtual meetup for you. 10/9, 1PM ET. Please join me, @elandhuis.bsky.social @sarahderouin.bsky.social and @sciam.bsky.social 's Lauren Young and @tanyalewis.bsky.social for off-the-record convos and camaraderie. www.nasw.org/events/nasw-...

A ~1,500-word riff on how #jazz #drumming could help my #journalism! Thanks to @kategammon.bsky.social for encouraging me to turn recent FB ramblings into something more coherent :) niemanstoryboard.org/stories/musi...

Say what? The brainstem not only controls core functions such as HR, BP, breathing ...but also, responses to infection. And this immunology finding came from a taste lab! Thanks @hanner.bsky.social for asking me to write this for @quantamagazine.bsky.social! www.quantamagazine.org/the-brainste...

So radical. So sensible. tradeoffs.org/2024/06/06/n...

My latest for JAMA. Dire headline but focuses on solutions - eg PCR test showing if patient responds to "older" antibiotic, modeling study suggesting how to deploy new drugs w/ national surveillance on shoestring budget. @yhgrad.bsky.social @jenabbasi.bsky.social jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

My attempt at capturing 2 decades of #Alzheimers drug development in 2,300 words! View from scientific trenches: amyloid immunotherapy from basic science to clinic. Full issue here (www.scientificamerican.com/custom-media...) www.scientificamerican.com/custom-media...

My latest feature explores a hard-to-define condition that raises Qs re biological roots of mental illness. But this controversial diagnosis is getting more accepted, particularly as it strikes the children of healthcare providers. The most challenging piece I've done! undark.org/2024/04/03/p...

My turn on the hot seat @theopennotebook.bsky.social www.theopennotebook.com/2024/03/19/a...

What if disease-modifying therapies for #Alzheimers were evaluated by "time saved" rather than slowed rates of cognitive decline? My first piece for Nature Index www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Thanks @bmaher.bsky.social @ Kendall Powell for noticing my tweet last fall & letting it inspire this listicle-style piece for Nature Careers! www.nature.com/articles/d41...

During the pandemic @carmendrahl.bsky.social set up occasional Zoom calls for NASW members who work while tending children & loved ones. Now we're offering a way to find a peer buddy to connect 1:1 — for all #caregiving NASW members, not just freelancers. Check it out! www.nasw.org/article/nasw...

So true. All. The. Time.

ICYMI: Delightful storytelling in this Science cover feature by David Grimm www.science.org/content/arti...

For a while (especially during the pandemic) I've been uneasy about the kneejerk response to root out misinformation, which often is not rooted in malice. Love this thought-provoking take by @saratalpos.bsky.social undark.org/2024/01/08/c...

Start your new work year off strong by joining our upcoming Connector Chat: Best Practices for Pitching Freelance Stories. Featuring @robinlloyd.bsky.social, Victoria Jaggard, @elandhuis.bsky.social and Debbie Ponchner. To register: bit.ly/casw-pitching

On one level, a public health story on hearing aids - though what most stood out to me while reporting were the vastly different cultures of medicine (evidence-driven) & engineering (innovation-driven) Many thanks @brookeborel.bsky.social for superb editing as usual undark.org/2023/12/27/o...

Recent provocative data reinvigorates an age-old question, but after talking with scientists who've spent decades puzzling over this, what struck me most was how much remains ...a big puzzle. My latest for @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/coul...

Nice reporting by @goes_by_kim. Tackled hot topic in a piece that doesn't oversimplify yet doesn't run long! www.scientificamerican.com/article/prec...

While writing about DTC allergy companies earlier this year (undark.org/2023/08/09/v...), I had wondered about laws & regulations (or lack thereof) for DTC platforms but didn't have time to fully investigate. This well-researched Undark piece (undark.org/2023/11/01/t...) by Teresa Carr has answers

With so many hedge terms and caveats (not to mention that both studies are unpublished), one wonders whether this is worth reporting at all ...or when/how to do it responsibly and fairly to provide useful insight without raising alarm 🤔 Curious what others think! www.nytimes.com/2023/10/24/h...

While medicine has become increasingly evidence-based, here, interestingly, @naomioreskes.bsky.social suggests that mask messaging might have suffered from overreliance on "gold standard" RCT data over real-world observations www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...

Amid sluggish NIH #LongCovid efforts, could this bottom-up approach yield treatment answers faster? My latest for Undark undark.org/2023/10/23/l... Thanks @brookeborel.bsky.social for great editing, and @julierehmeyer.bsky.social for inspiring the story

Quick & easy - just the click of a button - and so far it seems to work! (For those of us still on the fence about abandoning Twitter/X...) www.niemanlab.org/2023/10/elon...

This is wild! www.statnews.com/2023/10/13/c...

Newbie Q - or more like a quick poll: Nowadays are you guys double-posting to Bluesky and Twitter, or just one vs other — and how to decide which?