Author @jennieerinsmith.bsky.social discusses what separates her book, Valley of Forgetting, Alzheimer's Families and the Search for a Cure, from any other reporting that's been done on those afflicted in Medellin, Colombia, with Health Storytelling Q&A host @marynmck.bsky.social

News Team member Yasemin Isbilir recommends Amazon Prime's "Beautiful Boy" for its authentic potrayal of addiction as a health issue, not a moral failure.

New from the EmoryCSHH News Team: AI chatbots harm mental health, chaotic federal vaccine deliberations, Merck's repurposed cancer drug, and how USAID cuts harm maternal health in refugee camps.

News Team member Michelle Arauz recommends the latest episode of Health Storytelling, featuring Jeannie Erin Smith and her new book "The Valley of Forgetting".

✍️ @jennieerinsmith.bsky.social discussing her new book, Valley of Forgetting, Alzheimer's Families and the Search for a Cure, on the first Fall 2025 Health Storytelling LIVE Author Q&A with @marynmck.bsky.social Full episode on YT at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9Rda7NexF4

✍️ @jennieerinsmith.bsky.social discussing her new book, Valley of Forgetting, Alzheimer's Families and the Search for a Cure, on the first Fall 2025 Health Storytelling LIVE Author Q&A with @marynmck.bsky.social Full episode on YT at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9Rda7NexF4

Did you miss the chance to sign up in advance for Nerd Book Club, my chat at 6pm US ET tonight with @jennieerinsmith.bsky.social about her book VALLEY OF FORGETTING? (Sponsored by @emorycshh.bsky.social ) We gotchu: Join us at that time at this YouTube link! www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9Rd...

TONIGHT, 6pm ET @marynmck.bsky.social LIVE Author Q&A with @jennieerinsmith.bsky.social discussing her book VALLEY OF FORGETTING Alzheimer's Families and THE SEARCH FOR A CURE. Streaming LIVE ON LinkedIn ✍️ Join us and ask Questions in Real-Time. www.linkedin.com/events/healt...

In 2 days: Nerd Book Club! Join me and @jennieerinsmith.bsky.social Weds 17 Sept at 6pm US ET as we talk about her fantastic book VALLEY OF FORGETTING: ALZHEIMER'S FAMILIES AND THE SEARCH FOR A CURE. From @emorycshh.bsky.social. RSVP to get livestream links: humanhealth.emory.edu/events/livin...

This Wednesday, 6pm ET @marynmck.bsky.social LIVE Author Q&A Fall 2025 Series begins. Maryn's first guest is @jennieerinsmith.bsky.social discussing her book VALLEY OF FORGETTING. Streaming to numerous platforms incl. LinkedIn at EmoryCSHH. WATCH LIVE ON YOUTUBE ✍️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9Rd...

I am excited for this talk next week with @marynmck.bsky.social at @emorycshh.bsky.social !!! Please join us!!!

It's time again! Nerd Book Club returns! On 17 Sept, 22 Oct and 19 Nov, 6pm ET, with amazing authors @jennieerinsmith.bsky.social, @starrevartan.bsky.social and @eramalam.bsky.social . Sponsored by @emorycshh.bsky.social. RSVP for livestream links: humanhealth.emory.edu/events/livin...

"Nature is so full of beautiful things, not just medicines, but also animals that use those medicines and can teach us a lot. So it's kind of also a call to say, well, let's look at animals and actually benefit from them." #HealthStorytelling with @marynmck.bsky.social & @jaapderoode.bsky.social

Great News! Prof. @jaapderoode.bsky.social de Roode's pups will be joining TONIGHT'S LIVE Q&A with @marynmck.bsky.social as he discusses his new book...Doctors By Nature, How Ants, Apes, and Other Animals Heal Themselves. Join us 7pm ET for more #HealthStorytelling. @princetonupress.bsky.social

Tonight, I will be talking with @marynmck.bsky.social about my @princetonupress.bsky.social book on the use of medicine by animals, with @emorycshh.bsky.social. My puppies will join me to tell you how they eat grass to heal themselves! You can watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmeq... 🧪

Tomorrow (April 16) at 7 pm EDT: Join @emorycshh.bsky.social for this installment of their Health Storytelling Author Q&A Series featuring Doctors by Nature author @jaapderoode.bsky.social! He will be in conversation with @marynmck.bsky.social. Sign up today: humanhealth.emory.edu/events/index...

Like I'd let you leave this week without reminding you to come listen to @jaapderoode.bsky.social talk about his super new book DOCTORS BY NATURE: HOW ANTS, APES AND OTHER ANIMALS HEAL THEMSELVES, next Weds at 7pm US ET. Sign up to get the livestream links! humanhealth.emory.edu/events/livin...

Health Storytelling LIVE, Wed. April 16, 7pm ET w/ @marynmck.bsky.social. @jaapderoode.bsky.social will discuss his fascinating new book, Doctors By Nature -- how animals use drugs to prevent or treat infectious diseases, how scientists study animal medication, and what we can learn from animals.

What time is it? It's time for Nerd Book Club again! Take refuge from <everything> and come listen to @jaapderoode.bsky.social talk to me about his brilliant new book DOCTORS BY NATURE, Weds 16 April at 7pm US ET. RSVP for livestream links: humanhealth.emory.edu/events/livin...

Welcome to the aerobiome: I talk to Big Think about AIR-BORNE. bigthink.com/life/carl-zi...

"There are lots of things in the air and we've only recently started to appreciate the full scope of it"~ says @carlzimmer.com speaking w/ @marynmck.bsky.social. This talk is a great place to start for an understanding of the hidden history of the life we breathe ⬇️ youtube.com/watch?v=vn9dU9W6230

TONIGHT 7pm ET Please Join Us for....#HealthStorytelling LIVE Q&A with... Guest: @carlzimmer.com author of AIR-BORNE 📚 The Hidden History of The Air We Breathe Host: @marynmck.bsky.social WATCH HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn9dU9W6230 #ScienceWriters #Science #Environment

It's not too late! If you plan to watch @carlzimmer.com talk this Wednesday at 7pm US ET about his new book AIR-BORNE — with me! in the Health Storytelling series at @emorycshh.bsky.social ! in the Atlanta Science Festival! — RSVP for the livestream links here: humanhealth.emory.edu/events/livin...

Wed., March 19th 7pm ET ✍️ We are so excited that @marynmck.bsky.social will be joined by her esteemed guest @carlzimmer.com, award-winning #NewYorkTimes columnist & author of 15 books about #science, to discuss his brand new book...𝐀𝐢𝐫-𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐖𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞. YT Link below!

SAVE THE DATE ✍️ @carlzimmer.com @marynmck.bsky.social AIR-BORNE 📚 #HealthStorytelling LIVE Q&A Wed. March 19th 7pm ET YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn9d...

"Air-Borne shows us the ways seeing where we live means listening deeply — and being prepared to see what’s perhaps never been seen.“ Grateful for this perceptive review from Robert Sullivan in the New York Times Book Review. Gift link: nyti.ms/3XAWM9E

The latest episode of Health Storytelling w/ @marynmck.bsky.social featured Dr. @adamratnermd.bsky.social pediatrician & specialist in infectious diseases, talking about, Booster Shots: The Urgent Lessons of #Measles and the Uncertain Future of #ChildrensHealth. www.youtube.com/watch?v=leKjmKJaFQM

Congratulations on Doctors By Nature #PublicationDay Prof. de Roode. @jaapderoode.bsky.social. Everyone is looking forward to your Health Storytelling Q&A w/ @marynmck.bsky.social on April 16th. All info for links to watch on platform of choice right here: humanhealth.emory.edu/events/livin...

"Local communication that takes place off of FB or IG or whatever, is really important. One of the things that people can do is normalize getting their kids vaccinated"~ @adamratnermd.bsky.social, author of #BoosterShots discussing the #measles outbreak w/ @marynmck.bsky.social. #HealthStorytelling

Please Join Us TONIGHT at 7pm ET @marynmck.bsky.social & @adamratnermd.bsky.social discuss -- 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐬. PBS NewsHour just reported that there are now more than 120 confirmed #measles cases linked to an #outbreak in western Texas, the largest such outbreak the state has seen in 30+ years.

Please Join Us TONIGHT at 7pm ET @marynmck.bsky.social & @adamratnermd.bsky.social discuss -- 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐬. PBS NewsHour just reported that there are now more than 120 confirmed #measles cases linked to an #outbreak in western Texas, the largest such outbreak the state has seen in 30+ years.

Another reminder! Measles is spreading in the US, and on Weds (tomorrow) at 7pm ET, you can hear about the disease's unnerving future. Join me and @adamratnermd.bsky.social ti talk about his book BOOSTER SHOTS, sponsored by @emorycshh.bsky.social. RSVP: humanhealth.emory.edu/events/livin...

A question I hear asked a lot is, How can bird flu be having such a dramatic impact? Here's part of the answer: The farms where eggs are produced are massively dense — millions of birds on a property. Thus millions lost or culled at once if the flu arrives. www.wattagnet.com/poultry-meat...

Encouraging everyone to catch this Health Storytelling convo with @adamratnermd.bsky.social & host @marynmck.bsky.social, LIVE TOMORROW 2/26 7pm ET. All links below. #BoosterShots #Science #Measles. You may also ask questions in real time. @emorycshh.bsky.social Archived on YouTube as well, an FYI.

In 3 days! @adamratnermd.bsky.social talks to me about his fantastic book on the threat of measles, BOOSTER SHOTS, part of the @emorycshh.bsky.social Health Storytelling series featuring authors of new science books. Livestreamed; RSVP to this link for details: humanhealth.emory.edu/events/livin...

[email protected] says 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐬: The Urgent Lessons of Measles and the Uncertain Future of Children's Health by @adamratnermd.bsky.social is a MUST-READ. @marynmck.bsky.social & Dr. Adam Ratner discuss 2/26, 7pm ET YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=leKj...

As timely & important as it gets! BOOSTER SHOTS: The Urgent Lessons of #Measles and the Uncertain Future of #ChildrensHealth. A Health Storytelling LIVE Author Q&A w/ @marynmck.bsky.social & @adamratnermd.bsky.social Wed., Feb. 26, 7pm ET Ask LIVE questions: www.youtube.com/watch?v=leKj...

It's time for another Health Storytelling LIVE Author Q&A w/ @marynmck.bsky.social. Next up @adamratnermd.bsky.social with his vital & incredibly timely #NewBook BOOSTER SHOTS: The Urgent Lessons of #Measles and the Uncertain Future of #ChildrensHealth ➡️ 2/26 7pm ET www.youtube.com/watch?v=leKj...

A few people have kindly lobbed this into the tl, but here's my own gift link: Me, in NYT Opinion, arguing we're not failing to handle H5N1 flu in cattle because the response is based on plans for bird flu in poultry and doesn't match dairy farming structures. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/o...

"It's a really difficult story to tell. It's difficult to make the case that nothing happening is something special"~ Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton.bsky.social, Infectious Disease Epidemiologist & Prof. Johns Hopkins, Center for Outbreak Response Innovation. Rivers is a big fan of @agawande.bsky.social✍️

"We who are experts and influential in our roles need to step in to that responsibility and be providers and arbiters of good communication" ~ Caitlin Rivers, @cmyeaton.bsky.social author of Crisis Averted on Health Storytelling w/ Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/oC0PK3V...

This was such a wonderful conversation with @marynmck.bsky.social, about so many topics near and dear to my heart. Emory's Ideas Festival was an absolute highlight of my year-- especially hanging out with Maryn in person for the first time, and meeting @daviddark.bsky.social!

#Scientists, scholars, musicians, filmmakers & other creative minds shared some bold #ideas at the inaugural Ideas Festival Emory. @jacquelyngill.bsky.social shared w/ @marynmck.bsky.social how lessons from the distant past can apply to the current #climate crisis. news.emory.edu/features/202...?

Did you miss the chance to sign up in advance for my livestream tonight with @cmyeaton.bsky.social of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School about her fantastic new book CRISIS AVERTED? That's OK: Watch us on YouTube! At 7pm US ET: www.youtube.com/live/oC0PK3V...

Caitlin Rivers, PhD @cmyeaton.bsky.social discusses her book CRISIS AVERTED w/ @marynmck.bsky.social. The WSJ called it a "successful attempt to reset our relationship with...#PublicHealth." 🧪 Health Storytelling LIVE Author Q&A Wednesday 7pmET Links to watch: humanhealth.emory.edu/events/livin...

My new book AIR-BORNE comes out February 25. Scientific American calls it "astonishing." You can pre-order it here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/724793...

Wonderful news from Dr. @rahallclifford.bsky.social. Congratulations and thank you for all you do as co-founder of the Emory Co-Design Lab for Health Equity, and your work w/ safe+natal w/ Maya midwives in Guatemala to promote culturally sensitive maternal care & maximize health system resources.

Wednesday 7pm ET✍️ Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton.bsky.social epidemiologist specializing in preparedness and response for epidemics, pandemics, and deliberately occurring events, discusses "Crisis Averted: The Hidden #Science of Fighting #Outbreaks with @marynmck.bsky.social. More Deets and Links below.

Book talk + public health + outbreak science? Yes, please! Can't wait!

ICYMI: Emory's Rachel Hall-Clifford and husband Gari Clifford - a medical anthropologist with the College's Center for the Study of Human Health and chair of the Dept of Biomedical Informatics respectively, innovated a device that uses AI to help address maternal health in Guatemala ➡️ bit.ly/3WvN08n