From the Nova family to yours, happy New Year! May the year be full of joy, warmth, possibility, and good health — for you, your community, and our shared planet 🌟

#ICYMI: See recordings from the 2025 Nova Annual Conference, "Cultivating Connections"! Our terrific panelists brought so much passion, heart, and critical insight to this event—thanks to all who joined us! 📽️ https://novainstituteforhealth.org/forums/events/annual-conference-2025/#ICYMI #PlanetaryHealth

“In some Indigenous cultures, when a sick person goes to a healer, they are asked, ‘when did you stop singing and dancing?’ There's a lot of truth in this question" Dr. Federica Lari shares how reconnecting with ourselves and the natural world offers a path to #healing. https://ow.ly/LiXT50XMAtf

Nova Annual Conference is THIS THURSDAY! 🌐 Free, virtual event: "Cultivating Connections: A Path To Transformation." Explore how interdependence can serve as a unifying and healing force against ecological disruption. 🗓️ Dec 11, 2025 Register now: bit.ly/2025NovaAnnu... @novaforhealth.bsky.social

"Even in the darkest moments of the year, the return of light is already underway." In the latest Reflections from Our Founder, we're reminded that reconnecting with ourselves, each other, and the Earth may be the most radical act of #healing. Read more: https://ow.ly/vtrt50XBwUV

This #Thanksgiving, we celebrate the profound links between connection, gratitude, and well-being. And we give thanks for all the big and small ways that people are building bridges of connection and resilience and making the future that much brighter. From all of us at Nova, happy Thanksgiving. 🍁

We're thrilled to congratulate @mariaparazorose.bsky.social on the launch of an innovative new reporting project with support from @rwjf.org. Maria's work will explore #Indigenous land return models around the world 🌏 Read more: novainstituteforhealth.org/nova-media-f...

#ICYMI: Nova Media Fellow Kate Morgan's latest piece in The New York Times reports on a small group trying to revive a tradition of community-based care in West Virginia's maternity deserts, where midwives fill a critical gap. Read more: https://ow.ly/elU050Xurg4

Recent Nova Campfire, "In Search of Consciousness: New Frontiers in Science, Wisdom, and the Nature of Reality," explored #consciousness through diverse perspectives and underscored our profound interconnection with all life. 🎥 Watch highlights: youtu.be/VcyWvkdd6bk?...

⭐ Join us for the free, virtual 2025 Nova Annual Conference, “Cultivating Connections: A Path to Transformation,” on 12/11. This event will explore how connection can serve as a unifying and healing force for individuals, communities, and our planet. Register: https://ow.ly/VU9P50Xnpyb

Nova Scholar Kurt Stange's latest opinion piece underscores the nationwide harm of cutting SNAP benefits—not just for recipients, but for all Americans. www.cleveland.com/opinion/2025...

Nova Media Fellow Rowan Jacobsen's quest to cure his insomnia led him to spend a month in the desert with no nighttime artificial light. Read about it in his latest piece for @harpers.bsky.social ☀️

We’re thrilled to announce that RTBC is part of the 2025-26 cohort of Nova Media Fellows (@novaforhealth.bsky.social)! Over the next year, we will explore the health impacts of environmental noise: the science, the solutions and the lived experiences. novainstituteforhealth.org/announcing-t...

☀️ On @thesundaylongread.bsky.social, 2024-25 Nova Media Fellow Rowan Jacobsen talks about the healing potential of #sunlight, when you should wear sunscreen, and how to write narrative-driven science stories. Check it out ⬇️

🗽 As federal changes threaten human & planetary health across our nation, this #July4th reminds us that #freedom is the foundation for healthy people & communities—& it is at risk. Today, we celebrate our nation’s ideals of liberty & justice & stand w/ those working to protect #health & well-being.

In the @nytimes.com, Nova Scholar Steven Woolf details the dire consequences of federal changes that are dismantling American health care infrastructure. "Physicians like me know from the data that lives will be lost." www.nytimes.com/interactive/... #Medicaid #Medicare #HealthCare #HealthPolicy

#ICYMI: 2023-24 Nova Media Fellow Kate Morgan's latest in @nytimes.com uncovers the startling resurgence of black lung and the risks facing coal communities throughout Appalachia from recent federal cuts: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/w... #Appalachia #BlackLung #CleanCoal #WorkerSafety

1/ Use the CRAAP method to evaluate information. What is the currency (is the information up to date)? What is the relevance to me & my question? Who is the author & what are their credentials? Is this accurate & supported by evidence? What is the author’s purpose or motivation for sharing this?

The Nova team is thrilled to be in great company today at the @mediaimpactfunders.bsky.social's forum, finding hope and inspiration in this changing, challenging time for journalism and its supporters 🌟 Thanks to MIF for a great event!

Nova Media Fellow alum @virginiagewin.bsky.social explores the impact of sweeping federal layoffs on U.S. scientists and researchers in @nature.com: "One thing is clear: whether they move abroad, pivot to other research areas or leave science altogether, their deep expertise is likely to be lost."

🫶 Join us on 6/4 for the next free, virtual Nova Campfire, "What the World Needs Now." Dominic Packer, @kurtjgray.bsky.social, and others will explore evidence-based approaches to build social trust, reduce partisan animosity, and cultivate greater love and kindness. ➡️ bit.ly/LoveKindness...

🦠 Fantastic to see recent #legalome work from Nova Scholar Susan Prescott, Fellow Alan C. Logan, and Pragya Mishra cited in this MIT @technologyreview.com article today! #microbiome #criminaljustice #gutbrainaxis

Greatly enjoyed participating in such an incredibly interdisciplinary event!

👏 Big congrats to Nova Media Fellow @mariaparazorose.bsky.social and colleagues on this tremendous award! Their reporting in @grist.org explores how the wealth from vast amounts of land taken from #Indigenous communities continues to transform public institutions—and Indigenous culture & community.

#ICYMI: Last month's Nova Campfire convened experts to explore how modern science—from #neuroscience to #trauma research to #mindfulness and more—can reshape outdated #justicesystems. Thanks to our terrific speakers and participants for making this such an engaging event!

"Law has come to give excited delirium much more credibility than science or medicine ever has": Nova Scholar Osagie Obasogie's latest about how legal rules uphold discredited science like diagnoses of #ExcitedDelirium and hinder police reform efforts. novainstituteforhealth.org/excited-deli...

⚖️👏 Congrats to Nova Scholar Susan Prescott, Fellow Alan C. Logan, & Dr. Pragya Mishra! Their work connecting emerging #legalome research and #JusticeSystems is a featured new publication on @elsihub.bsky.social! Read it here: elsihub.org/publication/...

Do you have questions about applying for the Nova Media Fellowship? Join us next Wednesday, 4/30 at 3 pm EDT for an information session and answers to your application queries. Recordings will be available. Learn more and register: ow.ly/swZG50VGtyP #MediaFellowship #HealthJournalism

Media fellowship opportunity w/ @novaforhealth.bsky.social! For journalists passionate about illuminating the complex connections between healthy people, places, & planet via print, broadcast, & digital media projects. This year, newsrooms are also eligible! Apply by 5/19: bit.ly/2025MediaFel...

The U.S. faces a crucial shortage of medical providers. The problem has been building for a while, experts say, but the pandemic accelerated it by pushing many doctors over the edge into early retirement or other fields. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

📢 #MediaFellowship opportunity w/ @novaforhealth.bsky.social! For journalists passionate about illuminating the complex connections between healthy people, places, & planet via print, broadcast, & digital media projects. This year, newsrooms are also eligible! Apply by 5/19: bit.ly/2025MediaFel...

🗞️ Applications Open for the 2025 Nova #MediaFellowship! We're thrilled to support journalists exploring a broad vision of health through science-based, solutions-focused print, broadcast, or digital media reporting. Also open to newsrooms! Apply by 5/19: novainstituteforhealth.org/our-communit...

Read the latest important work from Nova Scholars @rebeccaetz.bsky.social and Kurt Stange on the impact of federal policy changes on #primarycare ⬇️

⚖️ Join us NEXT WEEK for the free, virtual Nova Campfire, "Beyond Blame and Retribution: Rethinking Justice through Science and Social Evolution," on April 2 at 11:30 am EDT. Learn more and register: novainstituteforhealth.org/nova-campfir...

#ICYMI: Nova Media Fellow @preetisimransethi.bsky.social & Nova Scholar Christina Bethell on the impact of positive childhood experiences: “Safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments are protective [...] They give you a way to build on your strengths and work to address what’s hard.”

Need some good news? Read the latest piece from Nova Media Fellow Kate Morgan in @nytimes.com about how doctors are using AI to find new uses for old medicines—and save lives. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/w... #ai #ArtificialIntelligence #AIinHealth #DigitalHealth

What is an #infodemic? An infodemic is when there is so much information that it becomes difficult to sort good information from bad. ⬇️ thosenerdygirls.substack.com/p/what-is-an...

Health impacts from windblown dust have massive economic consequences. In @eos.org, Nova Media Fellow @virginiagewin.bsky.social explores the true cost of this invisible danger.

Hosting a @publicenvirodata.bsky.social datathon TODAY from 3–5 on zoom to preserve critical federal environmental data, in partnership with @earthhacks.bsky.social. We'd love to see you there. Register here! harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #climate #environment #datapreservation #noaa #nws

Through diverse lenses, Nova Scholar Osagie Obasogie's Legacies of Eugenics essay series examines ongoing impacts of scientific #racism in health and opportunities for reflection, resistance, and reimagining #science and medicine. Read more and see the latest essay from Lily Hu: ow.ly/ehWk50V0pn2

In 2025, we continue to advocate for policy based on scientific evidence. This 2020 Editorial, “We need leaders that believe in scientific evidence”, resonates today as loudly as ever: plos.io/34lyl59. PLOS Biology also continues to push for DEI and a diverse scientific community: plos.io/3rzxczU 🧪

“CDC right now is not reporting influenza data through the WHO global platforms, FluNet [and] FluID, that they’ve been providing information [on] for many, many years,” Kerkhove, interim director of epidemic and pandemic preparedness at the WHO, said Feb. 12. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

➡️ Read the latest great piece from Nova Media Fellow @virginiagewin.bsky.social in @civileats.com on the mounting evidence connecting paraquat with health risks such as Parkinson's disease and calls for the EPA to ban it to protect human health.

Check out this great work from Nova Media Fellow @lelanargi.bsky.social!

Affordable health care makes the heart grow fonder … or however the saying goes. Make us swoon by sending us your sweetest “health policy valentines.” kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

News got you down? Overwhelmed at our task? Come commiserate with the folks who feel your pain, and rally together to celebrate SEJ’s 35th anniversary and help figure out what’s next for environmental journalism. Join us Wednesday, 2/12, 1-2:15 p.m. ET: conta.cc/42B6wEb

#ICYMI: "Government-funded science is public science, which means it’s science for everyone [...] Because we’ve seen a better, more just future where science is for everyone … we’re not going back." Important reporting from Nova Media Fellow alum @virginiagewin.bsky.social

Has a denial from your insurer impacted your health or the life of someone you love? We're looking for people to talk to who've experienced difficulty getting treatment due to prior authorization. Share your story with us: kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

"Health freedom" has become a rallying cry for a diverse range of perspectives on public health and personal autonomy. In @nytimes.com, Nova Media Fellow Kate Morgan explores how this movement gained prominence during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more: ow.ly/JXKy50UCiGk #PublicHealth