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Sr Producer NPR Science and Health Desk Proud Member of SAG-AFTRA

Washington DC
Joined December 2007
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How do you take a picture of happiness? We asked photographers to surprise us npr.org/sections/goatsandsod…
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For these virus-hunting scientists, the 'real gold' is what's in a mosquito's abdomen npr.org/sections/goatsandsod…
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The Nipah virus has a kill rate of 70%. Bats carry it. But how does it jump to humans? npr.org/sections/goatsandsod…
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For these virus-hunting scientists, the 'real gold' is what's in a mosquito's abdomen npr.org/sections/goatsandsod…
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Nipah virus, which can rapidly infect and kill members of a community, is carried by bats. Exactly how does it cross over into humans? Researchers in Bangladesh are trying to find out. n.pr/3DuhpKN
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How a scrappy African start-up could forever change the world of vaccines npr.org/sections/goatsandsod…
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Amid vaccine shortages, Lebanon faces its first cholera outbreak in three decades npr.org/sections/goatsandsod…
'Where is humanity?' ask the helpless doctors of Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region npr.org/sections/goatsandsod…
PHOTOS: In this nomadic tribe in Iran, the women persevere despite hardships npr.org/sections/goatsandsod…
How this Brazilian doc got nearly every person in her city to take a COVID vaccine npr.org/sections/goatsandsod…
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Mosquitoes surprise researcher with their 'weird' sense of smell npr.org/sections/goatsandsod…
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Tune in tomorrow to @NPRWeekend where I will be your first-time host! We have difficult and eye-opening and joyful stories in store. There might be tigers. Perhaps crumbling mountains. Maybe fashion. Possibly the speed of time. Definitely a puzzle! Talk to you bright & early 👋
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Newly published evidence points to Wuhan seafood market as pandemic origin point npr.org/sections/goatsandsod…
Everyone needs to hear this terribly sad but important story. The overturning of Roe v Wade will just make this worse throughout the country. My heart breaks for this couple and anyone else who will have to endure what they did. Thank you @carriefeibel npr.org/sections/health-shot…
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If I ever had a conversation on Live TV. It'd be like this lady. She speaks Ganga Style. The absolute savagery starts at 1min. Make a cup of tea so you can spit it out saying "Did she really just say that on TV!?"
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Polio is found in the U.K. for the first time in nearly 40 years. Here's what it means npr.org/sections/goatsandsod…
Doctors in Chernihiv bear witness to their hospital's fate after Russian shelling npr.org/sections/goatsandsod…
No floats or beads at this Mardi Gras, but there are chickens npr.org/sections/pictureshow…