Caregivers, parents, @sciencewriters.org@elandhuis.bsky.social@sarahderouin.bsky.social@sciam.bsky.social@tanyalewis.bsky.socialwww.nasw.org/events/nasw-...

Virtual Networking Social: Caregivers Support

This latest NASW Virtual Networking Social is brought to you by the NASW Freelance Committee.

A ~1,500-word riff on how #jazz#drumming#journalism@kategammon.bsky.socialniemanstoryboard.org/stories/musi...

Bang that keyboard and jazz up your writing | Nieman Storyboard

A freelance science journalist took up drumming, dared to jam some jazz — and found a way to do fast-jazz story drafts.

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@quantamagazine.bsky.socialwww.quantamagazine.org/the-brainste...

The Brainstem Fine-Tunes Inflammation Throughout the Body | Quanta Magazine

The evolutionarily ancient part of the brain that controls breathing and heart rate also regulates the immune system — a discovery about the brain-body axis made by experts on taste.

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

A New Kind of Primary Care Comes to America - Tradeoffs

A group of nurses in East Baltimore is piloting a bold plan to bring basic primary care to everybody no matter their age, income or insurance.

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.socialjamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

“Super Gonorrhea” Has Arrived

This Medical News article discusses approaches to slow the spread of antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

My attempt at capturing 2 decades of #Alzheimerswww.scientificamerican.com/custom-media...www.scientificamerican.com/custom-media...

Scientific American

Amyloid immunotherapies took 20 years to reach the clinic. Scientists are testing new types of therapies they hope could deliver stronger benefits and fewer side effects

Many thanks, Clare, for reading and sharing!

Thanks, Quinn!

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.socialwww.theopennotebook.com/2024/03/19/a...