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Ashley Collins

Fort Lauderdale
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Covers:  Health, food, travel
Digital Copy Editor | Featured in @goodhousemag @usatoday | @UCF grad

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Ashley Collins’s Biography

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Former newspaper reporter turned freelance features writer based in Florida. Topics I cover: health, food and travel. My articles have been published in USA Today, Health Magazine, etc.

I find inspiration in the sky as a flight attendant.

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What are top restaurants in Naples, Fort Myers, per Yelp reviews

What are top restaurants in Naples, Fort Myers, per Yelp reviews

We all have that friend or relative who religiously reads Yelp reviews before dining at any establishment. Fi…

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Oba! Pops and Tubby Pig open in Fort Myers, Shrimp Dock closed for season - A La Carte

Oba! Pops and Tubby Pig open in Fort Myers, Shrimp Dock closed for season - A La Carte

Oba! Pops brings cool, Brazilian-style treats to south Fort Myers. The Tubby Pig is finally open, and more fo…

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Food truck paradise: From Fort Myers to Naples, mobile cuisine more popular than ever

Food truck paradise: From Fort Myers to Naples, mobile cuisine more popular than ever

CLOSE Area food trucks aren't slowing down. From Cape Coral crepes to gorditas in Bonita, SWFL's appetite for…

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My Vagina Felt Like It Was on Fire for a Year-but Doctors Kept Telling Me It Was Just a Yeast Inf...

My Vagina Felt Like It Was on Fire for a Year-but Doctors Kept Telling Me It Was Just a Yeast Inf...

A gut feeling told Ashley Collins, 27, that the pelvic pain and burning that took over her daily life and mad…

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Golden Gate Estates grandma delivers surprise baby, restarts motherhood at 50

Golden Gate Estates grandma delivers surprise baby, restarts motherhood at 50

Michele Hall looks down at the pregnancy test cradled in her hand. A plus sign appears. She gasps. How can th…

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Healthy Bod: How does CoolSculpting work? We visit Pura Vida Med Spa in Naples to find out

Healthy Bod: How does CoolSculpting work? We visit Pura Vida Med Spa in Naples to find out

If you've heard of CoolSculpting, you've probably seen the many TV ads or celebrity endorsements claiming the…

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Articles

Innate immune responsiveness predicts enhanced cellular immunity and symptomatic disease after controlled human influenza infection

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By Loukas Papargyris, Jiayun Xu, Claire Broderick, Ao Huang, Arnold Reynaldi, Pete Dayananda, Ashley Collins, Stephanie Ascough, Nathan Wong, Jon Guy Verified, Jihye Song, Emma Kadri Bergström, Lydia Slater Verified, Zoe Gardener, Suzanna Paterson, Moradi Marjaneh, Samuel Nichols, Victoria Wright, Min Kyu Park, Richard T. McKendry, Brad Nicholson, Micah McClain, Thomas Burke, Helen R. Wagstaffe, Jelle Klein, Michael Levin, Alba Grifoni, Christopher Woods, Miles P Davenport, John S. Tsang, Benny Chain, Myrsini Kaforou, Christopher J Chiu, Trupti Gore, Satwik Kar
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Abstract Controlled human influenza infection studies can uniquely interrogate the early immune factors associated with clinical outcome. In this study, 27 healthy volunteers with low strain-specific serum neutralizing antibody levels were challenged with influenza A/H3N2 virus. Twenty-two became infected, with 18 developing mild-to-moderate symptoms and four remaining asymptomatic.
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Pre-existing and early cellular immune factors correlate with functionally complete protection against primary controlled human SARS-CoV-2 infection - Nature Communications

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By Helen R. Wagstaffe, Ryan S. Thwaites, Kaylee B. Worlock, Lisa M Dratva, Loukas Papargyris, Ashley Collins, Alex Mann, Andrew Catchpole Verified, Leo Swadling, John S. Tsang, Mala K. Maini, Mahdad Noursadeghi, Marko Nikolic, Sarah A Teichmann
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Abstract Identifying host factors that mediate protection against newly-emergent viruses is needed for improved pandemic preparedness. Here, we analysed pre- and early post-exposure immune factors associated with resisting SARS-CoV-2 infection after human challenge in seronegative individuals, using multiplex protein, cytometric and RNA sequencing approaches in the nasopharynx and circulation. Pre-existing cross-reactive antibodies correlate poorly with clinical outcome.
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Chiefs sweep Scots in home opener

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By Ashley Collins, molly fitzgerald, Sarah Boness
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(Sugar Grove, IL) –Waubonsee Community College women's volleyball team swept McHenry County College in three straight games to win their 2025 home opener. The Chiefs (4-5, 1-0) took the opener 25-16 and held on for a 25-23 in game two. Waubonsee then finished off the Scots (1-5, 0-2) by taking game three 25-17 to win the Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference match-up in the Chiefs' Field House.
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Have you ever used a typewriter?

No

What tools and software do you use to do your job?

Adobe Premiere, Photoshop, Presto, Wochit, Newsgate.

Why did you become a journalist?

I'm a born storyteller with a desire to share someone's story.

Awards

Florida Press Club

2016 - Special feature

Third place for feature on a surfer who takes advantage of hurricanes to catch some waves.

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Florida Press Club

2017 - Features

First place for a story on a woman who started the nonprofit, Laces of Love, in 2005. The organization gives sneakers to needy children.

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