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Bridget Kuehn

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Covers:  mental health, addiction, global health, infectious disease, child health, biology
Chicago-based freelance science writer specializing in medicine, basic science, and policy. (She/her)

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Bridget Kuehn’s Biography

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Trained as both a biologist and a journalist, I love reporting on complex science. I've worked for the a small daily paper in the Southeast, a veterinary journal news section, and the news section of the Journal of the American Medical Association. I specialize in making sense of scientific and medical research and pulling together data from government, nonprofit, and scientific organizations. I've written about everything from Ebola to the ongoing opioid abuse epidemic. I won a prestigious awa…

Bridget Kuehn’s Journalist Portfolio

After Chikungunya Virus Transmission Detected in United States, Health Authorities Brace for Wide...

After Chikungunya Virus Transmission Detected in United States, Health Authorities Brace for Wide...

The chikungunya virus has officially arrived in the United States. On July 17, public health authorities conf…

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Outbreaks Among Unvaccinated Drive Measles Upsurge

Outbreaks Among Unvaccinated Drive Measles Upsurge

Some 539 US measles cases were reported between January 1 and June 27, making 2014's case total to date the c…

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Author Insights: Studies That Show Large Treatment Effects Are Usually Wrong

Author Insights: Studies That Show Large Treatment Effects Are Usually Wrong

Most medical interventions have modest effects, and studies that suggest big effects are usually small and ar…

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Strengthening key health measures in national climate plans

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By Bridget Kuehn Verified
| Cornell Chronicle
The majority of national climate adaptation plans fail to fully integrate health needs or engage populations most at risk from climate change, found an international team of investigators led by Weill Cornell Medicine. Their study was published on June 10 in Lancet Planetary Health.
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Oral GLP-1 medication helps patients maintain weight loss

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By Bridget Kuehn Verified
| Cornell Chronicle
Switching to the oral small molecule glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) orforglipron after taking injectable GLP-1s helped patients maintain most – but not all – of their weight loss, according to a clinical trial led by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian investigators. While injectable GLP-1s work well for weight loss, keeping the weight off after discontinuing the therapies is challenging.
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Reverse engineering ketamine’s effects may lead to new antidepressants

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By Bridget Kuehn Verified
| Cornell Chronicle
Weill Cornell Medicine investigators have reverse engineered ketamine’s antidepressant effects to identify potential new strategies for treating depression. While many effective treatments for depression are available, not all patients respond to them. About one-third of patients must try multiple medications before finding relief, and another third have treatment-resistant depression.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

I worked at the Island Packet, a small but feisty daily in Hilton Head, South Carolina.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes.

How is social media changing news?

It's helping to distribute niche content to the niche audiences.