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Dow Jones News Fund business reporting intern at the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting | UIUC 2021 | Previously: data journalist at AccuWeather and reporter/editor at The Daily Illini

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'Mommy, I just want to die:' Mother recalls daughter's fight against Lyme disease

'Mommy, I just want to die:' Mother recalls daughter's fight against Lyme disease

People share their struggles with Lyme disease as the epidemic explodes across the country.

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Escape to the darkest skies on the East Coast

Escape to the darkest skies on the East Coast

It's nearly midnight in a dark, grassy field in the Pennsylvania countryside, but three friends are wide awak…

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'The left side of my head felt like it would explode:' Lightning strike survivor opens up about t...

'The left side of my head felt like it would explode:' Lightning strike survivor opens up about t...

The sun was shining when lightning struck Steve Marshburn Sr. Steve, a banker, had stepped into a gaggle of p…

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Tornado devastates Taylorville residents

Tornado devastates Taylorville residents

The supercell storm had already unleashed four tornadoes by the time it lurked southwest of Morrisonville, Il…

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Arkansas poultry plants hit hard by COVID-19. Hispanic workers are facing the worst of it.

Arkansas poultry plants hit hard by COVID-19. Hispanic workers are facing the worst of it.

This story is part of a collaborative reporting initiative between the Midwest Center for Investigative Repor…

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Meatpacking workers say attendance policy forces them to work with potential Covid-19 symptoms

Meatpacking workers say attendance policy forces them to work with potential Covid-19 symptoms

In April, despite his fever, a meatpacking worker continued to carve neck bones out of pig carcasses at a JBS…

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Cyclosporiasis outbreak exposes a weakened US public health system

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| Denison Bulletin & Review Verified
YPSILANTI, Michigan — During the height of the summer outbreak of cyclosporiasis, Dea Lancaster set aside her usual duties as nurse coordinator at Michigan's Washtenaw County Health Department to call patients, asking about their symptoms and tracing the contaminated food they ate. kAm%96 DEC6DD @7 92?5=:?8 @?6 @7 E96 =2C86DE &]$] 7@@53@C?6 :==?6DD @FE3C62<D :? 564256D 82G6 96C 2?
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Cyclosporiasis outbreak exposes a weakened US public health system

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| Opelika-Auburn News Verified
YPSILANTI, Michigan — During the height of the summer outbreak of cyclosporiasis, Dea Lancaster set aside her usual duties as nurse coordinator at Michigan's Washtenaw County Health Department to call patients, asking about their symptoms and tracing the contaminated food they ate.
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