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Andrew Holtz

Portland
As seen in: Nature, Patch, Food & Wine, American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
Covers:  media portrayals of health & medicine, public health, medicine, health policy, media ethics, health, health care, medical tv shows
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Former CNN Medical Correspondent Andrew Holtz is an independent journalist. He wrote “The Medical Science of House, M.D.” , “The Real Grey’s Anatomy” and “House M.D. vs. Reality”. Holtz was medicine in the media columnist for Oncology Times. A video series reporting and analyzing health news is archived here. Holtz was on the board of the Association of Health Care Journalists for 11 years, serving as President from 2000-2004. He has a BA from Stanford and an MPH from Portland State.

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House M.D. vs. Reality: Fact and Fiction in the Hit Television Series

House M.D. vs. Reality: Fact and Fiction in the Hit Television Series

Paperback - Cases and themes from recent seasons of the hits series. Product Description Solve the puzzles of…

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The Real Grey's Anatomy: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Real Lives of Surgi...

The Real Grey's Anatomy: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Real Lives of Surgi...

Paperback - Grey's Anatomy is fiction, but there's also a bit of truth in Meredith Grey's view of surgeons. P…

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The Medical Science of House, M.D.

The Medical Science of House, M.D.

Paperback - Compare House to how real doctors chase medical "zebras" in this fascinating book by former CNN M…

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Breast Cancer and Aspirin - reporting pitfalls

Breast Cancer and Aspirin - reporting pitfalls

MDiTV senior news anchor Andrew Holtz reports about the effects of Aspirin and possible benefits in breast ca…

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Ethical and legal implications of MRI mind reading

Ethical and legal implications of MRI mind reading

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) allows doctors to see deep into the human body. It's great for creating deta…

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What do horse racing and diet research have in common?

What do horse racing and diet research have in common?

Journalist Andrew Holtz, one of our story reviewers on HealthNewsReview.org, has some fun with a horse-race s…

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Integrating full and partial genome sequences to decipher the global spread of canine rabies virus - Nature Communications

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By Andrew Holtz, Guy Baele, Hervé Bourhy
| Nature Verified
Abstract Despite the rapid growth in viral genome sequencing, statistical methods face challenges in handling historical viral endemic diseases with large amounts of underutilized partial sequence data. We propose a phylogenetic pipeline that harnesses both full and partial viral genome sequences to investigate historical pathogen spread between countries. Its application to rabies virus (RABV) yields precise dating and confident estimates of its geographic dispersal.
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Regulatory Involvement of the PerR and SloR Metalloregulators in the Streptococcus mutans Oxidative Stress Response

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By Julia Schwartzman, Zachary Peters, Andrew Holtz, robert haney
| American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
Research Article Talia R. Ruxin, Julia A. Schwartzman, Cleo R. Davidowitz, Zachary Peters, Andrew Holtz, Robert A. Haney, Grace A. Spatafora Tina M. Henkin, Editor DOI: 10.1128/JB.00678-20 ABSTRACT Streptococcus mutans is a commensal of the human oral microbiome that can promote dental caries under conditions of dysbiosis. This study investigates metalloregulators and their involvement in the S. mutans oxidative stress response.
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Regulatory involvement of the PerR and SloR metalloregulators in the Streptococcus mutans oxidative stress response

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By Julia Schwartzman, Zachary Peters, Andrew Holtz
| American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
Research Article Talia R. Ruxin, Julia A. Schwartzman, Cleo R. Davidowitz, Zachary Peters, Andrew Holtz, Robet A. Haney, Grace A. Spatafora DOI: 10.1128/JB.00678-20 ABSTRACT Streptococcus mutans is a commensal of the human oral microbiome that can promote dental caries under conditions of dysbiosis. This study investigates metalloregulators and their involvement in the S. mutans oxidative stress response.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Unpaid: KZSU-FM Stanford; reporter > News Director. Paid: KENI-TV (now KTUU) Newschannel 2, Anchorage, Alaska; reporter/anchor.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

In the early days of CNN, we used portable manual typewriters in the field. The scripts were couriered with tapes to bureaus or feed points.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Can't think of any.