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Natasha Loder’s Biography
Read Full Bio →Natasha Loder is The Economist's health policy editor. She is based in London. She covers the intersection between medicine, business, and society. She is widely sought as a commentator, speaker, and moderator.
Between 2011 and 2014 she worked as a foreign correspondent in Chicago, covering the Midwest, American education, and agriculture.
She has worked at the paper since 2000, spending a decade on the science desk. Here she covered a wide range of subjects in science, technology, medicine a…
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Awards
See all 5 awards →ABSW Science Writers' Awards for Britain and Ireland
2016 - Feature
The Comment Awards
2016 - Science Commentator of the Year
Medical Journalism Association
2018 - Best feature
For the long feature about humanity's progress on wiping out cancer.
American Association for Cancer Research
2018 - June L. Biedler Prize for Cancer Journalism
Medical Journalism Association
2021 - Feature of the Year
Suddenly, hope. Cover feature about the arrival of the Pfizer vaccine.