Pien Huang
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Health reporter @npr. Fmr Reflect America fellow, @nujournalism, @groundtruth, @stoltzedesign, helmick sculpture. Tips: DM for Signal / [email protected]
Washington, DC
Joined March 2009
RT @HelenBranswell: @CDCgov's wastewater dashboard looking for signals of #H5N1 #birdflu has gone live. Scroll way down this page to find i…
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naked mole rats!!! w/ @margaretcirino
The naked mole-rats have not yet chosen a queen 🐀 👑 @NPRShortWave spoke with assistant curator Kenton Kerns about the colony's latest developments and the science behind the eusocial species. Listen to the episode here: 📻
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After a hiatus, NPR's Reflect America fellowship is back! Join me and fellow alums @ashishval @SeymaBayram0 in this awesome newsroom opportunity. DM with questions. Deadline to apply is Jan 26.
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RT @NPRMPenaloza: #LahainaFires sharing one of our reports from Maui with @Pien_Huang and @claireHarbage
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RT @ushamcfarling: In my story out today, one person I'm most struck by is @DrPanMD who struggled to get leadership positions at his medica…
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RT @selenasd: One thing I love to do in journalism is return to people. The end of the public health emergency had me thinking of many peop…
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RT @nataliewins1: My favorite years @NPR have been my time working with @NPRMichel. The @MorningEdition team is so lucky.
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RT @NPRHealth: Icymi: Scientists are one step closer to an effective male birth control. Reporting from @Pien_Huang
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RT @mariana_dale: "The result, @Eduardo_J_Gomez says, is that junk food industries thrive in low resource countries at the expense of child…
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RT @NPR: What is a spillover virus? How often do spillovers happen? Take our quiz and test your knowledge! It's part of our new series, ‘H…
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RT @CarlosdelRio7: Infectious diseases fellowships go unfilled for newly minted doctors : Shots - several of us @IDSAInfo spoke to @Pien…
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.@US_FDA announced today that doctors can no longer use bebtelovimab -- it was the last mAb standing for COVID outpatient treatments. Read about the fall of mAbs here:
How monoclonal antibodies lost the fight with new COVID variants
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RT @ekemma: The disease formerly known as monkeypox has a new name 👉🏿 mpox. I had a chat on this with @Pien_Huang for @NPR.
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CDC data shows progress in monkeypox vaccine equity! And challenges, too -- fewer than half the 1.7 mill people the CDC considers at "highest risk" for monkeypox have been vaccinated. And among those who've been vaccinated, many have yet to come back for a second dose.
New MMWR report finds over 900,000 doses of JYNNEOS vaccine were administered to protect against #monkeypox from May-Oct of 2022. Addressing disparities in vaccine distribution is important to ensure people most affected are protected. Learn more:
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RT @propublica: Even a highly trained scientist who works for the CDC investigating health inequities around HIV couldn’t get tested or tre…
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Some early signs that #MonkeypoxVirus outbreak may be slowing in the U.S. Fed/state/local health officials told me and @WStoneReports they're feeling "cautious optimism":
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RT @emilycorwin: Every year, the federal government gives temp agencies hundreds of millions in tax credits that were meant to help margina…
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good clarification from @Alexander_Tin
"As of August 18, 2022, @CDCgov has received more than 400 patient intake forms and has abstracted forms for 288 individuals and clinical outcome forms for 287 individuals."
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