JoNel Aleccia

Senior Correspondent

I'm a longtime health reporter now at Kaiser Health News and previously at The Seattle Times. Before that, I was a national health reporter for msnbc.com and NBC News.com from 2008 to 2014. And before that, I was a reporter, editor and columnist for more than two decades at Northwest newspapers.

Articles

Efforts to fortify corn masa flour, a staple of Hispanic families, have stalled in the FDA.

Fatal Flaws: What’s causing a cluster of severe birth defects in Washington state?

A cluster of serious birth defects in central Washington state has led health officials on a search for the cause. Experts believe a lack of folic acid may be partly to blame, but efforts to fortify common Hispanic foods such as corn masa have languished. Fellow JoNel Aleccia investigates.

Women's and Maternal Health

Food and Nutrition