Reporter
I'm a regional reporter with Kaiser Health News, with a focus on science and health. Previously, I covered the Mountain West region for six NPR member stations in Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and Nevada. Before that, I covered basic science and biomedical research as a national reporter with NPR. I learned a lot from shorter stints at KNKX in Seattle, Nashville Public Radio, and freelancing from Helsinki, Finland.
Does childhood immunization data show us which communities will shun the covid vaccines?
After a failed attempt last year, Colorado lawmakers have passed a bill that would make it harder to get a vaccine exemption for school children.
Testing is considered a major requirement on the path back to normal, and as the president has made clear, it's largely up to the states to find the way. Are states in the Mountain West up to the task?
A bipartisan group of legislators say they plan to introduce a bill aimed at increasing childhood vaccination rates in the state.
Public health professionals say high-level vaccination data obscures the real problem, because vaccination isn’t uniform across states or counties.
