Rae Ellen Bichell
Rae Ellen Bichell is a reporter for NPR's Science Desk. She first came to NPR in 2013 as a Kroc fellow and has since reported Web and radio stories on biomedical research, global health, and basic science. She won a 2016 Michael E. DeBakey Journalism Award from the Foundation for Biomedical Research. After graduating from Yale University, she spent two years in Helsinki, Finland, as a freelance reporter and Fulbright grantee.
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Colorado is the latest state in the Mountain West to issue a mask requirement, joining Nevada and New Mexico.
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Imagine if your state health department put out a press release specifically naming your family, and listing the number of your family members with...
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Protests are unfolding across the country over the death of Elijah McClain at the hands of police in Aurora, Colo. Now, frustration is also building...
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This post was updated June 29, 2020 to include comments from Alexis Kalergis. A Colorado team says their work on a COVID-19 vaccine is progressing....
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Protests against racism and police brutality continue in Colorado, but there are many faces and voices that are missing. Here, four Colorado women who...
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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.
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At a hearing last weekend about a Colorado bill on vaccination, Dr. Reginald Washington had originally planned to make several urgent points in support of the bill.
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Weekend protests drew crowds across the country including in the Mountain West, from hundreds in Boise and Reno to thousands in Denver. Some city...
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Researchers in Utah are in the process of testing about 10,000 people for COVID-19 and antibodies against the virus that causes it. “People have talked...
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Nursing home residents and workers account for about one-third of all coronavirus deaths in the U.S., as The New York Times reported last week. Testing...