Melody Schreiber

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Health/science + Arctic journalist.


Articles for Guardian US, The New Republic, Scientific American, Washington Post, and others.


Edited WHAT WE DIDN'T EXPECT: PERSONAL STORIES ABOUT PREMATURE BIRTH.


Also into snorkeling, figure skating, and gardening.

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frankly I'm disappointed so few publications ran with "blaze" headlines smh we used to be a real country
SpaceX's Powerful Starship Explodes After Launch

Starship, a super powerful launch system that could revolutionize access to space, soared for mere minutes—but its test flight is still being hailed as a success

Scientific American
I'm just mad I lost my blue check in the most boring way possible, instead of going out in a blaze of glory by impersonating Nicki Minaj's pro-vax cousin or something.
SpaceX, don't feel bad, I have "rapid unscheduled disassemblies" all the time
also has anyone figured out how to sit (comfortably) after the 6th month? where is science when we need it most!
I'm at the stage of pregnancy where, when I drop something on the floor, I seriously consider just leaving it there
"What’s more, during the yearslong squabble over which of us lady writers would become the next Joan Didion, no one had tried to claim the title of David Foster Wallace for girls; his reputation as both a misogynist and an author beloved by misogynists meant it was just sitting right there this whole time, waiting for anyone with grammatical flexibility and the courage to try." https://harpers.org/archive/2023/05/goop-cruise-gwyneth-paltrow-goop-at-sea/
I Really Didn’t Want to Go, by Lauren Oyler

On the Goop cruise

Harper’s Magazine 

“Can you believe that we left the hospital and left behind children in incubators and patients in intensive care without any medical personnel,” a medic in #Sudan said.

No, I can't. Inconceivable, what they're going through. https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/17/africa/sudan-clashes-intl-afr/index.html

A friend who is pregnant recently said she's still eating deli meat from chains like Subway "because we'd hear about an outbreak of listeria there, right?" Uh

New #FDA information on the #bivalent #COVID vaccines

💉Most vaccinated and boosted people not eligible for another booster (meeting in June)
💉65+ eligible for a 2nd booster 4mo after initial
💉Some immunocompromised people can get a 2nd booster 2mo after initial
💉Unvaccinated may receive bivalent rather than monovalent
💉Vaccinated children 6mo-5y may receive bivalent

https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-authorizes-changes-simplify-use-bivalent-mrna-covid-19-vaccines

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Authorizes Changes to Simplify Use of Bivalent mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines

The FDA amended the EUAs of the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 bivalent mRNA vaccines to simplify the vaccination schedule for most individuals.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration