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I’m a health journalist in Brussels.

I am originally from the U.S. and now cover public health issues across Europe and the globe. I’ve been an independent journalist in Denmark and the Netherlands, and a staff reporter at news outlets in Washington, D.C., and Brussels. I specialize in reported features on how political and business decisions shape people’s health and lives.

I am a recipient of the European Press Prize’s migration journalism award, and I’ve won fellowships from the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, the National Press Foundation and the Solutions Journalism Network.

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Selected clips

A man riding a bike with a cargo bike attached, carrying six young children all wearing helmets, two women standing nearby, in front of a pink building with multiple windows.

Growing up ‘non-Western’ in Denmark’s nanny state (2025 European Press Prize winner)

A healthcare worker administers medicine to a young child lying on an adult's lap, in a medical setting.

Romania’s measles crisis: What’s driving Europe’s biggest outbreak?

A young girl sitting on a swing set in a backyard with a trampoline, a yellow rubber duck float, and a shed in the background.

The C-section capital of America

Group of medical professionals, including nurses and doctors, standing outside a building with boarded-up windows, observing something below.

'We changed mentally': How 3 years of war have squeezed Ukraine's health workers

Measles, beef fat and bird flu: Where Europe stands on RFK Jr.’s MAHA agenda

A healthcare professional's hand pointing at an X-ray of a chest on a lightbox or screen.

Why tuberculosis, the world's deadliest infectious disease, is rising in the UK

A man with gray hair and glasses, dressed in a suit, appears to be on a film or video set, leaning forward and looking at a monitor.

Interview with Dr. Anthony Fauci (July 2020)

A mannequin in a black patent leather thigh-high boot with clear high heel, sitting on a tall stool inside a red-lit room. The room has a window showing a blurred city street scene with pedestrians outside.

Inside Amsterdam’s struggle to support sex workers’ health

A girl holding a large teddy bear in a purple-walled room decorated with horse paintings and a cross on the wall.

‘The world shuts down’: What happens when the children of migrant farmworkers get cancer

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