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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A Utah-based company called Domo is showing public health agencies in the Mountain West where their COVID-19 transmission risk is coming from. Among...
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There’s a high demand for contact tracers across the nation. One university in the Mountain West is in the process of training 85 college students to...
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A large group of outbreak specialists say there’s been a problematic silencing of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention during this pandemic.
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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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This story was powered by America Amplified , a public radio initiative. With protesters taking to the streets nationwide to demand justice for George...
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Researchers have released a new guide for parents about how to keep their kids from being recruited by extremists online.
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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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Dearfield, Colorado, is one of the last standing towns started by Black homesteaders in the Great Plains. Now, property in the ghost town has changed...
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Listen to the full story now. County Cuts To Gillette Reproductive Health Clinic Could Cost Patients Access to affordable health care is always an issue,…
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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....