#Freelance#journalist writing about the environment, science, agriculture and #investigations for @typeinvestigate, @undarkmag, @guardian @knowableMag @Nature
Honeybee colonies collapsed in 2024/2025. It was the nation’s worst-ever mass honeybee die-off. The USDA says the bees died from viruses spread by parasitic mites. But beekeepers told me they disagree for a story in @Sierra_Magazine@EJTodayNews
https://t.co/sulhOQTGqC
#CDC has been advised of another 3 children who died from #flu in the 2024-25 season, bringing the confirmed pediatric death toll to 270. This number could rise further; pediatric deaths are often reported months later.
Most weren't vaccinated.
This is beyond tragic.
https://t.co/nb5DIFvu0F
"You're just not welcome." Scientists told me how they are grappling with the US plan to revoke Chinese student visas. Read more in @Nature
https://t.co/V3PJLW1jpD
Meet the PR company behind the spin on Tyson's "climate smart" #beef. Midan Marketing says you can "do the climate a solid" by eating Tyson's Brazen Beef. But beef will never be climate smart. Its #GHGs are just too high - 5 times other livestock. My latest for @USRightToKnow
FDA Layoffs Will Hamper Efforts to cut antimicrobial overuse in farm animals. My new story for US Right to Know.
“It seems less likely than ever that progress on this ticking time bomb will be made under the current administration.”
#AMR#FDA#CVM#antimicrobials
Over the moon to finally share our new study in @ScienceMagazine led by the amazing @JackAndrewBrand!
Pharmaceutical pollution at environmentally realistic levels alters behaviour and migration in Atlantic salmon, directly affecting survival
👉 https://t.co/PUUNGRkt4I
🏆 Congratulations ✨ NATASHA GILBERT @NGreports ✨ for 1st prize in Pan American regional category of Global AMR Media Awards 2024!
★ Recording (1:27:20 - 2:08:10) https://t.co/tmOnPli0pm
★ All Awardees
https://t.co/2g1OSGDjQQ
#WAAW2024#WAAW#AntimicrobialResistance
I recently followed this story up with another revealing how the US Food and Drug Administration says it’s winning the battle to cut farm antibiotics. The data tells a different story
https://t.co/TiN5Nxs9rQ
Honored to say I won 1st prize for the Americas in the @globalamrmedia global AMR media awards for a piece exposing how US pressure weakened global commitments on #antimicrobialresistance published in @USRightToKnow
#AntimicrobialResistance killed 1.14 million people globally in 1 yr... & death toll is rising. My work... exposes the forces, including govt & industry, that are holding back progress, says @NGreports
⭐️Join us on 7 Nov. Global #AMR Media Awards & Forum
https://t.co/kUizBaTFpE
New data shows sales of antimicrobials are rising for some livestock species and so is resistance to some antibiotics that are crucial to human health. Advocates for prudent use of these meds on farms say the FDA's claims of success are "disingenuous"
The FDA says it’s winning the battle to cut farm antibiotics. The data tells a different story. My latest story for @USRightToKnow
https://t.co/TiN5Nxs9rQ
The FDA says it’s winning the battle to cut farm antibiotics. The data tells a different story. My latest story for @USRightToKnow
https://t.co/TiN5Nxs9rQ