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Author Archives: Melba Newsome

Melba Newsome is an award-winning freelance writer with more than 20 years' experience reporting on news and features. Her feature credits in many prominent publications including the New York Times, Bloomberg Businessweek, Oprah, Playboy, Reader’s Digest, Time, Good Housekeeping and Wired. Melba also is a frequent contributor to such online sites as NBCNews and Healthline.

Thanks to a Crisis Reporting grant from the Pulitzer Center, she will be reporting extensively on the physiological, emotional, and societal impact of the novel coronavirus for NC Health News.

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Posted inInfectious Disease

“I figured you were OK”: Black patients’ COVID symptoms more often dismissed, downplayed

by Melba Newsome May 24, 2021May 24, 2021
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Posted inInfectious Disease

Searching for answers while living with long-haul COVID

by Melba Newsome May 17, 2021May 17, 2021
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Posted inHealthcare Workers

A doc recounts her year on the front lines of the COVID pandemic

by Melba Newsome April 6, 2021April 6, 2021
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Posted inInfectious Disease

The bumpy road to vaccine trial participation–Part III

by Melba Newsome March 31, 2021March 30, 2021
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Posted inHealth Inequities

Vaccinations in Black and White: Hesitancy or exclusion?

by Melba Newsome March 8, 2021March 17, 2021
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Posted inChildren's Health

The COVID-19 learning gap

by Melba Newsome February 11, 2021April 12, 2021

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