Kate Zernike

New York

Reporter @nytimes and author of THE EXCEPTIONS: NANCY HOPKINS AND THE FIGHT FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE out now from @ScribnerBooks

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Articles

Politicization of COVID puts public health in tough spot

1 month ago | spokesman.com | Kate Zernike |Emily Cochrane |Isabelle Taft

For months, Dr. Jennifer Avegno, the director of the New Orleans Health Department, has watched the threats come closer: Louisiana led the United States as seasonal flu cases surged to their highest rate in 15 years, and had the nation’s first death from bird flu. Then came a deadly measles outbreak in neighboring Texas. The number of Louisiana schoolchildren with exemptions to vaccine requirements doubled in a year.
La salud pública sobrevivió a la pandemia y ahora lucha contra la política.

1 month ago | es-us.noticias.yahoo.com | Kate Zernike |Emily Cochrane |Isabelle Taft

Durante meses, Jennifer Avegno, directora del Departamento de Salud de Nueva Orleans, ha observado cómo se acercan las amenazas: Luisiana se situó a la cabeza de Estados Unidos en cuanto a casos de gripe estacional, alcanzando su tasa más alta en 15 años, y se produjo la primera muerte por gripe aviar en el país. Luego llegó un brote mortal de sarampión en la vecina Texas. En Luisiana, el número de niños en edad escolar que están exentos de vacunarse se duplicó en un año.
Public Health Survived the Pandemic. Now It Fights Politics.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Kate Zernike |Emily Cochrane |Isabelle Taft

For months, Dr. Jennifer Avegno, the director of the New Orleans Health Department, has watched the threats come closer: Louisiana led the United States as seasonal flu cases surged to their highest rate in 15 years, and had the nation's first death from bird flu. Then came a deadly measles outbreak in neighboring Texas. The number of Louisiana schoolchildren with exemptions to vaccine requirements doubled in a year.
Missouri Clinics Resume Abortions

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Kate Zernike

Abortion clinics in the staunchly Republican state of Missouri this week resumed procedures for the first time in years, despite a continued push by conservative state leaders to block a constitutional amendment enshrining abortion rights that voters approved in November. It was a remarkable moment after an extended fight. Missouri was the first state to enact an abortion ban after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022.
Trump Declares Victory as He Wins Pennsylvania - The New York Times

Dec 3, 2024 | nytimes.com | Jonathan Weisman |Katie Rogers |Catie Edmondson |Michael M. Grynbaum |John Koblin |Kate Zernike | +11 more
Book review: Marie Curie and the path she lit for others

Nov 20, 2024 | pilotonline.com | Kate Zernike

In June 1921, in the flush of a triumphant six-week American tour by Marie Curie, a prominent male scientist urged the young women graduating from Bryn Mawr to follow her example and “enter into a career of science.”An unsigned editorial in The New York Times scoffed. Not to take anything from the “illustrious” Madame Curie — then the only woman to have won a Nobel Prize and the only person to have won twice.
How the Trump Administration Could Enact a Federal Abortion Ban

Nov 6, 2024 | nytimes.com | Kate Zernike

As support for abortion rights has grown in the two years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, President-elect Donald J. Trump has distanced himself from a proposed federal ban on abortion, saying that he supports leaving regulation of the issue to the states. But Republicans and opponents of abortion rights will put pressure on him to enact one.
Montana Voters Approve Abortion Ballot Measure

Nov 5, 2024 | nytimes.com | Kate Zernike

Voters in Montana approved a ballot amendment that enshrines a right to abortion in the State Constitution, according to The Associated Press. Montana was one of 10 states with similar measures on the ballot this year, as abortion rights groups looked to capitalize on the increasing popular support for abortion in the two years since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
Arizona Voters Approve Abortion Rights Amendment

Nov 5, 2024 | nytimes.com | Kate Zernike

Arizona voters approved a ballot amendment enshrining a right to abortion in the State Constitution, according to The Associated Press, joining other states that have pushed back against unpopular abortion bans passed in the two years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. The state was one of 10 with abortion measures on the ballot this year - more than ever before.
Nebraska Voters Pass Measure Limiting Abortions

Nov 5, 2024 | flipboard.com | Kate Zernike

5 hours agoMcBride, a Democrat who served two terms as a state senator, wins Delaware’s only House seat, NBC News projects. Delaware state Sen. Sarah McBride won the state’s only House seat Tuesday, NBC News projects, making her the first openly transgender person elected to Congress. McBride, a Democrat, …