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Marisa Donnelly

San Diego

Writer and Editor at Thought Catalog

Writer/editor, teacher, coach + creative strategist ✍ Multipassionate bonus mama 👩‍👦 Founder of @wordandsole ✨ ❤ → https://t.co/6pJb2OoAJh

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  • 1 week ago | environmental-expert.com | Marisa Donnelly

    Share Share with Facebook Share with Tweeter Share with LinkedIn At Biobot, we analyze wastewater across the country for various infectious disease pathogens. Here’s what we found in our most recent tests: traces of bird flu (H5N1) popping up in wastewater samples from 13 states. Between February and March 2025, we worked with wastewater treatment plants in 42 states to see whether the highly pathogenic bird flu (H5N1) was circulating. The results?

  • 1 month ago | healthbeat.org | Rebecca Grapevine |Amy Yurkanin |Rachana Pradhan |Marisa Donnelly

    Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free Atlanta newsletter here. Emory University is joining a growing list of top research universities that plan to freeze or limit hiring because of concerns about federal research funding cuts. President Gregory Fenves announced the new policies in an email to the Emory faculty and staff sent on Wednesday. Emory will freeze most raises and reduce spending on operations, according to the email.

  • 1 month ago | thecity.nyc | Marisa Donnelly

    This story was originally published by Healthbeat. Sign up for their public health newsletters at healthbeat.org/newsletters. Congestion pricing and measles outbreaks are making national headlines. One could change the air we breathe, the other reminds us how tragic infectious disease outbreaks can be. Both have implications for New York. Here’s what you need to know. Manhattan’s congestion pricing is being debated at the federal level.

  • 1 month ago | thecity.nyc | Marisa Donnelly

    This story was originally published by Healthbeat. Sign up for their public health newsletters at healthbeat.org/newsletters. Here’s what happened this week in New York public health and why it matters. This week, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) abruptly cut funding to an essential 9/11 first responder health program and fired 20% of its staff — only to reverse its decision two days later following political backlash.

  • 2 months ago | thecity.nyc | Marisa Donnelly

    This article was originally published by Healthbeat, a nonprofit newsroom covering public health published by Civic News Company and KFF Health News. Sign up for Your Local Epidemiologist New York and get Dr. Marisa Donnelly’s community public health forecast in your inbox a day early. After navigating to the New York respiratory virus dashboards, where I usually start my analysis for these reports, I breathed a sigh of relief.

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Marisa Donnelly
Marisa Donnelly @_marisadonnelly
8 Jan 25

I'm not as big on resolutions as I am on seizing the moment and using it as an opportunity to begin again. ✨ It's never too late to start something new, to explore an uncharted path, to say 'yes' to a dream, or to shift your focus. https://t.co/Pugz2fN5AF

Marisa Donnelly
Marisa Donnelly @_marisadonnelly
8 Dec 24

Here's a reminder that we all start somewhere, that no one has it all picture-perfect, and that sometimes the magic comes from the mess. Wherever you are on your journey, don't give up. ✨ https://t.co/IbmEjoxk5a

Marisa Donnelly
Marisa Donnelly @_marisadonnelly
8 Dec 24

Embrace your mess, and live your life without all the careful, cautious steps. 💫 https://t.co/mweAlYcRT5