Megan Thielking
Health Editor at The New York Times
editing health stories @nytimes, formerly @statnews. she/her
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Dec 22, 2024 |
nytimes.com | Megan Thielking
Going overboard on baking is something of a tradition in my family. Every weekend growing up, my grandma would have mother and her six siblings bake cookies by the dozens, so that they'd have a few to stick in their lunchboxes every day. (Once she got to school, my mom would throw away her bologna sandwich and just eat the cookies.)That was child's play compared to Christmas.
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Aug 28, 2024 |
editorandpublisher.com | Lori Leibovich |Megan Thielking
Posted Thursday, August 29, 2024 4:54 pm We’re thrilled to announce that Nina Agrawal is joining Well as a reporter covering some of the most common and challenging chronic illnesses worldwide, including cancer and diabetes.
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Jul 31, 2024 |
editorandpublisher.com | Lori Leibovich |Megan Thielking
We’re excited to share that Emily Schmall is coming to Well as a general assignment news reporter. Emily joined The Times in 2020 as a South Asia correspondent, covering the Covid-19 pandemic in India and an associated epidemic of mucormycosis, a rare fungal disease tied to overuse of steroids in Covid patients.
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Jul 27, 2024 |
nytimes.com | Megan Thielking
It has been hot outside. Very, very hot. It's the kind of hot that can make you miserable. It can make you sick. For older adults and outdoor workers, it can be deadly. As an editor on the Well desk at The Times, I work on stories about health issues like extreme heat every day. I'm always looking for practical advice that people can use to live healthier lives. For many health issues we report on, my thinking is: Well, that's terrible. What are we supposed to do about it?
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Feb 13, 2024 |
pbs.org | Geoff Mulvihill |Michael Balsamo |Megan Thielking |Brian Rinker
The Food and Drug Administration has issued warnings about a potentially addictive dietary supplement that’s widely available in the U.S. "Neptune’s Fix" is often sold as a supplement and features an ingredient called tianeptine, popularly known as "gas-station heroin." Ali Rogin reports. Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors.
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