Natalia Mesa
Science Journalist at Freelance
Fellow at High Country News
Science Journalist | Currently, fellow @HighCountryNews
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2 weeks ago |
nationalgeographic.com | Natalia Mesa
After a COVID-19 infection, many patients found themselves in a fog. Their attention wandered, their memory faltered. They felt sluggish, had trouble thinking straight, and struggled with basic chores. These patients were experiencing brain fog, a symptom that plagues 20 to 65 percent of people with long COVID—a wide range of estimates that underscores how little understood it is.
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2 weeks ago |
thetransmitter.org | Natalia Mesa
The number of neuroscience-related grants awarded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has slowed to a trickle during the first two months of the second Trump administration, according to The Transmitter’s analysis of publicly available data from RePORTER, the NIH’s funding tracker.
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3 weeks ago |
thetransmitter.org | Natalia Mesa
Natalia Mesa is a freelance journalist who writes about life and environmental sciences, health and technology. She has written for The Atlantic, National Geographic, Science and The Scientist. She has a Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of Washington and is based in Brooklyn.
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3 weeks ago |
hcn.org | Natalia Mesa
Gerri-Lynn Graveshas lived in Boise, Idaho, nearly all of her life. But after progressive back pain and a botched surgery caused a series of medical issues, walking became excruciating, and she lost her job. Bills mounted and she could not pay rent. With a small suitcase in hand, in November of 2021, she went to the Interfaith Sanctuary, a homeless shelter in downtown Boise.
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2 months ago |
nationalgeographic.com | Natalia Mesa
Almost 30 percent of children in the U.S have a diagnosed allergy, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, putting them at risk of symptoms ranging from hives and sneezing to life-threatening anaphylaxis. Several large studies have established that introducing children to potential food allergens within the first year of life decreases their chances of developing an allergy. But how much of an allergen should you give a child and when?
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My first for @_TheTransmitter looking at how the NIH funding chaos has impacted neuroscience funding.
Since Trump took office, the NINDS and the NIMH have awarded a quarter as many new grants as during the same two-month period, on average, since 2016. By @natmesanash https://t.co/9Tr3RDx8gA
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