Priyanka Dayal McCluskey
Senior Health Reporter at WBUR-FM (Boston, MA)
Senior health reporter for @WBUR, Boston's NPR news station. Former @BostonGlobe reporter. Indian American, mom of a little, hitched to @jack_mccluskey.
Articles
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Mar 7, 2025 |
wbur.org | Priyanka Dayal McCluskey
Tim Andrews leans back in a chair and pulls up the bottom of his t-shirt, revealing a pale pink scar on the right side of his belly. Beneath it sits the kidney of a genetically modified pig that surgeons transplanted into his body six weeks ago. Dr. Leonardo Riella squirts a cold gel on Andrews’ belly, and presses an ultrasound wand into his skin to check how the kidney is performing. A few bursts of red appear on the screen. “That’s the blood flow in the kidney,” Riella says.
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Feb 24, 2025 |
wbur.org | Priyanka Dayal McCluskey
When patients arrive for medical exams at Dr. Rachel Sisodia's office, they're offered a choice: Would they like a third person in the room while the doctor conducts the exam? If the patient says yes, a medical assistant stands nearby while Sisodia, a gynecologic oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, examines her patient. It's part of a broad initiative across Mass General and its sister hospitals to incorporate professional observers — known as chaperones — into routine medical care.
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Feb 21, 2025 |
wbur.org | Emily Piper-Vallillo |Priyanka Dayal McCluskey
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has co-led a large group of city leaders from across the country in filing an amicus brief in the federal lawsuits aimed at halting the Trump administration's cuts to National Institutes of Health research funding. The case brought by Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell and 21 other states returns to federal court in Boston on Friday morning.
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Feb 20, 2025 |
wbur.org | Priyanka Dayal McCluskey |Martha Bebinger
Massachusetts health officials are rolling out new programs aimed at improving health and life expectancy in 30 communities across the state where residents are more likely to suffer preventable, early deaths. The Healey administration’s initiative, Advancing Health Equity in Massachusetts, is focused on reducing complications that happen during and after pregnancy, and addressing the social and economic drivers of heart disease and other related health conditions.
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Jan 16, 2025 |
wbur.org | Priyanka Dayal McCluskey
Some Boston city councilors are pushing for a new city tax on soda and other sugary beverages that have been linked to obesity, diabetes and heart disease. City Councilor Sharon Durkan said this week that raising the price on sugary drinks would help reduce consumption — while also generating millions in new revenue to support city programs. “This is not just a policy to regulate sugary drinks,” said Durkan, who represents the Back Bay and surrounding neighborhoods.
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