Science journalist at NPR covering global health. MN-expat | Signal @jonlambert.12 | He/him.
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Some professional news: I'm permanently joining NPR's Science Desk! (My last gig was temporary).
I'm covering global health, with a special focus on what comes next after the US withdrawal from foreign aid, as well as environmental determinants of health.
Reach out with tips!
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Why doesn't the world have a pandemic treaty more than a year after WHO adopted it?
Countries still can't agree on how to share pathogen data, and the vaccines/drugs/tests that get made from that data.
It's largely the global north vs global south:
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SCOOP: Top researchers at Columbia, Stanford, and others thought they were elected to elite scientific societies alongside Nobel laureates. The catch? The organizations are a sham.
I spent the last month investigating a massive academic scam, for @Nature
nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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I've had a few people point out to me that the double shooting in Petworth was only a few blocks from Park View, where dozens of federal agents and National Guard troops fanned out yesterday during the day as part of a public safety initiative: washingtonsun.com/metro/dc-f…
D.C. police are searching for a suspect accused of injuring two men in a double shooting Thursday evening. fox5dc.com/news/search-doubl…
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2026 is currently the 2nd worst smoke year on record in the US, behind 2023. Plot shows population-weighted daily cumulative PM2.5 exposure from smoke across the US. Note also how fundamentally different the last 6 years have been relative to previous two decades.
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Trump's plans for East Potomac Park may be all about a new golf course, but for plenty of D.C. locals they're a threat to a haven for fishing, running, cycling, and picnics. From my colleague @shamira_akilah in @washingtonsun: notus.org/metro/east-potomac…
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THE WORLD RECORD IS NO MORE. Josh Kerr 🇬🇧 delivers on the hype of Project 222 as he takes down Hicham El Guerrouj’s 1999 world record in the mile, running 3:42.66 to become the first man in history under 3:43.
Kerr called his shot and thrilled a roaring home crowd, pulling away from runner-up Yared Nuguse over the final lap to make history.
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"It changed my life."
How putting fish on rice farms can prevent a debilitating disease, boost rice yields and improve livelihoods.
My story from Senegal is now out in radio — take a listen!
ALT Hands hold an African bonytongue fish.
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Can putting fish on rice farms help reduce a debilitating disease, boost food security and reduce poverty?
I went to Senegal earlier this year to find out.
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RT @Marissa_Jae: Some personal news: I’ve joined @NPR as a national correspondent. ✌️
Excited for the new challenge and to join a news org…
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More than a year after the Trump administration's massive aid cuts, there are shortages of lifesaving malnutrition treatment at clinics across Senegal.
Community health workers told me that mothers often blame staff.
"They think we are deceiving them ... It really hurts"
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I traveled to Senegal to see how aid cuts are imperiling efforts to bring malnutrition treatment to kids.
Mothers whose kids had been improving told me they're relapsing, as clinics often have nothing to give.
"Whenever your child is suffering, you suffer with them."
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🆕 If you want to understand the reality of #Ebola and what it is like to care for patients, listen to this @NPR story.
It highlights my perspective and those of colleagues who worked on the frontlines of Ebola outbreaks, caring for patients.
It illustrates an important lesson: survival is often determined not just by the virus itself, but by access to timely, high-quality supportive care.
🎧 Listen here: npr.org/2026/05/29/nx-s1-583…
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I traveled with @ArletteBashizi to Mongbwalu, the gold mining town at the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak that is sweeping northeastern Congo. This is what we found.
nytimes.com/2026/05/30/world…
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Today is a really hard day here at NPR. We're losing some good people, including people I'm very close to. The reasons for the layoffs are complicated. We lost a lot of federal money, gained a lot of donations, but NPR isn’t sure how sustainable those donations will be.
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The U.S. invested billions in trying to detect and respond to outbreaks, like Ebola, fast. Aid cuts dismantled that architecture.
"Outbreaks are always going to occur ... it's more the fact that it circulated for so long, that part is related to cuts."
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ALT A figure showing U.S. foreign aid to DRC from 2005-2025. The amount gradually increases until a sharp decrease in 2025.
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Aid cuts likely added to delays in detecting this Ebola outbreak.
"Outbreaks are always going to occur, but it's more the fact that it circulated for so long, this thing is much bigger than we've realized. That part is related to cuts"
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This Ebola outbreak caught public health officials off guard. Part of that is the rare species of Ebola. But aid cuts likely didn't help.
"At every level, international response capacity has been badly undermined by funding cuts," says @JeremyKonyndyk
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