Alison Kodjak
Health Policy Correspondent, NPR
Alison Kodjak is the health policy correspondent at NPR. She was previously managing editor at the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit investigative newsroom, where she led a team of journalists who covered money in politics and finance. Earlier, Kodjak spent a decade with Bloomberg News, covering the auto industry, economics, and finance. As part of Bloomberg’s investigative team, she wrote about the financial crisis, General Motors’ bankruptcy, and the BP oil spill. Kodjak is the co-author of In Too Deep: BP and the Drilling Race That Took It Down and vice president of the National Press Club. Her work has been recognized with three George Polk Awards, among other honors.
Previously
On any given day, dedicated scientists at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are promoting childhood vaccines, advancing disease prevention, tamping...
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As the nation’s top doctor, the US surgeon general is uniquely positioned to use his bully pulpit to drive Americans toward healthy decision-making. Jerome Adams is the 20th p...
Many clinicians have first-hand knowledge of what happens when their patients are unable to obtain the medications they need, at an affordable price. Widespread drug shortages...