Jacqueline Howard is a health reporter for CNN, covering medicine and healthy living around the world, including the complexities of cancer, mental health, maternal health and infectious diseases. When the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic in 2020, Howard was the first CNN reporter to break the news on the air and covered the pandemic as it progressed. Prior to joining CNN, Howard served as senior science editor at The Huffington Post and host/producer of the video series “Talk Nerdy To Me.” She has appeared in educational videos for The Nature Conservancy, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Big History Project. Howard was selected to participate in The White House’s “We the Geeks: Women Role Models” initiative. She currently serves as vice chair of the National Association of Black Journalists’ Health and Science Task Force.