418: Remembering STAT’s Helen Branswell

Helen Branswell was a renowned infectious disease reporter who earned the respect and admiration of experts and public health officials with her authoritative, prescient reporting on the flu, polio, Ebola and the Covid-19 pandemic.

This week’s episode of “The Readout LOUD” is dedicated to Helen, who died last week due to complications of cancer. We speak with her colleagues at STAT, family and public health leaders about her work and her legacy.