Katie L. Burke
@klburke.bsky.social
Science journalist, writer, & editor. Senior contributing editor at American Scientist. Environmental Health Beat Leader at AHCJ. I love intellectual discussion & constructive criticism, but will mute rude people. 🧪 🌎 (Art by Julia Bollinger)
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"In the longer term, the greatest danger posed by AI isn’t fake images themselves, it’s the collapse of trust in real evidence. Seeing is no longer believing — and our institutions are unprepared for it." www.poynter.org/commentary/2...
The real threat of AI is the collapse of trust - Poynter
Why journalism needs to prove which images are authentic — not just label deepfakes
www.poynter.org
February 2, 2026 at 4:16 PM
"In the longer term, the greatest danger posed by AI isn’t fake images themselves, it’s the collapse of trust in real evidence. Seeing is no longer believing — and our institutions are unprepared for it." www.poynter.org/commentary/2...
Truth.
Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
February 2, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Truth.
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QUESTION FOR PEDIATRICIANS & FAMILY DOCTORS: What are you finding most confusing about what shared clinical decision-making means when it comes to vaccines & the CDC switching some vaccines to it? Insurance? Liability? Etc. Looking for docs to talk to me for a story on this.
January 28, 2026 at 12:54 AM
QUESTION FOR PEDIATRICIANS & FAMILY DOCTORS: What are you finding most confusing about what shared clinical decision-making means when it comes to vaccines & the CDC switching some vaccines to it? Insurance? Liability? Etc. Looking for docs to talk to me for a story on this.
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Calling all the PhDs I know to make monumental annoyances of themselves (and honestly, who better)
January 21, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Calling all the PhDs I know to make monumental annoyances of themselves (and honestly, who better)
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Tired of explaining to relatives just how fucked things are for trans rights in the USA? Send them this handy timeline illustrating all the attacks on our rights: unbreaking.org/issues/trans...
Transgender Healthcare: Timeline — Unbreaking
How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.
unbreaking.org
January 19, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Tired of explaining to relatives just how fucked things are for trans rights in the USA? Send them this handy timeline illustrating all the attacks on our rights: unbreaking.org/issues/trans...
"Science created a bridge where politics could not. Now, the U.S. risks losing that bridge." 🧪🌍🔬
"In #Europe, there’s momentum—investments, innovative projects, new partnerships. At the same time, back in Washington, science credibility and budgets are in trouble, and support for international collaboration is thin.
Put together, that void should worry us."
sciencepolitics.org/2025/12/08/i...
Put together, that void should worry us."
sciencepolitics.org/2025/12/08/i...
It’s Not Too Late for the US to Reassert Its Leadership in Global Science - Science Politics
At a moment when complex crises demand deep scientific collaboration, prioritize world-class research.
sciencepolitics.org
January 21, 2026 at 7:47 PM
"Science created a bridge where politics could not. Now, the U.S. risks losing that bridge." 🧪🌍🔬
"In #Europe, there’s momentum—investments, innovative projects, new partnerships. At the same time, back in Washington, science credibility and budgets are in trouble, and support for international collaboration is thin.
Put together, that void should worry us."
sciencepolitics.org/2025/12/08/i...
Put together, that void should worry us."
sciencepolitics.org/2025/12/08/i...
It’s Not Too Late for the US to Reassert Its Leadership in Global Science - Science Politics
At a moment when complex crises demand deep scientific collaboration, prioritize world-class research.
sciencepolitics.org
January 21, 2026 at 7:41 PM
"In #Europe, there’s momentum—investments, innovative projects, new partnerships. At the same time, back in Washington, science credibility and budgets are in trouble, and support for international collaboration is thin.
Put together, that void should worry us."
sciencepolitics.org/2025/12/08/i...
Put together, that void should worry us."
sciencepolitics.org/2025/12/08/i...
Happening in 10 minutes! Hop on board. 🧪🌍
🎓 Upcoming AHCJ webinar 📅 Wednesday, Jan. 21 | 🕐 1 p.m. ET
Learn how to cover compelling, community-driven stories at the intersection of climate change and public health. 🔗 Register here: healthjournalism.org/event/buildi...
Learn how to cover compelling, community-driven stories at the intersection of climate change and public health. 🔗 Register here: healthjournalism.org/event/buildi...
Building audience with local climate-health stories
In this webinar, we’ll discuss how to find compelling, community-driven stories at the intersection of climate change and public health.
healthjournalism.org
January 21, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Happening in 10 minutes! Hop on board. 🧪🌍
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Our Medical Research Funding team added 5 new entries covering chaos in leadership at the NIH plus some court and budget wins for research funding:
unbreaking.org/issues/medic...
unbreaking.org/issues/medic...
January 16, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Our Medical Research Funding team added 5 new entries covering chaos in leadership at the NIH plus some court and budget wins for research funding:
unbreaking.org/issues/medic...
unbreaking.org/issues/medic...
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Carbon monoxide deaths spike during power outages.
If you own a portable generator, make sure you have working carbon monoxide alarms. One portable generator can produce as much carbon monoxide as hundreds of cars.
If you own a portable generator, make sure you have working carbon monoxide alarms. One portable generator can produce as much carbon monoxide as hundreds of cars.
The latest on the major winter storm and extreme cold expected later this week.
January 21, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Carbon monoxide deaths spike during power outages.
If you own a portable generator, make sure you have working carbon monoxide alarms. One portable generator can produce as much carbon monoxide as hundreds of cars.
If you own a portable generator, make sure you have working carbon monoxide alarms. One portable generator can produce as much carbon monoxide as hundreds of cars.
Happening today! Join us to learn how #health journalists can cover #climate issues and find fresh angles. 🧪🌍
#publichealth #medicine #journalism #media #environment #climatechange
#publichealth #medicine #journalism #media #environment #climatechange
🎓 Upcoming AHCJ webinar 📅 Wednesday, Jan. 21 | 🕐 1 p.m. ET
Learn how to cover compelling, community-driven stories at the intersection of climate change and public health. 🔗 Register here: healthjournalism.org/event/buildi...
Learn how to cover compelling, community-driven stories at the intersection of climate change and public health. 🔗 Register here: healthjournalism.org/event/buildi...
Building audience with local climate-health stories
In this webinar, we’ll discuss how to find compelling, community-driven stories at the intersection of climate change and public health.
healthjournalism.org
January 21, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Happening today! Join us to learn how #health journalists can cover #climate issues and find fresh angles. 🧪🌍
#publichealth #medicine #journalism #media #environment #climatechange
#publichealth #medicine #journalism #media #environment #climatechange
I've been basically shouting from the rooftops that #health journalists need to be covering #climate issues more. Joanne Kenen & I are co-hosting this webinar tomorrow to help @healthjournalism.org's network consider how to do that. Come join us! 🧪🌎
🎓 Upcoming AHCJ webinar 📅 Wednesday, Jan. 21 | 🕐 1 p.m. ET
Learn how to cover compelling, community-driven stories at the intersection of climate change and public health. 🔗 Register here: healthjournalism.org/event/buildi...
Learn how to cover compelling, community-driven stories at the intersection of climate change and public health. 🔗 Register here: healthjournalism.org/event/buildi...
Building audience with local climate-health stories
In this webinar, we’ll discuss how to find compelling, community-driven stories at the intersection of climate change and public health.
healthjournalism.org
January 20, 2026 at 7:51 PM
I've been basically shouting from the rooftops that #health journalists need to be covering #climate issues more. Joanne Kenen & I are co-hosting this webinar tomorrow to help @healthjournalism.org's network consider how to do that. Come join us! 🧪🌎
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Covering heat waves? This goes beyond weather. Why extreme heat is a long-term health, infrastructure and equity story — and how today’s choices shape tomorrow’s outcomes. healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/12...
A billion lives in the balance: How we prepare for unbearable heat will shape the century
More than 1 billion people live in areas where extreme heat and humidity will surpass the survivability limit by the end of this century.
healthjournalism.org
January 12, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Covering heat waves? This goes beyond weather. Why extreme heat is a long-term health, infrastructure and equity story — and how today’s choices shape tomorrow’s outcomes. healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/12...
“You can’t treat children like this, you can’t treat people like this. We were able to stand up for them. We were able to convince people about the fact that this was unethical.” - @pauloffit.bsky.social
This is incredible and important...
Push-back matters.
Push-back matters.
BREAKING: The controversial hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau has been *cancelled,* I can now report. A senior official with Africa CDC confirmed the cancellation and said GB officials are working to make sure any research is conducted ethically:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
January 16, 2026 at 7:23 PM
“You can’t treat children like this, you can’t treat people like this. We were able to stand up for them. We were able to convince people about the fact that this was unethical.” - @pauloffit.bsky.social
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I just saw the news about Verizon offering $20 statement credits to affected customers www.reuters.com/business/med... - am thinking a lot about how we build resilience into as many aspects of our daily lives as we can
January 15, 2026 at 8:05 PM
I just saw the news about Verizon offering $20 statement credits to affected customers www.reuters.com/business/med... - am thinking a lot about how we build resilience into as many aspects of our daily lives as we can
Always check your receipts at Dollar General. @moreperfectunion.bsky.social has reported on the multiple lawsuits against the company for charging people higher prices than posted. Today, it happened to me.
youtube.com/shorts/Z-aVQ...
youtube.com/shorts/Z-aVQ...
January 15, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Always check your receipts at Dollar General. @moreperfectunion.bsky.social has reported on the multiple lawsuits against the company for charging people higher prices than posted. Today, it happened to me.
youtube.com/shorts/Z-aVQ...
youtube.com/shorts/Z-aVQ...
The EPA plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting air pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show. 🧪🌎
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
#environment #health
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
#environment #health
January 14, 2026 at 1:58 PM
The EPA plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting air pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show. 🧪🌎
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
#environment #health
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
#environment #health
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My workshop that will teach you how to write an outstanding book proposal for scholarly publishers starts in about 20 minutes ⏰
If you can’t attend live, you can still register for the recording (but registration closes today, FYI)
courses.manuscriptworks.com/courses/outs...
If you can’t attend live, you can still register for the recording (but registration closes today, FYI)
courses.manuscriptworks.com/courses/outs...
Workshop: Write an Outstanding Book Proposal
Join Laura Portwood-Stacer of Manuscript Works to learn her time-tested method for writing a book proposal that will grab the interest of scholarly publishers. Show up with a book project, leave with ...
courses.manuscriptworks.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:39 PM
My workshop that will teach you how to write an outstanding book proposal for scholarly publishers starts in about 20 minutes ⏰
If you can’t attend live, you can still register for the recording (but registration closes today, FYI)
courses.manuscriptworks.com/courses/outs...
If you can’t attend live, you can still register for the recording (but registration closes today, FYI)
courses.manuscriptworks.com/courses/outs...
I did in fact need some good news this week. Finally.
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
#health #healthcare 🧪
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#health #healthcare 🧪
January 9, 2026 at 4:51 PM
I did in fact need some good news this week. Finally.
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
#health #healthcare 🧪
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
#health #healthcare 🧪
The more I've learned about #airpollution, the madder I've gotten about the gap between what researchers know and what most people--including most #health care workers--know.
healthjournalism.org/blog/2026/01... 🧪🌎
#publichealth #medicine
healthjournalism.org/blog/2026/01... 🧪🌎
#publichealth #medicine
January 8, 2026 at 3:56 PM
The more I've learned about #airpollution, the madder I've gotten about the gap between what researchers know and what most people--including most #health care workers--know.
healthjournalism.org/blog/2026/01... 🧪🌎
#publichealth #medicine
healthjournalism.org/blog/2026/01... 🧪🌎
#publichealth #medicine
January 8, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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Letter of resignation from @jennifer-troyer.bsky.social former Dir of Extramural Ops at NHGRI
"The NIH is not only no longer the organization that I love but is now an organization that I can no longer be a part of and retain my integrity and self-respect."
www.linkedin.com/posts/jennif...
1/6
"The NIH is not only no longer the organization that I love but is now an organization that I can no longer be a part of and retain my integrity and self-respect."
www.linkedin.com/posts/jennif...
1/6
Letter of resignation | Jennifer Troyer
Reposting: As many of you know, I recently chose to leave the position I worked hard to achieve, the work that I love, and the team of people that could not have been better to do this work with. It ...
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January 6, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Letter of resignation from @jennifer-troyer.bsky.social former Dir of Extramural Ops at NHGRI
"The NIH is not only no longer the organization that I love but is now an organization that I can no longer be a part of and retain my integrity and self-respect."
www.linkedin.com/posts/jennif...
1/6
"The NIH is not only no longer the organization that I love but is now an organization that I can no longer be a part of and retain my integrity and self-respect."
www.linkedin.com/posts/jennif...
1/6
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Publishing Job:
Science Editor
Yale University Press
New Haven, CT
$68K-$120.5K
"Yale University Press is seeking an editor to acquire and commission 15-20 books per year in the sciences, with an emphasis on the fields of environmental science and natural history."
👇
Science Editor
Yale University Press
New Haven, CT
$68K-$120.5K
"Yale University Press is seeking an editor to acquire and commission 15-20 books per year in the sciences, with an emphasis on the fields of environmental science and natural history."
👇
Science Editor in New Haven, Connecticut, 06511 | Marketing & Communications at Yale University
Apply for Science Editor job with Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, 06511. Marketing & Communications at Yale University
careers.yale.edu
January 8, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Publishing Job:
Science Editor
Yale University Press
New Haven, CT
$68K-$120.5K
"Yale University Press is seeking an editor to acquire and commission 15-20 books per year in the sciences, with an emphasis on the fields of environmental science and natural history."
👇
Science Editor
Yale University Press
New Haven, CT
$68K-$120.5K
"Yale University Press is seeking an editor to acquire and commission 15-20 books per year in the sciences, with an emphasis on the fields of environmental science and natural history."
👇
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"Only 12% of medical schools worldwide include air pollution in their formal curricula. Patients, such as young children with asthma, often visit doctors who may not ask about environmental triggers or provide advice on reducing exposures"
✍️ @klburke.bsky.social healthjournalism.org/blog/2026/01...
✍️ @klburke.bsky.social healthjournalism.org/blog/2026/01...
Why air pollution is an underreported health story of the decade
Air pollution is a global public health emergency. Journalists must emphasize health equity, economic loss and systemic bodily harm.
healthjournalism.org
January 8, 2026 at 2:10 PM
"Only 12% of medical schools worldwide include air pollution in their formal curricula. Patients, such as young children with asthma, often visit doctors who may not ask about environmental triggers or provide advice on reducing exposures"
✍️ @klburke.bsky.social healthjournalism.org/blog/2026/01...
✍️ @klburke.bsky.social healthjournalism.org/blog/2026/01...
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What causes auroras?
January 6, 2026 at 3:09 PM
What causes auroras?