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Stephanie Anderson Witmer | Freelance Writer
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freelance health journalist + content writer // professor // boy mom // eater + grower of plants

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When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public
March 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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We are working on launching an ALT DOGE website. It will soon feature a team page listing all of Elon’s staffers, our own wall of receipts (tracking the money he’s taking from America), and a section to help Americans keep tabs on the false claims on Doge’s website—which now exceed 52%.
March 6, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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“Asteroid that has a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth does not face criticism, as everything else here is steaming trash”
February 19, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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There’s virtually no part of the body perimenopause and menopause leave untouched, including the brain and memory. I wrote about it recently for Hone Health.

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Menopause Memory Loss: Causes & How to Manage
Learn how low estrogen levels and brain fog during menopause may also lead to memory loss in dementia
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February 19, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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An urgent message from the nation's health journalists:
To Acting Secretary Fink and Acting Director Monarez: We are writing on behalf of the 1,400 members of the Association of Health Care Journalists, to protest the removal of vital public health data from the CDC website, including survey results from the Youth Risk Behavioral Surveillance System, the CDC’s Social Vulnerability Index, and AtlasPlus, an interactive CDC tool with years of data on social determinants of health and diseases including HIV, TB, and STDs. These data are used by journalists every day to report stories about public health. At a time when the rise in chronic illnesses and harmful behaviors among young people is at the top of the national agenda, the YRBS data on smoking, vaping, drinking, eating, exercise, and sexual behavior are crucial for reporters trying to inform the public about these issues. The county-level Social Vulnerability Index data is important to inform reporting on communities’ resilience and ability to respond when faced with disasters such as wildfires and severe weather. Even the temporary removal of such data will impair our members’ ability to give the public essential and timely health information. We request the immediate restoration of sites that have been taken down in recent days, and that the agency not take down other pages with critical health data. Sincerely, Felice J. Freyer, president Gideon Gil, vice president Andrea Waner, interim executive director Association of Health Care Journalists
January 31, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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What journalists should know about disappearing federal health data. healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/01...
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Following a Jan. 29 memo, staff at the CDC are removing any content related to “gender ideology,” with a deadline of Friday afternoon.
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January 31, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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More of this.
January 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM