Elana Gordon covers global health at The World.She also moderates a regular online discussion series about the pandemic that has garnered millions of views through an ongoing partnership between The World and The Studio at Harvard’s Chan School. Elana has spent her journalism career digging into the complexities of health care, inequities, as well as how we live and die. Her stories have been featured on NPR, Kaiser Health News, The Washington Post, and the podcasts “Undark,” “99% Invisible” and “Criminal.” She is a founding member of WHYY’s health and science show, “The Pulse,” and was a 2018-19 Knight Science Journalism fellow at MIT. Elana’s reporting on drugs and addiction has taken her across the world, from Vancouver to Lisbon. She is the recipient of multiple Public Media Journalist Association and Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards.
How opera techniques are helping people with long COVID breathe easier
Around the world, few treatments exist for the countless numbers of people who develop long COVID-19. In the UK, where more than a million people are estimated to be in this situation, a group of medical specialists and professional opera singers have been examining whether an age-old performance practice can help address one of the most common, debilitating symptoms: breathlessness.
Discussion: What researchers have learned about the omicron variant
Some parts of the world are still battling the omicron variant of COVID-19, while others seem to be somewhere around its peak. Join The World’s reporter Elana Gordon for our regular series of conversations about the pandemic. She will moderate a panel on Tuesday, Jan. 25 at 12 p.m. Eastern time, and will be speaking with epidemiologist Bill Hanage of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Coronavirus Conversations: The pandemic, women’s health and pregnancy
Women are facing many challenges amid the COVID-19 pandemic, including those who are pregnant. The World’s reporter Elana Gordon moderated a discussion with Ana Langer, Professor of the Practice of Public Health and Director of the Women and Health Initiative at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health about the topic.
Coronavirus Conversations: The omicron variant and holiday travel
To understand the new variant, travel restrictions and how people can better prepare for the upcoming festive season, reporter Elana Gordon moderated a discussion with Stephen Kissler — who is a research fellow in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health — as part of The World’s regular series of conversations about the pandemic.