Claire Bugos

Claire Bugos is a health and science journalist. She was a news reporter at Verywell Health, where she covered public health, infectious disease, pharmaceuticals, nutrition, health policy, environmental toxicology, fitness and wellness, and more. She was an AAAS travel fellow, and her work at Verywell on early onset cancer trends was a finalist at the Folio Eddie Awards.

Bugos has also published astronomy, archaeology, art, and science stories at Smithsonian and Discover. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism and history from Northwestern University and lives in Brooklyn.