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Melody SchreiberJournalist

The Guardian

Health & social care coverage read by Vital Signs

23 articles

Across 6 topics, first on 10 Feb 2025, most recently 18 Sept 2026.

This counts only pieces our coverage scan read on the topics Vital Signs tracks, not their full output.

Biography

Melody Schreiber is a health contributor/reporter at Guardian US and contributing editor at The New Republic, with a focus on health, science, and the Arctic. Previously she served as D.C. correspondent for ArcticToday from 2018 to 2023, covering politics, science, and security in the circumpolar region. Before her journalism career she worked as a program manager and communications director at the International Reporting Project (IRP) and as an assistant editor at the Woodrow Wilson Center. Her work has also appeared in The Washington Post, Wired, The Atlantic, NPR, and STAT News, among others. She held a food systems reporting fellowship with Johns Hopkins University in 2024 and an IWMF fellowship covering health and gender in Rwanda in 2019.

References

  1. 1.ABOUT – Melody Schreiber — Current roles (Guardian US health contributor/reporter, New Republic contributing editor), previous role as ArcticToday D.C. correspondent, prior career at IRP and Woodrow Wilson Center, fellowships at Johns Hopkins and IWMF
  2. 2.Melody Schreiber's Profile | The New Republic, Guardian US Journalist | Muck Rack — Confirms current roles as health contributor/reporter at Guardian US and contributing editor at The New Republic; publication outlets including The Guardian and MSN UK
  3. 3.Melody Schreiber (@melodyschreiber.com) – Bluesky — Self-identified professional roles: health contributor/reporter at Guardian US, contributing editor at The New Republic
  4. 4.Melody Schreiber – The Guardian US | LinkedIn — Confirms role as health contributor/reporter for Guardian US and contributing editor for The New Republic
  5. 5.ArcticToday – Melody Schreiber — Dates of ArcticToday D.C. correspondent role confirmed as 2018–2023
  6. 6.Melody Schreiber – IWMF — Confirms freelance journalism career, outlets including The Guardian, and previous role at the International Reporting Project

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Recent articles

  1. Doctors respond to ‘data-free’ decision over menopause hormone therapy: ‘It’s not true’

    The GuardianWomen's health & gynaecology

  2. RFK Jr promises anti-vaxxers a ‘friend at the White House’ amid deadly measles outbreak

    The GuardianChildren's health18 Sept 2026

  3. ‘There’s no place to go’: providers see more abortions later in pregnancy as bans spread in US

    The GuardianMaternity & neonatal30 Aug 2026

  4. Trump administration orders US health programs to move away from overdose prevention

    The GuardianChildren's health26 Jun 2026

  5. Leading OB-GYN group breaks from CDC on maternal vaccination schedule

    The GuardianMaternity & neonatal16 Jun 2026

  6. A religious hospital denied her a life-saving drug during an ectopic pregnancy. She lost her fertility

    The GuardianMaternity & neonatal8 Jun 2026

  7. Planned Parenthood to offer ‘just in case’ abortion pills at some US clinics

    The GuardianWomen's health & gynaecology6 Jun 2026

  8. US abortion restrictions are hindering access to miscarriage care, study finds

    The GuardianWomen's health & gynaecology28 May 2026

  9. Abortion providers brace for more disruptions after mail-order mifepristone whiplash

    The GuardianWomen's health & gynaecology16 May 2026

  10. Supreme court allows abortion pill mifepristone to continue to be available by mail

    The GuardianWomen's health & gynaecology14 May 2026

  11. US ‘drowning in misinformation’ under RFK Jr, autism advocates say

    The GuardianLearning disability & autism3 May 2026

  12. Taking Tylenol during pregnancy has no link to autism, new study finds

    The GuardianLearning disability & autism13 Apr 2026

  13. US abortion rate holds steady largely due to travel and telehealth availability – report

    The GuardianWomen's health & gynaecology29 Mar 2026

  14. Trump and RFK Jr touted leucovorin as a treatment for autism. The FDA quietly walked it back

    The GuardianLearning disability & autism22 Mar 2026

  15. Independent autism committee that challenges RFK Jr’s overhaul draws criticism

    The GuardianLearning disability & autism19 Mar 2026

  16. Officials ‘missed 99% of data’ before ending Covid vaccine recommendation, memos reveal

    The GuardianMaternity & neonatal16 Mar 2026

  17. ‘It’s whiplash’: reversed cuts ‘incredibly disruptive’ for US mental health and substance abuse programs

    The GuardianMental health17 Jan 2026

  18. US health officials reverse course and reinstate $1.9bn to mental health and substance use

    The GuardianMental health15 Jan 2026

  19. ‘People will die’: Trump administration cancels up to $1.9bn for substance use and mental health

    The GuardianMental health14 Jan 2026

  20. ‘Just like so many families’: US parents of addicted kids relate to the Reiners – but fear stigma

    The GuardianMental health29 Dec 2025

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