Meghan Holohan

News Editor/Writer

Ms. Holohan is a health reporter known her patient-centered stories. She won an Excellence-in Features journalism award from the Society of Features Journalist and was one of 25 international journalists to be selected for the 2023 National Press Foundation’s Covering Rare Diseases Fellowship. Her work has appeared on TODAY.com, NBC News, Mental Floss, Salon, Newsweek, and AARP among others.

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Recent stories by Meghan Holohan

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Switching rotavirus vaccination to shared clinical decision may increase serious illness, costs

Reduced rotavirus vaccine uptake could lead to more illness and more than $100 million in healthcare costs by the time kids reach 2 years of age.

Meghan Holohan

Maternal RSV vaccination, monoclonal antibody equally effective at protecting infants, study finds

The paired retrospective study shows no statistically significant difference between the two approaches. 

Meghan Holohan

Japan’s COVID-19 efforts protected Olympians, Paralympians in 2021, analysis finds

Very few athletes and team members tested positive for the virus during the events in Tokyo.

Meghan Holohan
Medical assistant talking to a Black mom, child, and dad

Medical assistants talk to families about vaccines in about half of visits, study finds

A study highlights how office staff communicate about vaccines with families and the need to integrate best practices into pediatric care.

Meghan Holohan
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Spouses are better predictors of severe COVID-19 infection than siblings, new data reveal

In total, 71% of hospitalized spouses landed in a hospital bed within 5 days of each other.

Meghan Holohan

First ever human case of livestock-related Shamonda virus identified in France

Investigations are ongoing about how the man, now deceased, contracted the virus normally found in livestock, but experts say the risk to the public is low. 

Meghan Holohan
Female doctor talks to Hispanic woman in red shirt

US cervical cancer screening rates have risen, but disparities remain, new data show

Women living in the southern and western parts of the country and those in some racial and age groups are less likely to be screened.

Meghan Holohan
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‘Chaos in communication’: How shared clinical decision making for vaccines adds confusion

Changing language on vaccines can mislead people into thinking there’s new evidence about them, when the science hasn’t changed.

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