Alex Viveros
@alexviveros.bsky.social
Town and Health Reporter at the Jackson Hole News&Guide. Former intern at Science News, Chemical & Engineering News, and Science Magazine. Reach me on Signal: alexviveros.01
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Congratulations to @alexviveros.bsky.social, ’24, for winning a Covering Workplace Mental Health Fellowship. Alex and 13 other journalists from across the US were selected to attend a workshop in Washington D.C. that will address issues around mental health and stigma in US workplaces
May 14, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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“Dental decay is very preventable. It breaks your heart to see these young kids that aren’t able to eat.”
- a dentist who saw lots of kids with severe tooth decay after Calgary stopped fluoridating its water in 2011.
Great story by @alexviveros.bsky.social
www.sciencenews.org/article/fluo...
- a dentist who saw lots of kids with severe tooth decay after Calgary stopped fluoridating its water in 2011.
Great story by @alexviveros.bsky.social
www.sciencenews.org/article/fluo...
Two cities stopped adding fluoride to water. Science reveals what happened
As calls to end fluoride in water get louder, changes to the dental health of children in Calgary, Canada, and Juneau, Alaska, may provide a cautionary tale.
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April 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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@meghanrosen.bsky.social and I reported from the Stand Up for Science rally today in Washington, D.C. Check out our story, including my photos, here: www.sciencenews.org/article/stan...
It’s ‘personal.’ What the Stand Up for Science rally meant for attendees
Stand Up for Science rallies in Washington, D.C., and across the United States drew crowds of people worried about cuts to scientific funding.
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March 7, 2025 at 10:49 PM
@meghanrosen.bsky.social and I reported from the Stand Up for Science rally today in Washington, D.C. Check out our story, including my photos, here: www.sciencenews.org/article/stan...
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Here at the Lincoln Memorial with @alexviveros.bsky.social for the #standupforscience2025 rally
March 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Here at the Lincoln Memorial with @alexviveros.bsky.social for the #standupforscience2025 rally
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Six fired federal employees told me and @alexviveros.bsky.social about their science-related jobs — and what the public could lose without them.
We talked to people from NIH, FDA, FAA, NPS, the Forest Service, and Fish & Wildlife for @sciencenews.bsky.social.
www.sciencenews.org/article/fire...
We talked to people from NIH, FDA, FAA, NPS, the Forest Service, and Fish & Wildlife for @sciencenews.bsky.social.
www.sciencenews.org/article/fire...
Fired federal workers share the crucial jobs no longer being done
Thousands of probationary federal employees received termination notices. Many were doing crucial work at science-related agencies.
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February 21, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Six fired federal employees told me and @alexviveros.bsky.social about their science-related jobs — and what the public could lose without them.
We talked to people from NIH, FDA, FAA, NPS, the Forest Service, and Fish & Wildlife for @sciencenews.bsky.social.
www.sciencenews.org/article/fire...
We talked to people from NIH, FDA, FAA, NPS, the Forest Service, and Fish & Wildlife for @sciencenews.bsky.social.
www.sciencenews.org/article/fire...
Reposted by Alex Viveros
These people's jobs are "indirect costs" on NIH grants. Here's what science and medicine could lose without them.
@alexviveros.bsky.social and I talked to a pre-award administrator, systems engineer and flow cytometry specialist for @sciencenews.bsky.social. www.sciencenews.org/article/indi...
@alexviveros.bsky.social and I talked to a pre-award administrator, systems engineer and flow cytometry specialist for @sciencenews.bsky.social. www.sciencenews.org/article/indi...
Who are the indirect costs of NIH research? We talked to 3
The funding agency aims to cap “indirect costs” in biomedical research grants. But this behind-the-scenes work is crucial to making research happen.
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February 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
These people's jobs are "indirect costs" on NIH grants. Here's what science and medicine could lose without them.
@alexviveros.bsky.social and I talked to a pre-award administrator, systems engineer and flow cytometry specialist for @sciencenews.bsky.social. www.sciencenews.org/article/indi...
@alexviveros.bsky.social and I talked to a pre-award administrator, systems engineer and flow cytometry specialist for @sciencenews.bsky.social. www.sciencenews.org/article/indi...
Is your job, or the job of someone you know, mostly funded by indirect costs on NIH grants?
If so, I’d love to chat with you for a story in @ScienceNews.bsky.social. You can DM me or email me at aviveros [at] sciencenews [dot] org. #MedSky #ChemSky
If so, I’d love to chat with you for a story in @ScienceNews.bsky.social. You can DM me or email me at aviveros [at] sciencenews [dot] org. #MedSky #ChemSky
February 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Is your job, or the job of someone you know, mostly funded by indirect costs on NIH grants?
If so, I’d love to chat with you for a story in @ScienceNews.bsky.social. You can DM me or email me at aviveros [at] sciencenews [dot] org. #MedSky #ChemSky
If so, I’d love to chat with you for a story in @ScienceNews.bsky.social. You can DM me or email me at aviveros [at] sciencenews [dot] org. #MedSky #ChemSky
I wrote about Vertex’s suzetrigine, and the science behind developing nonopioid painkillers more generally, for my latest story @cenmag.bsky.social. This is also my final story as C&EN’s Editorial Fellow — more info about my next steps TK!
The FDA should make a decision on whether or not to approve Vertex Pharmaceuticals suzetrigine today. While an @cenmag.bsky.social editorial fellow, @alexviveros.bsky.social investigated the backstory for us 🧪#chemsky
Pain meets precision medicine
Targeting voltage-gated sodium channels could usher in new opioid-free solutions for pain relief
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January 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I wrote about Vertex’s suzetrigine, and the science behind developing nonopioid painkillers more generally, for my latest story @cenmag.bsky.social. This is also my final story as C&EN’s Editorial Fellow — more info about my next steps TK!
Two stories in @cenmag.bsky.social this week. I spoke to James Paulson and Ian Wilson at Scripps Research about their new study in Science, which found that one mutation to the hemagglutinin protein of an H5N1 virus switched the protein’s binding specificity from avian- to human-type receptors.
Single mutation to bird flu protein altered receptor specificity in lab
Study reports that wild-type H5N1 hemagglutinin preferentially binds avian-type receptors
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December 6, 2024 at 8:11 PM
Two stories in @cenmag.bsky.social this week. I spoke to James Paulson and Ian Wilson at Scripps Research about their new study in Science, which found that one mutation to the hemagglutinin protein of an H5N1 virus switched the protein’s binding specificity from avian- to human-type receptors.
I’m the current Editorial Fellow at Chemical & Engineering News and a recent graduate of MIT’s science writing program. I mainly write about infectious diseases and the viruses, bacteria, and other little things that cause them.
Feel free to DM me with any story ideas (or just to say hi).
Feel free to DM me with any story ideas (or just to say hi).
November 19, 2024 at 10:14 PM
I’m the current Editorial Fellow at Chemical & Engineering News and a recent graduate of MIT’s science writing program. I mainly write about infectious diseases and the viruses, bacteria, and other little things that cause them.
Feel free to DM me with any story ideas (or just to say hi).
Feel free to DM me with any story ideas (or just to say hi).