Amanda Ruggeri
@amandaruggeri.bsky.social
Multi-award-winning journalist. Health, psychology, child development, anthropology, media literacy, critical thinking and more. BBC, New Scientist, Scientific American, Atlantic.
So nice to wake up to the news that I've won in the Technology category for the 2025 American Society of Journalists and Authors Writing Awards! Many congrats to all the winners. You can read the original story here: www.newscientist.com/article/mg26... @asjahq.bsky.social
July 22, 2025 at 8:24 AM
So nice to wake up to the news that I've won in the Technology category for the 2025 American Society of Journalists and Authors Writing Awards! Many congrats to all the winners. You can read the original story here: www.newscientist.com/article/mg26... @asjahq.bsky.social
Here’s another graph, so you can see the decline in infant and child mortality in general, and the contribution from vaccines, in particular.
March 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Here’s another graph, so you can see the decline in infant and child mortality in general, and the contribution from vaccines, in particular.
What about the measles vaccine?
Here's a graph showing lives saved due to different types of vaccination. See the orange part? That’s lives saved due to the measles vaccine specifically.
Here's a graph showing lives saved due to different types of vaccination. See the orange part? That’s lives saved due to the measles vaccine specifically.
March 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
What about the measles vaccine?
Here's a graph showing lives saved due to different types of vaccination. See the orange part? That’s lives saved due to the measles vaccine specifically.
Here's a graph showing lives saved due to different types of vaccination. See the orange part? That’s lives saved due to the measles vaccine specifically.
Honestly, instead of paraphrasing, I should just show you a snippet:
March 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Honestly, instead of paraphrasing, I should just show you a snippet:
According to the WHO, the global vaccine market is worth about $77 billion. That's a lot of money.
It is also about 1/8 the size of the complementary medicine market, 1/16 the size of the nutrition market — and, if the pharma industry is worth $1.6 trillion, about 1/20 of pharma’s overall revenue.
It is also about 1/8 the size of the complementary medicine market, 1/16 the size of the nutrition market — and, if the pharma industry is worth $1.6 trillion, about 1/20 of pharma’s overall revenue.
February 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
According to the WHO, the global vaccine market is worth about $77 billion. That's a lot of money.
It is also about 1/8 the size of the complementary medicine market, 1/16 the size of the nutrition market — and, if the pharma industry is worth $1.6 trillion, about 1/20 of pharma’s overall revenue.
It is also about 1/8 the size of the complementary medicine market, 1/16 the size of the nutrition market — and, if the pharma industry is worth $1.6 trillion, about 1/20 of pharma’s overall revenue.
You could say that some of this is because the wellness industry includes so many different products and services: complementary medicine, gyms, supplements, spas, even personal care and beauty. And that’s fair enough. Here’s the breakdown from the Global Wellness Institute in their 2024 report.
February 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
You could say that some of this is because the wellness industry includes so many different products and services: complementary medicine, gyms, supplements, spas, even personal care and beauty. And that’s fair enough. Here’s the breakdown from the Global Wellness Institute in their 2024 report.
A lot of folks are suspicious of the pharmaceutical industry, and its influence, in no small part because of its size. And it’s true: It’s big. Currently, it’s estimated to be worth about $1.6 trillion globally. But the *wellness* industry is currently valued at *$6.3 trillion* — four times bigger.
February 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
A lot of folks are suspicious of the pharmaceutical industry, and its influence, in no small part because of its size. And it’s true: It’s big. Currently, it’s estimated to be worth about $1.6 trillion globally. But the *wellness* industry is currently valued at *$6.3 trillion* — four times bigger.
According to the WHO, the global vaccine market is worth about $77 billion. That's a lot of money.
It is also about 1/8 the size of the complementary medicine market, 1/16 the size of the nutrition market — and, if the pharma industry is worth $1.6 trillion, about 1/20 of pharma’s overall revenue.
It is also about 1/8 the size of the complementary medicine market, 1/16 the size of the nutrition market — and, if the pharma industry is worth $1.6 trillion, about 1/20 of pharma’s overall revenue.
February 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
According to the WHO, the global vaccine market is worth about $77 billion. That's a lot of money.
It is also about 1/8 the size of the complementary medicine market, 1/16 the size of the nutrition market — and, if the pharma industry is worth $1.6 trillion, about 1/20 of pharma’s overall revenue.
It is also about 1/8 the size of the complementary medicine market, 1/16 the size of the nutrition market — and, if the pharma industry is worth $1.6 trillion, about 1/20 of pharma’s overall revenue.
You could say that some of this is because the wellness industry includes so many different products and services: complementary medicine, gyms, supplements, spas, even personal care and beauty. And that’s fair enough.
February 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
You could say that some of this is because the wellness industry includes so many different products and services: complementary medicine, gyms, supplements, spas, even personal care and beauty. And that’s fair enough.