Health/medical Writers
Dr. Sanjay Gupta
Staff Neurosurgeon, Emory Clinic CNN Chief Medical Correspondent1,411,189 followers | Follow
LA Times Health News
Current health + medical news from the Los Angeles Times + latimes.com. See latimes.com/twitter for more news + features streams.161,935 followers | Follow
WSJ Health Blog
The WSJ Health Blog offers insight and analysis on health and health biz.159,456 followers | Follow
ProPublica
We're a non-profit, independent newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. Tweets usually from @amandablair and @bydanielvictor.106,922 followers | Follow
Lisa Collier Cool
Bestselling author/awardwinning journo. Specialties: health, fitness, true-life drama, past prez, ASJA; mom of twins + 1, loves dogs, books & tennis.77,369 followers | Follow
Rebecca Skloot
Author of NYTimes Bestselling book THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS (aka #HeLa), soon an Oprah/Alan Ball/HBO film. Writes for NYTMag, O Mag. Animal person.21,375 followers | Follow
Reuters Health
18,259 followers | Follow
Kaiser Health News
Nonprofit news service covering health care policy/politics. KHN is an editorially independent program of the Kaiser Family Foundation. Links not endorsements.16,389 followers | Follow
Tara Parker-Pope
New York Times Well blogger, author, busy mom, lapsed runner and pack leader of four ill-behaved small dogs.15,491 followers | Follow
Holly Tucker
College Professor, History of Medicine, Bibliophile, Writer, Parent, Geek11,653 followers | Follow
Ann Douglas
Canadian Family contributing editor, Toronto Star columnist, author. Writing, publishing, social justice, democracy, health, education.10,081 followers | Follow
Ivan Oransky
Executive editor, Reuters Health; journalism adjunct, NYU; blogger, Embargo Watch and Retraction Watch; AHCJ treasurer; Zinfandel drinker.10,017 followers | Follow
Scott Hensley
Writer and editor for Shots, NPR's health blog. My fixations manifested here. And, yes, there will be typos. (PR people, don't pitch me on Twitter.)8,886 followers | Follow
David Dobbs
Write for Atlantic, NY Times Mag, Slate, NatGeo, Nature, others. Blog at Wired. Author My Mother's Lover & other books; working on my 5th.7,570 followers | Follow
Thomas Goetz
Executive editor at Wired magazine, author of The Decision Tree, and a failed speedskater.7,397 followers | Follow
Maryn McKenna
Author of SUPERBUG & BEATING BACK THE DEVIL. Wired blogger, SciAm columnist, magazine writer. Public health, global health, food policy. Also @MRSA_blog.6,906 followers | Follow
Gary Schwitzer
Publisher, HealthNewsReview.org and Health News Watchdog blog.6,646 followers | Follow
Julie Deardorff
Health and fitness writer/Chicago Tribune. Exercise fanatic. Green living, nutrition, environment, child health. I'm a mom, yogi, runner, Ironman triathlete.6,281 followers | Follow
HealthMap.org
Public website bringing together disparate data sources to achieve a unified view of the current global state of infectious diseases6,151 followers | Follow
Ben Hirschler
Pharma, health and science correspondent for Reuters in London. Any opinions are mine.5,922 followers | Follow
Reporting on Health
ReportingonHealth.org offers professional resources and online community for journalists covering health issues. We're nonprofit, nonpartisan and educational.5,828 followers | Follow
Pia Christensen
Hot health headlines and other news from the Association of Health Care Journalists.5,568 followers | Follow
Katie Hobson
WSJ Health Blogger, running fiend, and Nutella fan extraordinaire.5,412 followers | Follow
Ann Douglas
Toronto Star columnist. Also tweet @anndouglas. 10th anniversary edition of The Mother of All Pregnancy Books now avail in Canada. Coming to US in '12.5,297 followers | Follow
Nancy Shute
Science and medical writer, I blog and report for NPR, Scientific American, National Geographic. President, National Association of Science Writers.5,260 followers | Follow
Miriam E. Tucker
Medical & public health journalist / Diabetes patient-expert / Senior Writer with Elsevier's International Medical News Group (@MedicalNewsNet).4,603 followers | Follow
Deborah Blum
Book author (The Poisoner's Handbook). Blogger (Speakeasy Science). Journalist. Professor (The University of Wisconsin). Chemistry Geek (Total).4,429 followers | Follow
Liz Scherer
Flasher, interactive health wordsmith, journo/reporter, health 2.0'er, women's health advocate former N'Yorker gone DC, reveler, rebel.4,305 followers | Follow
Fern Cohen
disabled [ALS] writer, rabbit rescue, healthy eating, Love my rabbit, chocolate, red wine, tea, marzipan, Starbucks, indie film, good food, art.4,285 followers | Follow
Jeffrey Young
Health care reporter for @HuffPostBiz. Email me! jeffrey[dot]young[at]huffingtonpost[dot]com4,002 followers | Follow
Pauline Chen
doctor, author (FINAL EXAM), New York Times online columnist ("Doctor and Patient")3,776 followers | Follow
Bruce Japsen
Health care reporter writing and explaining insurance coverage, drugs, stem cells, doctors, hospitals and Obama's policies3,630 followers | Follow
Kim Painter
I'm a veteran USA Today health writer. Check out my morning health updates at our Healthy Perspective blog.3,532 followers | Follow
Maggie Fox
Technology and Healthcare managing editor at National Journal; science junkie3,183 followers | Follow
julie rovner
health reporter/horse person/corgi owner; retweets not an endorsement (mostly things I find amusing and think you might, too)3,013 followers | Follow
Emily Anthes
Freelance science writer specializing in all things biological--neuroscience, genetics, health, evolution, ecology, and more.2,793 followers | Follow
Carol Torgan, Ph.D.
Health scientist, eHealth strategist, science translator; spanning from lab bench to park bench.2,712 followers | Follow
Steve Mirsky
Editor, columnist and podcaster for Scientific American @sciam magazine. Opinions expressed are my own and are subject to revision with new information.2,696 followers | Follow
Peter Janiszewski
PhD | Writer | Scientist | Blogger | Digital Nomad | Musician | Exercise Addict | World Traveler. Blogs: Obesity Panacea/ PhD Nomads/ Science of Blogging2,652 followers | Follow
TravisSaunders
PhD Candidate, Obesity Researcher and Certified Exercise Physiologist. I blog at the PLoS, tweets are mine.2,627 followers | Follow
Cristine Russell
Science, environment, health writer/CJR.org & Atlantic.com; Council for the Advancement of Science Writing (CASW) president; Harvard Kennedy School fellow2,379 followers | Follow
Christine Gorman
Health/Medicine editor at Scientific American. NYU adjunct on press ethics. Other: global health, learning networks, nursing, theology. All views are my own.2,304 followers | Follow
Melinda Wenner Moyer
Journalist with a focus on health & policy; CUNY adjunct professor; PLoS blogger; new mom. I write for SciAm, Nature Medicine, Slate, Glamour.2,204 followers | Follow
Mary Knudson
Author, health journalist/blogger, teach writing at Johns Hopkins, care about journalism standards, love baseball and critters.2,178 followers | Follow
William Heisel
Longtime investigative health reporter spreads the word on quality, ingenuity and accountability.1,854 followers | Follow
Alicia Ault
Ink-stained health and medical writer attempting a new medium with a snappy message.1,824 followers | Follow
Shannon Pettypiece
Bloomberg TV reporter. Focus on health care, biotech, pharmaceuticals. U of M grad. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Shannon-Pettypiece-Bloomberg-TV/161431977255661,516 followers | Follow
Rebecca Ruiz
Senior editor for @msnbc_travel. Lifelong soccer player. Former Forbes staff writer (health & travel). Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Journalism Fellow.1,506 followers | Follow
Felice J. Freyer
Health care writer,Providence Journal. Board member, Association of Health Care Journalists. Open government advocate. Union activist. Skeptic. Enthusiast.1,499 followers | Follow
Paul Raeburn
Knight Tracker; author of the forthcoming book Do Fathers Matter, Discover mag contributor. To write, to travel, to plant, to sing...and to be friendly.1,399 followers | Follow
rachel&carey
@WBUR blog, co-hosted by Carey Goldberg and Rachel Zimmerman, covering health care, personal health, medical research, payment reform and more.1,237 followers | Follow
Laura Newman
I am a long-time writer who covers health policy, the medical industry, and what matters to patients.1,032 followers | Follow
Martine Ehrenclou
Author of Critical Conditions and The Take-Charge Patient. Lecture and publish on patient safety/advocacy. CriticalConditions.com and TheTakeChargePatient.com1,015 followers | Follow
January W. Payne
@TMGMedia Managing Editor overseeing Lupus Now & HemAware magazines & www.hemaware.org. Interests: health, medicine, social media, technology, lupus, hemophilia987 followers | Follow
Sandra A. Swanson
Freelance journalist. Covers science, technology, and shiny things. Enjoys loitering at intersection of science and pop culture.765 followers | Follow
Shannon Brownlee
Senior Research Fellow, New America Foundation, and author of Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine is Making Us Sicker and Poorer706 followers | Follow
Ceci Connolly
Everything you need to know about the national debate on health care reform.560 followers | Follow
David Levine
Freelance health/medical writer and co-chairman of Science Writers in New York (SWINY)332 followers | Follow
Ashraf Amin
Science Editor @ Al-Ahram Newspaper.Trainer. Editor of the book Letters from Egypt. Interested in health,science & social media.234 followers | Follow
Robin Marantz Henig
Freelance writer, book author, next book being written with my daughter Samantha, to be called TWENTYSOMETHING177 followers | Follow
