Rae Ellen Bichell
Rae Ellen Bichell is a reporter for NPR's Science Desk. She first came to NPR in 2013 as a Kroc fellow and has since reported Web and radio stories on biomedical research, global health, and basic science. She won a 2016 Michael E. DeBakey Journalism Award from the Foundation for Biomedical Research. After graduating from Yale University, she spent two years in Helsinki, Finland, as a freelance reporter and Fulbright grantee.
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A group of chemicals called PFAS are common in firefighting foams, as well as household products like rain jackets, pizza boxes and non-stick pots and...
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Colorado's poised to put the question of wolf reintroduction on the November ballot. One unanswered question is how the predators might affect the...
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Three children are being treated at a Denver-area hospital for measles, adding to the more than 1,200 cases of the disease reported this year nationwide...
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This post was updated at 8:30 p.m. with additional information. About 60 people gathered at the Colorado Capitol Monday for the third and final day of a...
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Nationwide, more and more people are surviving childhood. But researchers found those improvements might not be as big in rural areas. A report last...
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Researchers from a number of states, including Idaho, Colorado and Nevada, have found that grazing does not help get rid of cheatgrass, a highly...
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A report out this week found that people seeking mental health treatment go out-of-network more than they do for primary care. Essentially, that means...
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Senators from Colorado and Nevada are among those sponsoring a bill aimed at reducing firefighters’ exposure to potentially harmful chemicals. Earlier...
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Update November 15, 2019 at 3:30p.m.: According to Travis Duncan with Colorado Parks and Wildlife: "The commission voted to dismiss both citizen...
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Researchers writing in the journal Science found that when kids get measles, it can cause “amnesia” in the immune system. In much of the Mountain West,...