Aimee Cunningham

Aimee Cunningham

Biomedical Writer

Biomedical writer Aimee Cunningham is on her second tour at Science News. From 2005 to 2007, she covered chemistry, environmental science, biology and materials science for Science News.  Between stints Aimee was a freelance writer for outlets such as NPR and Scientific American Mind. She has a degree in English from the University of Michigan and a master’s degree in science journalism from New York University. She received the 2019 Award for Excellence in Science and Medical Journalism from the Endocrine Society for the article "Hormone replacement makes sense for some menopausal women."

All Stories by Aimee Cunningham

  1. Health & Medicine

    The appendix is implicated in Parkinson’s disease

    Removal of the appendix reduced the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease, an analysis of nearly 1.7 million health records in Sweden suggests.

  2. Health & Medicine

    What the approval of the new flu drug Xofluza means for you

    Xofluza, the first flu antiviral to be approved in 20 years, works differently from other flu drugs.

  3. Health & Medicine

    Teens use Juul e-cigarettes much more often than other vaping products

    Such devices are more popular among youth than other e-cigarettes or regular cigarettes, a study finds.

  4. Health & Medicine

    New therapies pack a triple-drug punch to treat cystic fibrosis

    In testing, a triple-drug therapy significantly improved lung function in cystic fibrosis patients with the most common disease-causing mutation.

  5. Health & Medicine

    A mysterious polio-like disease has sickened as many as 127 people in the U.S.

    Medical experts are trying to trace the cause of 62 confirmed cases of acute flaccid myelitis this year.

  6. Life

    Explore the history of blood from vampires to the ‘Menstrual Man’

    Rose George’s book ‘Nine Pints’ offers readers an engaging and insightful cultural and scientific history of blood.

  7. Health & Medicine

    Hundreds of dietary supplements are tainted with potentially harmful drugs

    Most dietary supplements tainted with pharmaceutical drugs were marketed for sexual enhancement, weight loss or muscle building.

  8. Health & Medicine

    Nearly 2 million U.S. adult nonsmokers vape

    A new study finds that an estimated 1.9 million U.S. adult nonsmokers use e-cigarettes, highlighting worries that the devices are addictive.

  9. Health & Medicine

    City size and structure may influence influenza epidemics

    The size and structure of cities helps shape the progression of new influenza cases during a flu season, a new study finds.

  10. Health & Medicine

    Discovery of how to prod a patient’s immune system to fight cancer wins a Nobel

    Two scientists share the 2018 medicine Nobel for identifying proteins that act as brakes on tumor-fighting T cells.

  11. Life

    Cancer immunotherapy wins the 2018 medicine Nobel Prize

    Therapies that unleash immune system brakes against cancer have earned the 2018 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine.

  12. Health & Medicine

    The CDC says 80,000 people died from the flu last year

    The 2017-2018 flu season was one of the deadliest on record for the United States.