Karen Barrow is a health and science writer based in New York City. She is a Senior Staff Editor for Well of The New York Times and reports on healthy living and consumer health issues. She holds a master’s in biomedical journalism from New York University and a bachelor’s degree in biology from Cornell University.

Karen Barrow
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