Stephanie Soucheray, MA

News Reporter

Stephanie Soucheray is a news reporter for CIDRAP News. She received her masters in medical and science journalism from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, where she completed a thesis on the business of global health in the 21st century. She has written for a number of universities and publications, including Yale University, Duke University, UNC-Chapel Hill, North Carolina Health News, and the Raleigh News & Observer. Her interests lie in emerging infectious diseases, maternal and child health, HIV, and the history of medicine. 

Recent stories by Stephanie Soucheray, MA

Avian flu detections drop across the US

The Dakotas have had the most poultry outbreaks in April.

Stephanie Soucheray

Quick takes: Appeal to ruling halting vaccine changes, Bhattacharya defends nixing study, hantavirus case in Nevada

Several anonymous CDC employees said earlier that Bhattacharya blocked publication of a report on COVID vaccine protection as a political move.

Stephanie Soucheray
backyard birds

WHO reports H5N1 death among variant zoonotic flu cases seen this year

Of the 5 H9N2 avian flu cases, 4 were from China and 1 was reported in Italy.

Stephanie Soucheray

RFK Jr holding up distribution of $600 million in vaccines to foreign nations: report

Gavi said it has not received any funding for this year or last year.

Stephanie Soucheray

Study: Universal COVID screening among hospitalized patients has unintended consequences

Half of patients with a false-positive test experienced unnecessary isolation.

Stephanie Soucheray

Hepatitis B and C claimed 1.3 million lives in 2024, WHO reports

An estimated 1.1 million people died from hepatitis B and 240,000 from hepatitis C in 2024.

Stephanie Soucheray
child with measles

South Carolina measles outbreak ends as US cases near 1,800

At 997 cases, the South Carolina outbreak was the largest the US has seen in 35 years.

Stephanie Soucheray

CDC confirms new Salmonella outbreak linked to backyard poultry

So far 13 people have been hospitalized in the 13-state outbreak, but no deaths have been reported. 

Stephanie Soucheray
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