Dana Smith

When I started blogging about science as a graduate student over a decade ago, never in my wildest dreams did I think that I would end up at @nytimes. Thrilled to be joining the Well desk as a reporter covering brain health and longevity! nytco.com/press/well-ann…

@AgrawalNina @nytimes Welcome!! So excited you’re joining the team!

I am so excited to share the news that I'm joining the @nytimes as a health reporter covering chronic diseases: nytco.com/press/nina-agr…

@ElizabethAngell I'm so sorry. You did excellent work there and were a pleasure to write for

@jesslahey @RSAposts Thank you!!!

Congratulations to @SmithDanaG for winning the @RSAposts 2024 Media Award for "...the ability of science writers to expertly interpret difficult-to-understand scientific findings for a broad audience of non-scientists." YAY!!!!!

Does caloric restriction or intermittent fasting promote longevity in people? A good front page @nytimes review of the data nytimes.com/2024/04/24/wel… by @SmithDanaG

@ZTracer @statnews Congratulations!

Excited to share that I'm joining @statnews to run business & policy coverage. I've long admired (and envied) STAT's great reporting, and I can't wait to get started. statnews.com/new-leadership…

On science of aging, front page @nytimes nytimes.com/2024/03/20/wel… by @SmithDanaG

@ZTracer Fuck. Really sorry to hear this Zach

Today's my last day at Business Insider. I've had an incredible time leading BI's healthcare coverage over the past 5 years, and was excited to start with the investigations team this month. I'll be rooting for both groups of incredibly talented reporters from afar.

@kimseverson Thank you! I've never seen a more relatable location descriptor than your bio

Welcome to the dollhouse!

Do nasal sprays vs Covid work? nytimes.com/2023/09/28/wel… by @SmithDanaG we don't really know

Covid and the heart, in today's @NYTScience nytimes.com/2023/09/07/wel… by @SmithDanaG with many good points

@meganmorrone Yay congrats!!

💫 finally some personal news 💫 I am beyond excited.

@n_vpatel @nytopinion Congratulations!

a little news I'm stoked to finally share: next week I start as a staff editor at @nytopinion! I'll be working to commission and edit guest essays for health and science. nytco.com/press/neel-pat…

The front page of tomorrow's @dailytarheel – I shed many tears while typing up these heart-wrenching text messages sent and received by UNC students yesterday. Our campus was on lockdown for more than three hours. Beyond proud of this cover and the team behind it.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was under a shelter-in-place order on Monday afternoon after the school warned that an “armed, dangerous person” was on campus, saying that a suspect was still at large. nyti.ms/3YSlIZQ

On 1 print page in today's @NYTScience, 2 good articles —On the EG.5 variant nytimes.com/2023/08/11/wel… —On delaying boosters until the new XBB.1.5 is available (should be in ~3 weeks) nytimes.com/article/covid-… by @SmithDanaG w/ @trvrb @PaulSaxMD @boulware_dr @andrewpekosz

@Paleophile @TRyanGregory Everything I’ve heard suggests tests (rapid antigen and PCR) are still effective against the new variants

"Eris" and "FLip mutations" in the New York Times. nytimes.com/2023/08/11/wel…

Coverage of the EG.5 and FLip variants, @nytimes nytimes.com/2023/08/11/wel…, excerpt below. by @SmithDanaG w/@trvrb @andrewpekosz “I’m generally very concerned about the overall rate of evolution for #SARSCoV2” —@trvrb

If you prefer scary news in audio format, I'm also on The Daily today talking about the dangers of extreme heat nytimes.com/2023/08/10/pod…

Growing up in hot, humid NC, I knew heat could be unpleasant, but I didn't understand how dangerous it actually was. Reporting this story about how heat kills (multi-system organ failure) was a real eye opener nytimes.com/interactive/20…