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Freelance Medical Writer and Editor | Bookworm | Communicating science well--for healthy people and a healthy planet 🌳

Jennifer Holmes

I’m back at my desk today after vacation in new favorite places. I’m recharged after soaking up city life in Montréal and mountain time in Stowe, Vermont. Do you take time to recharge your #freelancelife? Here’s your reminder!

Hey, fellow freelance editors! Join the chat today about branding for your business. What's your niche? How do you stand out? #amediting #FreelanceFriends

I love my clients! I was delighted to receive a Starbucks gift card today after finishing a huge grant edit with a note reading “We could not be happier to work with you” #amediting #freelancelife

Overcast days create #negativespace. A brown pelican on a channel marker for #birdoftheday

On Florida, from THE ORCHID THIEF, by Susan Orlean: “It has been added to, subtracted from, drained, ditched, paved, dredged, irrigated, cultivated, wrested from the wild, restored to the wild, flooded, platted, set on fire.” #SundaySentence

Bemotrizinol, which will be available in August, is the first new FDA-approved over-the-counter (OTC) sunscreen ingredient since 1999. Yes, mom, I'm wearing sunscreen. #publichealth www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

These UC Davis researchers trained a GPT model to make “small, practical changes to improve nutritional quality”. I like the idea of using AI to tweak a few ingredients to make a meal more healthy. #nutrition #sciencesky medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05...

UF researchers are working on a model to predict Vibrio levels and risk. The article gives an informative, rounded overview of risks. www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2026/05/23/a... #publichealth

Tini the turtle, the first known olive ridley sea turtle to nest in Florida 🌊 #naturesky ecbs12.com/news/local/r...

With Ebola impacting parts of Africa, and all the travel bans, I can already see stigmatizing language in the media Journalists must do better and this essay offers some tips (with Annalisa Merelli) 10 best practices for equitable global health journalism qz.com/10-best-prac...

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If journalists want to help make global health more inclusive, they can start with these guidelines

qz.com

10 best practices for equitable global health journalism

www.northcarolinahealthnews.org

Warming ocean waters are priming beaches and raw shellfish for Vibrio. Scientists are trying to stay one step ahead.

An artificial intelligence framework that suggests just one to three ingredient swaps can make meals meaningfully more nutritious and less expensive, according to a new study published in PLOS Digital...

medicalxpress.com

A deadly bacteria is creeping up the Atlantic Coast. How worried should you be?

AI suggests simple food swaps to make meals healthier and cheaper

Researchers with Loggerhead Marinelife Center have documented what they say is the first known olive ridley sea turtle nest in Florida.

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Rare olive ridley sea turtle nest documented in Florida for the first time

Q1: When you promote your freelance services/products, do you have a unique slant? What's your branding or differentiation that makes you stand out as the one to hire? Serving a niche audience? Your credentials? #FreelanceFriends

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