November 12, 2026 Edition: United States
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Naomi Okafor

Naomi Okafor

Health and science correspondent · Staff writer

Atlanta Age 37 12 All news

Naomi trained as an epidemiologist before moving into newsrooms during the 2014 Ebola outbreak. She covers public health, medicine and the science behind policy decisions, and insists on explaining the study design before the headline. She lives in Atlanta with a very old dog named Bishop.

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