Not a Doctor covers health, science, technology and more through a personal and practical lens.

Not a Doctor is written by me, Melody Schreiber, a journalist based in the Washington, D.C., area.

I’m a regular contributor to the Guardian US and a columnist for The New Republic, and my articles have also been published by The Washington Post, NPR, STAT News, New York, Wired, The Atlantic, and elsewhere.

I’m the editor of What We Didn’t Expect: Personal Stories About Premature Birth, published by Melville House.

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