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Megan Thielking
Senior News Editor
Megan Thielking was a senior news editor at STAT, overseeing coverage on health tech and other subjects. She joined STAT at its founding in 2015 and was previously a reporter. Her writing has also appeared in Vox, Real Simple, Mental Floss, and other outlets. Megan is based in Boston but remains a diehard Midwesterner at heart.
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