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Amber Dance
Freelance science journalist
Amber Dance, Ph.D., is an award-winning freelance science journalist based in Southern California. She contributes to publications including PNAS Front Matter, The Scientist, and Nature. She also edits books on a variety of topics.
After earning a doctorate in biology, Amber Dance re-trained in journalism as a way to engage her broad interest in science and share her enthusiasm with readers. She mainly writes about life sciences, with particular expertise in microbiology, cell biology, neuroscience and lab techniques.
Articles
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For foster kids, lockdown begets 'perhaps irreversible damage;' young people can get seriously ill with COVID; younger kids could be vaccinated in fall; looking forward to back-to-school
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Examining LGBTQ pandemic health; labeling coronavirus variants; vaccinating the immunocompromised
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Hospital closures worsen disparities during pandemic; it's been a week for the lab-leak theory; do vaccines need a boost?
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6/9 Webinar: The vaccine tipping point; Latinos face barriers to vaccine; confusion from new CDC guidelines; virtual learning disastrous for special needs students
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May 19 webinar: Policing, Race, and Community Safety One Year After George Floyd; long COVID expected to hit communities of color harder; CDC breaks its conservative streak; journalists covering COVID beyond burned out
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Business owners of color less likely to benefit from federal aid, vaccination programs pivot with July 4 hopes, Pfizer vaccines for kids coming
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Renters struggle to access aid, at-home COVID tests finally take off, millions miss second shots
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Pandemic leaves unrecognized tribes behind, Johnson & Johnson vaccine is back, child care crisis hurts women, communities of color, and vaccine supply starts to overtake demand in the U.S.
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No ID, no vaccine, Johnson & Johnson vaccine in limbo, U.K. variant not quite so bad?
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Immigrants face 'stunningly huge' death risk, B.1.1.7 coronavirus variant now the dominant strain in the U.S., some universities to require vaccination from students