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Rebecca Sohn

Rebecca Sohn is a freelance health and science writer. She has been an intern at CalMatters and at STAT as well as a science fellow at Mashable, and is a graduate of New York University’s Science, Health, and Environmental Reporting Program. Before that, Sohn attended Skidmore College, where she earned a B.A. in English and minored in music.

November 2023
A series of red pencils make three X shapes against a green background. The last X is only half completed by a single pencil that has been snapped in two.

Neuroscientist has two papers retracted, three corrected

by  /  2 November 2023

Five studies of Alzheimer’s disease or traumatic brain injury, all led by Gary Dunbar at Central Michigan University, have some form of image duplication.

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April 2022

Access to Medicaid waivers varies with race, age, region

by  /  22 April 2022

Black and Hispanic people with autism in North Carolina are 15 and 37 percent less likely, respectively, to receive a Medicaid waiver than their white counterparts are.

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September 2021
Person with documents and a green pen.

New screen assesses suicidality in autistic adults

by  /  22 September 2021

A short questionnaire created in consultation with autistic people is the first of its kind to accurately gauge suicidal thoughts and behaviors among adults on the spectrum.

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May 2021
brains of different sizes in colorful, radiant space with echoing shapes

Brain structures grow differently in boys, men with autism

by  /  19 May 2021

Autistic boys and men show notable differences in brain development, according to magnetic resonance imaging scans taken over a 16-year period.

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