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Sarah Hofmann

Sarah Hofmann

Sarah is a New York City-based journalist and writer. She’s especially interested in stories about public health topics, and the science, people and policies that shape them.

A shoreline with the NYC skyline in the distance.

Digging up the past at Dead Horse Bay

 Environment
• March 12, 2026

The Brooklyn beach was closed in 2020 after radiological contamination was found. What's happened since?

Illustration of Nobel Prize winners Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi.

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to three scientists for their immune research

 Blogs
• October 6, 2025

The scientists’ identification of regulatory T cells furthered understanding of the immune system

 
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