Rae Ellen Bichell
Rae Ellen Bichell reports for the Mountain West News Bureau out of KUNC in Colorado.
Before joining the team, she covered everything from Ebola to butterfly evolution and space toilets as a science reporter for NPR. She also tried freelancing for a couple years in Helsinki, Finland, originally under a Fulbright grant.
Now based in northern Colorado, she spends her free time reading, playing indoor soccer (not very well) and doing a crazy sport called canyoneering.
You can reach Rae Ellen at rae.bichell@kunc.org.
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Twelve children, many showing mild symptoms or none at all, brought the virus home, infecting at least a dozen more people. One parent ended up in the hospital. -
Colorado researchers weigh in on the FDA's suggestion that it could make a vaccine against COVID-19 available before phase 3 of clinical trials are complete. -
A large group of outbreak specialists say there’s been a problematic silencing of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention during this pandemic. -
Colorado is the latest state in the Mountain West to issue a mask requirement, joining Nevada and New Mexico. -
This story was powered by America Amplified, a public radio initiative.With protesters taking to the streets nationwide to demand justice for George Floyd… -
Researchers have released a new guide for parents about how to keep their kids from being recruited by extremists online. -
This post was updated June 29, 2020 to include comments from Alexis Kalergis. A Colorado team says their work on a COVID-19 vaccine is progressing.... -
According to Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the nation has yet to exit the first wave of this... -
At a hearing last weekend about a Colorado bill on vaccination, Dr. Reginald Washington had originally planned to make several urgent points in support of the bill. -
Weekend protests drew crowds across the country including in the Mountain West, from hundreds in Boise and Reno to thousands in Denver. Some city...
