👤 Melody Schreiber

12 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
12
2026-09-07 – 2026-10-19
Claims per article
47
566 extracted in total
Hedged claims
10%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
6,975
characters
Writes for The Guardian.
Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty (“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is not a fault: it is often careful sourcing. How these are measured.

What they cover

Health
83%
Politics
17%
Most-tagged topics
CDCAmericansAfricanDanishDepartment of Health and Human ServicesGuinea-BissauHHSMaha

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
3 scored articles; a leaning average needs at least 8 before it says more about the writer than about which stories they happened to be assigned. Their outlet averages -0.30 (leans left).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-09-25 · The Guardian · Politics
Removal of 760,000 people from ACA marketplace could undermine US health system
10 outlets covered this event
2026-09-17 · The Guardian · Health
RFK Jr promises anti-vaxxers a ‘friend at the White House’ amid deadly measles outbreak
6 outlets covered this event
2026-10-19 · The Guardian · Health
Third Ebola case in Kenya highlights US failures amid Trump cuts to key services
2 outlets covered this event · leans strongly left
2026-09-07 · The Guardian · Health
‘Nakedly political’: US attempts to link trans support to authoritarianism in new health department report
2 outlets covered this event
2026-10-14 · The Guardian · Health
Guinea-Bissau denies it has approved controversial vaccine trial in newborns
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans strongly left
2026-10-12 · The Guardian · Health
Anti-vaxxers target Texas measles doctors to cast doubt on deaths amid outbreak
no other outlet in the corpus covered this

What they said would happen

2026-09-07 · The Guardian
‘Nakedly political’: US attempts to link trans support to authoritarianism in new health department report
🔮 Patients on Medicaid and government insurance plans have also been blocked from accessing care, and a proposed rule would block any health system offering gender-affirming care from receiving federal funding. assertive
2026-09-12 · The Guardian
US scientists turn to chickens to sound the alarm as West Nile cases rise
🔮 The chickens could also be tested for other mosquito-borne illnesses if they emerge. assertive
2026-09-13 · The Guardian
Food-borne illnesses, funding cuts and layoffs: Maha movement’s glaring limitations are now showing
🔮 “The policies that we’re enacting are the exact opposite policies one might look to to help people eat healthier,” said Jessica Knurick, a science communicator and registered dietitian with a PhD in nutrition science. assertive
2026-09-14 · The Guardian
Trump administration changes how it counts measles deaths amid Pennsylvania outbreak
🔮 “CDC will report measles deaths if and when the National Center for Health Statistics reports measles as the underlying cause of death,” said Emily Hilliard, a US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) spokesperson. assertive
2026-09-16 · The Guardian
Abortion bans make ‘evidence-based medicine’ impossible in some cases, new report says
🔮 One of the specialists said, “You may still be able to explore termination – if you’re able to travel.” assertive
2026-09-17 · The Guardian
RFK Jr promises anti-vaxxers a ‘friend at the White House’ amid deadly measles outbreak
🔮 He urged patience, saying that he would’ve made sweeping changes “on day one” but that he had to follow the law in order to make permanent change. assertive
2026-09-25 · The Guardian
Removal of 760,000 people from ACA marketplace could undermine US health system
🔮 “These are not real people,” he said, claiming that expelling them from the ACA marketplace would save the federal government $2.2bn. assertive
2026-10-04 · The Guardian
JD Vance flexing Maha connections as he eyes 2028 election
🔮 While Maha appears to be fracturing in favor of corporations, it could still prove a powerful movement for Vance, Caplan said: “If he can get half of what Trump got, even if there’s a split, he’s doing well.” assertive
2026-10-09 · The Guardian
Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau
🔮 A controversial research trial that will withhold hepatitis B vaccines from some African newborns was given approval to move forward this week. assertive
2026-10-12 · The Guardian
Anti-vaxxers target Texas measles doctors to cast doubt on deaths amid outbreak
🔮 Doctors soon put her on a ventilator, snaking a thick tube down the child’s throat so a machine could breathe for her; they placed IVs to rehydrate her tiny body and they prescribed antibiotics for any bacterial infections that may have taken hold in the weeks she had spent at home battling measles. But it was too late. assertive
2026-10-14 · The Guardian
Guinea-Bissau denies it has approved controversial vaccine trial in newborns
🔮 Guinea-Bissau has not approved the controversial hepatitis B study in newborns that would be funded by the US government and private partners, the African country’s minister of health said on Tuesday. assertive
2026-10-19 · The Guardian
Third Ebola case in Kenya highlights US failures amid Trump cuts to key services
🔮 The US created a controversial quarantine center at Kenya’s Laikipia air base, where Americans returning from the Democratic Republic of the Congo would be required to quarantine. assertive
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