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Jill Erzen

Jill Erzen is associate editor for The Defender. She earned her B.A. in journalism and English at the University of Iowa. She has 25 years of experience as a copy editor, copy desk chief and multimedia web editor for newspapers and online news publications. Jill lives in Iowa with her husband and four daughters. She joined The Defender in June 2025.

Jill Erzen's Posts:

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Nipah Virus Not Much of a Risk — Unless Humans Interfere, John Campbell Says

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Colorado, New Mexico Lawmakers Move to Control States’ Vaccine Guidelines

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‘Not Much We Can Do’: Vaccine Makers Lash Out at RFK Jr. as Sales Slide

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Oklahoma Mom Tells Trump: Dumping Sewage Sludge on Farmland Won’t Make America Healthy Again

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HHS to Study Cellphone Health Risks, as FDA Scrubs Online Safety Claims

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Watch: Hawaii Governor Declares ‘Disaster Emergency’ Over New COVID Vaccine Guidance for Kids

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AAP Ratchets Up Complaints Against RFK Jr.’s CDC Vaccine Panel in Updated Lawsuit

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‘Absolutely Criminal’: Mary Holland Slams FDA Failures After Leaked Memo Links COVID Shots to Child Deaths

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Big Food Engineered ‘Public Health Crisis,’ San Francisco Says In Lawsuit Targeting Ultraprocessed Food

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Colorado Medical School Will Pay $10.3 Million After Denying Religious Exemptions for COVID Vaccine

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Backed by Tech Billionaires, Silicon Valley Startup Quietly Weighs Plan to Make Genetically Engineered Babies

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Campbell’s Denies ‘Lab-Grown Meat’ Allegation After Leaked Recording Triggers Florida Investigation

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Pfizer, Tris Pharma Settle for $41.5 Million in Texas Case Over ‘Adulterated’ ADHD Drug

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He Walked Away From the World’s Best Restaurant. Now He’s Fixing School Lunch.

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UK Healthcare Workers Skip Flu Shots — It’s a ‘Verdict’ on Broken Trust, Says Russell Brand

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RFK Jr. Demands Global Phase-Out of Mercury in Vaccines

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What’s Missing From Mainstream Narrative on Rising Cancer Rates?

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They Tased His Dog, Hacked His Phone, Broke into His House — It Didn’t Stop Him From Telling the World What Really Happened in Wuhan

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‘Formal, Unequivocal Apologies’ Needed to Restore Public Trust After COVID Vaccine Mandates

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John Campbell, Jimmy Dore Slam ‘Wretched’ COVID Vaccines, Sound Alarm on Digital IDs

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‘An Everywhere Problem’: The Water Pollution Fueling Iowa’s Cancer Crisis Flows All the Way to the Gulf of Mexico

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‘Inside mRNA Vaccines’: New Film Explains How COVID Vaccines ‘Turned the Body Into a Factory, With No Clear Controls’

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Patients With Vaccine-Induced Long COVID ‘Don’t Seem to Be Improving’

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COVID Vaccine Linked to Sharp Rise in Cancer, Italian Researchers Find

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‘Medically Reckless’: AAP Pushes Mental Health Screenings for Kids as Young as 6 Months Old