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Mike Capuzzo

Mike Capuzzo is a reporter for The Defender. He is a former prize-winning reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Miami Herald, a science writer, and a regional magazine founding editor and publisher who has won more than 200 journalism awards as a writer, editor and publisher. A journalism graduate of Northwestern University with an MFA in nonfiction writing from Goucher College, he was nominated by his publishers six times for the Pulitzer Prize including for his New York Times nonfiction bestsellers “Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916” and “The Murder Room: The Heirs of Sherlock Holmes Gather to Solve the World's Most Perplexing Cold Cases.”

Mike Capuzzo's Posts:

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CHD Asks Appeals Court to Allow Lawsuit Challenging FDA’s Authorization of COVID Shots for Kids to Move Forward

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ChatGPT Misdiagnosed 83% of Children’s Health Conditions

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A Disabled Vet Combed Obituaries for the Words ‘Suddenly’ and ‘Unexpectedly’ — Here’s What He Found

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Disability Claims Among Women Shot Up 55% After Rollout of COVID Vaccines

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House Set to Grill Fauci Next Month — Will He Come Clean About COVID Origins?

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Canada Reports 300% Increase in ‘Unspecified Causes’ of Death, Sparking Calls for Investigation

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Pfizer, Moderna Spend Millions on Ads Featuring Catchy Phrases and Celebrities to Push COVID Shots

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New Report: Young People Dying of Cancer at ‘Explosive’ Rates, UK Government Data Show

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Landmark Lawsuit Alleging Medical Battery Killed 19-Year-Old With Down Syndrome Will Go to Trial

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Nebraska Collecting All Health Data on All Residents — Critics Call It a Step Toward National Digital ID

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D.C. Ends COVID Vaccine Mandates for Public Schools, But Officials Still Urge Parents to Get Kids Vaccinated

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Insurance Industry Execs ‘Alarmed’ by Surge in Deaths Among Young People — But Stop Short of Blaming COVID Shots

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The CDC Warns of RSV Shot Shortage for Infants, Says Pregnant Mothers Should Consider RSV Vaccine Instead

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40+ States Sue Over Facebook and Instagram ‘Addictive Features’ That Allegedly Exploit Kids, Teens

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White House Orchestrated Cover-Up of COVID Vaccine Heart Damage

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Google, Microsoft, Facebook Among Tech Giants Illegally Harvesting Private Health Information

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CDC Wants Pregnant Women to Get 4 Vaccines — More and More Women Are Saying ‘No’

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Scientists Used CRISPR Gene Editing to Make Chickens Resist Bird Flu — Here’s What Happened

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Critics Call Out Gates Foundation’s $40 Million ‘Gift’ to Build mRNA Vaccine Factories in Africa

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5 Takeaways From Washington Post’s Investigation Into Chronic Disease and Decline in U.S. Life Expectancy

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CHD Attorneys Head to Appeals Court to Stop ‘Dangerous’ COVID Vaccines for Children