Dr. Anya Kulkarni

I’m a health reporter currently working with Bright Times News, where I cover medical research and public health stories for general audiences. I focus on making complex health topics clear, accurate, and responsible for readers. My reporting includes medical developments, disease outbreaks, public health emergencies, and health policy. I have a background in life sciences and a Master of Public Health (MPH), which helps me approach health journalism with a strong, research-driven, and public-interest lens.
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Tobacco Causes 3.3M Cancer Cases Yearly, WHO Analysis Shows

GENEVA — Tobacco smoking causes 3.3 million new cancer cases globally each year, making it the single largest preventable cancer risk factor worldwide, according...

UCSF Maps 260K Orphan RNAs as Cancer Barcodes in Blood

SAN FRANCISCO — University of California San Francisco researchers systematically mapped more than 260,000 orphan non-coding RNAs across 32 cancer types, creating digital molecular...