Michael Waldholz most recently served for six years as managing editor at Bloomberg News/Businessweek,following his 25-year career as a writer, editor, and bureau chief at the Wall Street Journal. At Bloomberg, he was responsible for news coverage related to health care and science, including the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, health insurance, medical services, public health, and health policy. Mr. Waldholz is the author of the book Curing Cancer, and a co-author of Genome. He was awarded the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for national reporting for his stories on the breakthrough in AIDS medicines.
Michael Waldholz
Medical Science Writer and Media Consultant
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