Matthew Russell

Matthew Russell

Matthew Russell is a West Michigan native and with a background in journalism, data analysis, cartography and design thinking. He likes to learn new things and solve old problems whenever possible, and enjoys bicycling, spending time with his daughters, and coffee.

Articles by Matthew Russell

Side-by-side image showing a mother writing while holding a phone and comforting her sleeping child, next to the CDC headquarters sign at the Edward R. Roybal Campus.

Cancer Care And Outbreak Defense Jeopardized After Sudden CDC Purge

America’s disease watchdog just lurched through mass firings, walk-backs, and a leadership vacuum—right as respiratory season ramps up. Outbreak tracking, vaccine guidance, and the data that drive cancer screening programs...

Cancer Care And Outbreak Defense Jeopardized After Sudden CDC Purge

America’s disease watchdog just lurched through mass firings, walk-backs, and a leadership vacuum—right as respiratory season ramps up. Outbreak tracking, vaccine guidance, and the data that drive cancer screening programs...

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A Silent Parasite Is Taking The Lives Of Healthy Dogs Without Warning And It's Spreading

A nightly visitor leaves more than a bite. Kissing bugs can seed a parasite that hides for months, then shreds a dog’s heart. Coughing, fainting, a swollen belly—by the time...

A Silent Parasite Is Taking The Lives Of Healthy Dogs Without Warning And It's Spreading

A nightly visitor leaves more than a bite. Kissing bugs can seed a parasite that hides for months, then shreds a dog’s heart. Coughing, fainting, a swollen belly—by the time...

Three dolphins gliding beneath the ocean’s surface, illuminated by soft sunlight filtering through the water above.

Toxic Blooms Are Hijacking Dolphin Brains and Pushing Them Onto Beaches With Alzheimer’s-Like Symptoms

Dolphins washing ashore in Florida aren’t just lost—they’re showing Alzheimer’s-like brain damage.

Toxic Blooms Are Hijacking Dolphin Brains and Pushing Them Onto Beaches With Alzheimer’s-Like Symptoms

Dolphins washing ashore in Florida aren’t just lost—they’re showing Alzheimer’s-like brain damage.

A Supernova’s Fingerprint In Our Seas Raises Chilling Questions On Planetary History

A Supernova’s Fingerprint In Our Seas Raises Chilling Questions On Planetary History

A strange clue is hidden in the crust at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean—a sudden spike in a rare element called beryllium-10 that appeared about 10 million years ago....

A Supernova’s Fingerprint In Our Seas Raises Chilling Questions On Planetary History

A strange clue is hidden in the crust at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean—a sudden spike in a rare element called beryllium-10 that appeared about 10 million years ago....

Broken metal barrels rest on the seafloor, now covered in bright yellow coral and marine life, surrounded by clear blue water and patches of sand.

Ghostly Barrels Are Turning The Deep Into Dead Zones, But What Is In Them?

Off Los Angeles, corroding barrels sit 3,000 feet down—and many glow with white “halos.” Tests near these rings hit an extreme pH around 12. Most life cannot survive there.

Ghostly Barrels Are Turning The Deep Into Dead Zones, But What Is In Them?

Off Los Angeles, corroding barrels sit 3,000 feet down—and many glow with white “halos.” Tests near these rings hit an extreme pH around 12. Most life cannot survive there.

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High-Altitude Solar Farms In China Match The Output Of A Megadam In Weeks Not Years

China’s solar revolution isn’t happening in its cities—it’s happening above the clouds. On the Tibetan Plateau, colossal solar farms now generate in just three weeks the power once produced by...

High-Altitude Solar Farms In China Match The Output Of A Megadam In Weeks Not Years

China’s solar revolution isn’t happening in its cities—it’s happening above the clouds. On the Tibetan Plateau, colossal solar farms now generate in just three weeks the power once produced by...