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Roz Plater

Roz Plater is an Emmy Award-winning journalist and adjunct journalism professor. She has more than two decades of experience as a television news reporter and has won multiple awards for her work. Her master’s degree in journalism is from the University of Missouri. Roz has been a contributing writer for Healthline for more than four years. One of her articles on the COVID-19 pandemic was included in the pleadings of a California case before the U.S. Supreme Court. Her interest in health and science began in college. Her first career was as an emergency room nurse. You can follow her at LinkedIn.

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