Pam Belluck

Pam Belluck, an American journalist and author, is a health and science writer for The New York Times and author of the nonfiction book Island Practice, which is in development for a television series. Her honors include sharing a Pulitzer Prize and winning the Nellie Bly Award for Best Front Page Story.

Belluck’s coverage of the coronavirus pandemic has focused on the devastating effects of COVID-19 and the experience of COVID survivors, including long-term symptoms. She has written frequently about “long COVID” and brain-related conditions like delirium, psychosis and brain fog. She has also written about children’s experiences with COVID. Several of her coronavirus articles were honored with a 2020 Front Page Award from the Newswomen’s Club. Her coronavirus coverage has been featured on The Daily, the popular New York Times podcast, including episodes about a mysterious children’s inflammatory syndrome, the science of reopening schools and long COVID.

Belluck also writes about neuroscience, dementia, genetics, reproductive health, mental illness and other subjects. Her work on Ebola with several colleagues won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting and other awards. Her project about surgery for women traumatized by genital cutting won the 2019 Nellie Bly Award for Best Front Page Story, a 2020 New York Press Club Award and other honors.