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Ashley Okwuosa

Reporter

Ashley Okwuosa is a reporter on the public health beat based in Toronto. Her stories on immigration, education, politics, and more have been published in The Boston Globe, The Christian Science Monitor, WNYC, Quartz, The Narwhal and others.

She is a graduate of the Columbia Journalism School where she was a recipient of the African Pulitzer fellowship.

Ashley is a 2022 National Magazine Award nominee, and was previously a grantee at The Brown Institute for Media Innovation where she helped build a database of maternal health interventions implemented in Nigeria over the last 30 years.

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Industrial pollution
Highly Legal

Sales of delta-8 and other hemp products are booming. Here’s what to know.

Marijuana for recreational use remains outlawed in half of the U.S. — yet it is easy to buy gummies, vapes and other products that deliver a high in many of those same states.

April 18, 2024
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Industrial pollution
Highly Legal

Sales of delta-8 and other hemp products have soared. So have calls to poison control centers.

 As a new kind of legal weed takes the U.S. by storm, regulators, law enforcement and even industry voices are calling for more oversight.

April 18, 2024
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Big tobacco

What to know about the global tobacco control treaty

Twenty years on, the landmark Framework Convention on Tobacco Control has changed tobacco policy across the world — but still faces fierce industry resistance.   

September 28, 2023
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How corporate behavior shapes our health

Poor health is often blamed on personal choices. But business activity – and lack of accountability – often have much to do with it, says Kelley Lee, an expert on 'commercial determinants of health'.

September 13, 2023