As the 2020 pandemic raged (and continued in 2021 … and 2022 …), I was tapped by AARP to provide ongoing in-depth coverage on how the virus affects the most at-risk population: adults age 50-plus.
My work received multiple awards and recognitions, and my feature “The Back-to-Normal Health Plan,” which addresses health issues in an older population after a year of pandemic living, was a 2022 National Magazine Award finalist for service journalism. Read the story here — and others below.
Two Years of COVID: What’s Next? (AARP Bulletin Jan 2022 cover story)
Who Gets Infected — and Why? (AARP Bulletin May 2020 cover story)
Why Communities of Color Have Been Hit So Much Harder by COVID-19 (AARP Bulletin June 2020)
The Search for a COVID-19 Vaccine (AARP Bulletin Jul/Aug 2020)
Your COVID-19 Holiday Planner (AARP Bulletin Nov 2020)
6 Post-Pandemic Health Tests You Need to Try (AARP the Magazine Apr/May 2021)
Mike Zimmerman 