Helen Branswell is a health reporter who focuses on infectious diseases and global health. Currently, she reports for Stat News.Prior to Stat News, Branswell spent fifteen years as a medical reporter and covered the Ebola, Zika, SARS and swine flu pandemics. She joined The Canadian Press in 1986 as London correspondent, and switched to medical reporting in 2000.Branswell received her B.A. in English Literature from the St. Thomas University in New Brunswick.