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Liz Szabo

@LizSzabo · Washington, D.C. · joined 17 Jun 2009

Veteran health reporter, winner of Victor Cohn Award, @HeadlinerAwards, two @PressClubDC awards. Now writing for @NYTimes, @NBCNews, @SciAm, @AARP. She/her.

64 026Followers
37 900Following
135 381Posts total
19.7KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

4 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.

Median views1 288this account2 043median for 10K–100K
Reach, %2.01%this account6.16%median for 10K–100K
Engagement, %0.81%this account1.59%median for 10K–100K
MetricThis accountMedian for 10K–100KRatio
Median views per post1 2882 0430.63×
Reach (views ÷ followers)2.01%6.16%0.33×
Engagement rate0.81%1.59%0.51×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

8.3K29 May
6430 May
26421 Jun
1524 Sep
70931 May
453
7K8 Jun
686
1.9K9 Jun
38910 Jun

Last 10 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.47%29 May
0.00%30 May
0.76%21 Jun
0.00%24 Sep
0.28%31 May
0.22%
0.36%8 Jun
0.00%
1.27%9 Jun
1.54%10 Jun

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.59%.

What the audience does

Likes59.1%65 in total
Reposts17.3%19 in total
Replies5.5%6 in total
Quotes8.2%9 in total
Bookmarks10.0%11 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

Latest posts

HPV vaccines allow nations, states to set deadline for eliminating cervical cancer https://t.co/JlHJEFBZYz 389 views · 4 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 10 Jun 2026 ‘Something I’d never heard of almost killed me.’ Men face a rising threat from HPV-related cancers, especially HPV-related head and neck cancers. This is the 2nd story in our series about the 20th anniversary of the HPV vaccine, which prevents cancer. https://t.co/3supEXzkgN 1.9K views · 15 likes · 8 reposts · 0 replies 09 Jun 2026 @LizSzabo I met Erica—she was a phenomenal presence. She did so much to educate others with @HoosiersVax. It’s just incomprehensible that her brother-in-law is preventing his own children from getting the vaccine that could protect his own kids from the same fate. #VaccinesWork 686 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 08 Jun 2026 I’ve written hundreds of stories about cancer over the years. I was not prepared for how this one turned out. Like a punch to the gut. Two sisters, one virus: A family devastated by HPV | CIDRAP https://t.co/9OHS0WiGtc 7K views · 17 likes · 4 reposts · 2 replies 08 Jun 2026 I went to a really thought-provoking session at #HJ26 about seven common broadcast interviewing mistakes. In response, I’d like to offer this master class in keeping your cool and keeping your focus even when a source tries to change the subject and becomes hostile. 453 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 31 May 2026 https://t.co/JpC78kNzpF 709 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 31 May 2026 @LizSzabo @DrMeghanMcGarry On another note, studies showing a link between autism and acetaminophen is NOT unproven. You stated in your recent article it was unproven. Pregnant women should avoid acetaminophen especially in the later months of pregnancy unless they have a fever o 15 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 24 Sep 2025 @LizSzabo @DrMeghanMcGarry We’re doing everything we can at #CHLA to make certain this doesn’t happen to anyone. If you think, “Should I get the sweat test?” the answer is yes. Just do it. 264 views · 1 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 21 Jun 2024 @LizSzabo @DrMeghanMcGarry Thank you for writing this. 64 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 30 May 2024 “Parents are told, ‘Your child had a normal newborn screen. You are crazy.’ It’s becoming a barrier to care. That’s the opposite of what it was meant to be,” @DrMeghanMcGarry said. Why do so many families have to fight for a diagnosis? https://t.co/PyOCmorJku 8.3K views · 26 likes · 5 reposts · 3 replies 29 May 2024

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