--- title: Alice Park | TIME description: Park is a senior health correspondent at TIME. She covers the COVID-19 pandemic, new drug developments in cancer and Alzheimer’s disease, mental health, HIV, CRISPR, and advances in gene therapy, among other issues in health and science. She also covers the Olympics and co-chaired TIME’s inaugural TIME 100 Health Summit in 2019. Her work has won awards from the New York Press Club and recognition from the Deadline Club. In addition, she is the author of The Stem Cell Hope: How Stem Cell Medicine Can Change Our Lives. Follow her on Instagram at @aliceparktime. canonical: https://time.com/author/alice-park/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. 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She covers the COVID-19 pandemic, new drug developments in cancer and Alzheimer’s disease, mental health, HIV, CRISPR, and advances in gene therapy, among other issues in health and science. She also covers the Olympics and co-chaired TIME’s inaugural TIME 100 Health Summit in 2019\. Her work has won awards from the New York Press Club and recognition from the Deadline Club. In addition, she is the author of [_The Stem Cell Hope: How Stem Cell Medicine Can Change Our Lives_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0452297966/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=time037-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0452297966&linkId=2dfae52d933abccc32a8314e3f8bca83). Follow her on Instagram at [@aliceparktime](http://instagram.com/aliceparktime).  ## Alice Park  ### Health Matters Weekdays Stay up-to-date on the latest health news, and get expert advice on living well. 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