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Helen Branswell, 69, on Oct. 13 of cancer. Branswell, who originally hailed from Sherbrooke, Que., started freelancing for a small newspaper after graduating from St. Thomas University, which eventually led to a 30-year career with The Canadian Press (CP). Starting in 1986, Branswell first worked as a reporter-editor at CP’s Halifax bureau, then as a correspondent for CP in Calgary, covering local news, business, and sports, before going on to serve as a reporter and later editor with the Ottawa bureau from 1989 to 1995. She went on to do a five-year stint as a foreign correspondent, before returning to Toronto in 2000 and becoming focused on medical reporting during the SARS outbreak. She left CP in 2015 to join Boston-based STAT News, establishing herself as an expert with early insights into the COVID-19 pandemic. Branswell was frequently heard as an expert on CBC Radio, among other outlets. Among the accolades she received were the Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting and the George Polk Award for Public Service for her COVID reportage. She was also a Pulitzer Prize finalist and the recipient of an honorary degree from Carleton University.