Jackie Duda

Experience

Jackie Duda has written about health and travel for the Washington Post, Woman's Day, AARP, Costco Connection, and more. She has navigated an 11-year battle with multiple disabilities and a life-threatening medical crisis in 2021. Before Jackie became a journalist, she spent a decade teaching English.

Education

PennWest California, 1993, BS, Secondary Education and English Bowie State University, 1997, Master's Equivalency (ABT), Curriculum and Instruction

Articles

Shot of daughter encourage her mother and holding the mother's hand to sleep on the bed in hospital.

“Here’s How I Knew I Had Sepsis”: A Patient’s Story of Surviving a Misunderstood Illness

A sepsis survivor shares her story after narrowly escaping death from septic shock—a condition that affects 1.7 million Americans every year.

Close Up Of A Woman's Feet Covered In Soap Suds

I Got a “Medi-Pedi”—Here’s What Happened

A reporter learned that a medical pedicure can be next-level health care for some conditions—or for anyone who favors the ultimate hygiene.

woman swimming in a pool, view from below under water

I Swam Every Day for a Year—Here’s What Happened

In an era when cold-plunging and our nostalgia for Diana Nyad are inspiring aquatics adventures, one journalist reveals how this ages-old exercise gave her new life.