Nsikan Akpan
Articles by Nsikan Akpan
Nsikan is the former editor of the health and science desk at WNYC/Gothamist. Nsikan was previously at National Geographic where he worked as a science editor, overseeing its COVID-19 coverage in addition to other topics in science, health and technology. Before National Geographic, he worked for more than four years at PBS NewsHour, where he co-created an award-winning video series named ScienceScope. He shared a 2020 Emmy for the PBS NewsHour series “Stopping a Killer Pandemic” and in 2019 received a George Foster Peabody Award for the PBS NewsHour series “The Plastic Problem.” Nsikan has also worked for NPR, Science News Magazine, Science Magazine, KUSP Central Coast Public Radio, the Santa Cruz Sentinel and as a writer at the Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University. He holds a doctorate in pathobiology from Columbia University and is an alum of the science communication program at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
The third installment of our community survey pilot dove into how the shops and their customers were adjusting to new trash pickup times and this year’s slate of environmental disasters.
Patient safety experts are concerned that loopholes in the federal system for physician oversight allow some doctors with questionable track records to avoid further scrutiny.
Dr. Thomas J. Byrne was stripped of medical license in New York in 1991. Records show the Oklahoma medical board initially denied him a license to practice. Months later, it reversed that decision.
A New York state investigation in the 1990s found that 11 patients, including five newborns, had been harmed while under the care of an OB-GYN named Thomas J. Byrne. Health officials revoked his license. How was he able to keep practicing elsewhere?
Part 1 of Imminent Danger, a five-part investigative series, examines the track record of one OB-GYN across several states and what it says about how doctors are vetted before being allowed to see patients.
Meteorologists explain the weird sequence of weather and climate conditions that led to Friday’s deluge, as environmental experts warn the fallout could last for days due to sewage overflows.
Tree branches will be a major threat, along with riptides, storm surge and rain.
Gothamist looks at why hurricane season is suddenly popping off and whether they need to start preparing for Hurricane Lee.
The choppy water is due to hurricanes Franklin and Idalia — even though neither storm is due to come within hundreds of miles of New York waterways.
Laurie Wheelock, executive director of the Public Utility Law Project of New York, explains why Con Ed is able to increase rates and what residents can do to lower their electric bills.
La mayoría de clientes repiten quejas sobre el alza del delito y los investigadores observan un episodio de hurto a la tienda, “shoplifting”, mientras realizan la encuesta.
Most customers also echoed previous sentiments that crime was on the rise, and while conducting the surveying, researchers recorded an episode of shoplifting in real time.
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