Health & Science Editor
Gil has been the health and science editor since 2003. His staff has won numerous national awards, including the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for explanatory journalism. He previously was a medical reporter and editor at The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Ky. He studied biochemistry at Harvard College and journalism at Columbia University.
Latest stories
Portion of Brigham and Women’s evacuated
By Gideon Gil , Globe Staff
Post-marathon jitters and an unattended car led to a partial evacuation of Brigham and Women’s Hospital this afternoon.
With flu spreading, priests permitted to suspend Communion wine, ‘Sign of Peace’ handshake
By Gideon Gil , Globe Staff
Because of the flu outbreak and the declaration of a health emergency in Boston, the Archdiocese of Boston Wednesday afternoon instructed priests that they can suspend the distribution of wine during Communion from a common chalice out of “pastoral caution and prudence.” Auxiliary Bishop Robert P. Deeley also notified priests that may encourage worshipers to exchange the “Sign of Peace” by bowing to nearby parishioners instead of shaking hands.
Eleven more diagnosed with fungal meningitis
By Gideon Gil , Globe Staff
The total number of meningitis cases linked to contaminated steroids from a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy has risen to 323, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
Ninth human case of West Nile virus reported in a Middlesex County woman
By Gideon Gil , Globe Staff
Another Massachusetts resident has been infected with West Nile virus, state health officials said Wednesday afternoon -- a woman in her 30s who lives in Middlesex County and has recovered from the illness. The state Department of Public Health also reported that it has raised the West Nile virus threat level to “critical” in Chicopee and to “high” in Granby, Holyoke, Springfield, South Hadley, and West Springfield, after a horse stabled in Hampden County was found infected.