Jacqueline Howard

At-a-Glance

Health Reporter for CNN, covering medicine and healthy living around the world.
First CNN reporter to break the news of the World Health Organization declaring the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic in 2020.
Host and producer of the video series “Talk Nerdy To Me.”
Serves as vice chair of the National Association of Black Journalists’ Health and Science Task Force.
Holds a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism.

Biography

Jacqueline Howard is a health reporter for CNN, where she covers the latest news in medicine and healthy living globally. She appears on CNN News Central, The Situation Room, and CNN International. Her reporting assignments have focused on the complexities of cancer, mental health, maternal health, and infectious diseases. In 2020, she was the first CNN reporter to break the news of the World Health Organization declaring the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic, continuing to cover its progression.