Elizabeth Cohen Biography
Elizabeth Cohen is an American anchor working for CNN as a Senior Medical Correspondent. She joined the CNN news team in 1991, after previously working for WLVI -TV.
Elizabeth Cohen Career
Cohen is a senior medical correspondent for CNN’s Health, Medical, and Wellness unit. He covers breaking medical news and writes about health issues for CNN and CNN.com. Cohen covered the “Escape from the Mayo Clinic,” . This is about a family who had to take their teenage daughter out of the famous clinic because doctors wouldn’t let them discharge or transfer her. Cohen revealed in 2017 that the Florida Department of Health had moved 13,000 very sick kids from the State’s Children’s Medical Services to other Medicaid plans that did not provide the specialized care they needed. Because of the story, lawmakers want to look into it.
Cohen was the first to report that Bayer was paying doctors millions of dollars to push Essure. Essure is a birth control method that was questioned and may be unsafe. He also reported that a Florida nursing home was shut down after surveillance tape showed an 86-year-old resident being beaten. Cohen has also written about several health crises in the US in addition to her investigative pieces. These include the acute flaccid myelitis outbreak that affected children in 2018, the record-breaking flu outbreak from 2017 to 2018, and the current measles outbreak. In addition to the anti-vaccination movement, and the deaths of children at the border. Cohen got a Gracie award from the Alliance of Women in Media for her work covering the Ebola outbreak in Liberia in 2014.
Cohen covered the scene of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the terrible earthquake in Haiti in January 2010. She did an exclusive story with the wife of a fisherman who was one of the first people to talk about the health issues of fishermen who are now working for BP as clean-up workers. Moreover, she reported from a makeshift hospital in Haiti. She learned about how to prioritize injuries, and how hard it is to get critically ill patients to the U.S. In addition, she covered how there is a lack of medical facilities and resources.
Cohen covered the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. She wrote stories about premature babies being airlifted from flooded neonatal intensive care units. She also covered cancer patients who had to leave their homes but were desperate to get treatment. Due to this, these stories helped CNN win Peabody and EMMY Awards for its coverage. Moreover, CNN won an Emmy Award for its coverage of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. However, she did sensitive and professional reporting on the rescue and recovery efforts at Ground Zero. Moreover, she covered stories on the search for missing people in lower Manhattan. In addition, she wrote a book known as THE EMPOWERED PATIENT. The book is about how to Get the Best Medical Care Every Time, Get the Right Diagnosis, Buy the Cheapest Drugs, and Beat Your Insurance Company in August 2010.
Cohen won both a Sigma Delta Chi Award and a National Headliner Award in 2006 for his story “A Lesson Before Dying,”. This story was about a man in Georgia who was nearing the end of his life and making medical choices. The Newswomen’s Club of New York and the New York Association of Black Journalists gave Cohen an award in 2007. Nevertheless, the award was for her story about African Americans and Bone Marrow Transplants.
In addition, in 2007, she won an award from Mental Health America for her work on the documentary Perfection Obsession, which was about a teen’s fight with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Moreover, Cohen won a Gracie Award from American Women in Radio and Television in 2008. Moreover, this award was for her story “Where’s Molly?”. The story was about a man’s search for his sister Molly almost 50 years after she got locked up in a mental health facility.
Elizabeth worked as an associate producer for the environmental TV show Green Watch on WLVI in Boston. She had also been a writer for States News Service in Washington, D.C., and The Times Union newspaper in Albany, N.Y., where she won a Hearst Award. Moreover, at Columbia College in New York City, where Cohen got her bachelor’s degree in history, she won the Outstanding Alumna Award. In addition, at Boston University, where she got her master’s degree in public health, she won the Distinguished Alumni Award.
Elizabeth Cohen Salary
Cohen earns a salary of about $47,000-$120,000.
Elizabeth Cohen Net Worth
Cohen has an estimated net worth of about $1 Million – $7 Million which she has earned through her career as a News Correspondent.
Elizabeth Cohen Age
Cohen was born in 1965, in Needham, Massachusetts, United States. She is 58 years old as of 2023, and she celebrates her birthday on the 31st of August every year.
Elizabeth Cohen Height and Weight
Cohen stands at a height of 5 feet 6 inches tall (1.67m) and weighs 60 kgs (132 lbs).
Elizabeth Cohen Family
Cohen was born in the United States to Sheila Fay (mother), and Charles A. Schwarts (father), a former physician. Elizabeth was raised alongside two sisters Pamela Fay Cohen and Julia Molly Healy and one brother David Ansin Schwartz in Needham, Massachusets.
Elizabeth Cohen Husband and Children
Cohen is married to Tal Cohen, an Israel-born entrepreneur. The couple is blessed with four daughters. The family currently resides in Atlanta Georgia, United States.
Elizabeth Cohen Social Media Platform
Cohen is very active on her Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook pages. She has 21.5k followers on Twitter 630 followers on Instagram, and 2.1k followers on Facebook.