Ruby de Luna
Reporter
About
Ruby de Luna is a reporter with a focus on food and how it intersects with health, communities, and culture. She has also reported on health care and immigrant communities.
Ruby is a transplant from Taipei, Taiwan. She holds a B.A. in communication from Seattle Pacific University. She is proud to be one of the few old-schoolers who can edit tape with a razor blade.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English, Conversational Mandarin, Tagalog
Pronouns: she/her
Professional Affiliations: Member, AAJA
Stories
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Washington Health Exchange Back Up After Being Down — Again
The holiday frenzy isn’t the only deadline looming. For people who expect to have health coverage when the new year starts, the deadline to enroll for a...
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Power Team: Fred Hutch, Sloan-Kettering Launch Cancer Research Start-Up
Imagine if rivals Boeing and Airbus teamed up on a new plane, or Microsoft and Apple built a computer. That’s a bit like what Fred Hutchinson Cancer...
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The Nurse Will See You Now ... In The Drugstore
When was the last time you called your primary care doctor and got in the same day? It doesn’t happen often. “People often end up in the ER,” said...
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Health Officials Take A Shot At Gun Safety With Discounted Safes
In the quest to improve gun safety, public health officials are borrowing a practice that’s common in car sales — talking up safety features. Now when...
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As GMO Labeling Fails, Whole Foods And Oregon Pick Up Torch
More than a week after the election, backers of the measure to label genetically modified food finally conceded defeat – but promised they would be back...
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Sorry, Washingtonians: You Won’t All Be Able To Keep Old Health Plan
Within hours of President Barack Obama’s announcement that people could keep their old insurance plans – at least for another year – Washington state’s...
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Young Invincibles? More Like, Still Unable To Afford Health Insurance
When you think of young invincibles, as the government calls those who haven’t signed up for health insurance, you may think of the dude recklessly...
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Effort To Label GMO Foods Failing In Washington State
Washington state likely won’t be labeling its food containing GMO products, after all. With most of the votes counted on Tuesday night, 55 percent said...
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Oops. Washington Health Exchange Miscalculates Subsidies For Thousands
Washingtonians who have signed up for health plans through the health exchange and qualified for tax credits may have received wrong information.
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Push For GMO Labeling Gains National Momentum
If voters here approve Initiative 522, a measure to require producers to label foods made with genetically modified ingredients, Washington will join two