Hilary Brueck

Hilary Brueck is a health and science journalist with more than a decade of experience covering medicine and public health. As a health correspondent at Business Insider, Brueck reports on scientific advances in longevity, brain health, GLP-1 drugs, cancer, and related topics. Her work covers a wide range of subjects, including healthcare, wellness, public policy, aging, nutrition, and neuroscience. Brueck holds a graduate degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

Before joining Business Insider, Brueck contributed to Forbes, Fortune, and ABC News, among other news outlets. A former English teacher and Peace Corps volunteer, she brings cross-cultural communication skills to her journalism, drawing on her experiences as a teacher and volunteer on Madagascar's vanilla coast.

Brueck's reporting at Business Insider has received recognition for its depth and impact. Her award-winning reports include an interactive exploration of the effects of loneliness on the body and brain, as well as coverage of a Southern California town known for its high number of centenarians. Brueck received the National Headliner Award for online beat reporting in health and science for her coverage of young colon cancer patients and was the first to report on the use of knockoff versions of the peptide retatrutide, a next-generation weight-loss drug. She is also a North American Travel Journalists Association excellence in travel journalism silver award winner for sports, recreation, and adventure media.

Brueck regularly writes about outbreaks, medical mysteries, functional cures, infectious diseases, human challenge trials, and other public health issues. She was a Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution fellow and has been selected as a fellow at the Aspen Ideas: Health conference, reflecting her commitment to advancing scientific literacy and public discourse in health and science journalism.