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Dr. Holly Atkinson is a physician, author, and human rights leader. A well-known media personality, she served as medical correspondent on NBC\u2019s TODAY show and The CBS Morning News, and is currently the senior correspondent and Chief Medical Officer of HealthiNation, the country\u2019s leading producer of health videos. She is also the past president of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning organization Physicians for Human Rights<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dr. Holly Atkinson is a physician, author, and human rights leader. A well-known media personality, she served as medical correspondent on NBC\u2019s TODAY show and […]
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