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==Career== When the [[National Institutes of Health]] announced in late 2015 they would be increasing funding for [[myalgic encephalomyelitis]]/[[chronic fatigue syndrome]] (ME/CFS), [[Francis Collins]] called a number of advocates including Brian Vastag to break the news.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.healthrising.org/blog/2015/11/07/nih-effort-chronic-fatigue-syndrome/ | title = Promises To Keep: NIH Commits to Reinvigorate Effort on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | last = Johnson | first = Cort | author-link = Cort Johnson | date = 2015-11-07 | website = Health Rising|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status= | access-date = 2021-12-20}}</ref> In 2015 he confirmed his latest project was contributing to a new edition of ''The Science Writers' Handbook''.<ref>{{Cite web | title = The Science Writers' Handbook: Everything You Need to Know to Pitch, Publish, and Prosper in the Digital Age | url =http://www.amazon.com/Science-Writers-Handbook-Everything-Publish/dp/0738216569/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&q&tag=rnwap-20 | last = | first = }}</ref> In 2012, he was a News Winner of the David Perlman Award for Excellence in Science Journalism for his article, “For Virginia’s fault zone, an event of rare magnitude,” published 23 August 2011 in ''The Washington Post'' about an earthquake near Washington,D.C.<ref name="award2021">{{Cite web | url = https://www.agu.org/Honor-and-Recognize/Honors/Union-Awards/David-Perlman-Award | title = David Perlman Award for Excellence in Science Journalism-News | last = | first = | author-link = | date = | website = AGU|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status= | access-date = 2021-12-20}}</ref>
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