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David Abel had had enough. The Boston Globe’s environmental writer was used to being denied interviews with state scientists and…
Drawn by an influential lineup of speakers and panels – plus an intriguing offering of field trips – more than…
One of the best sessions at Health Journalism 2019 in Baltimore was the panel discussion about drug prices on May…
At some point almost all health care journalists will need to cover a medical study or two. When that happens,…
Researchers are looking to old drugs, plants and viruses in a race to find new ways to kill disease-causing microbes…
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It’s an easy trap to fall into: call the hospital public relations department and ask to speak with an authority…
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Are precision medicine and immunotherapy overhyped as cancer treatments, or do they hold such tremendous promise that we are only…
Investigative reporting is not easy as a freelance journalist, but it’s not impossible either. The Health Journalism 2019 session on…
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Where are you from/how far did you travel? So I sort of had to travel from Madison, Wis., although I…
What are people leaving out in the conversation about the opioid crisis? Joshua Barocas, who teaches Boston University’s School of…