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Just one in every six new stories about medical research contained independent comments from someone besides the study authors —…
It doesn’t take long for many journalists to end up on a slew of PR and marketing lists. Pitch emails…
Perhaps you stumble onto an intriguing study that you haven’t seen covered and want to report on it. Or you…
Even if you only cover health care occasionally, you run across myriad medical studies and health claims. The results and…
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White papers can be useful tools for journalists. Ideally, they provide authoritative, in-depth information from government or nonprofits about specific…
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AHCJ member Rita Rubin explores the tricky territory of working as a doctor and a journalist in a “Medical News…
Previously, Covering Health has addressed two kinds of potential conflicts of interest that health journalists should watch out for: those of…
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This article originally appeared on ProPublica’s website. The government’s new website on drug and device company ties to doctors will be…
When writing about medical studies, reporters should always ask researchers about any financial relationships with drug companies or device manufacturers.…