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How I Did It

KFF reporter documents resident-on-resident violence in dementia care facilities

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AI-powered symptom checkers direct worried patients to appropriate care

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Journalists must show human cost of gun violence, says trauma surgeon in new book

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Covering health care affordability: A big story with major impact

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What journalists should know about lab-developed tests

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Journalists at HJ26 discuss the toll of reporting on trauma

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How a new White House proposal could fundamentally change American science

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