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Reporter digs for the details to convey deeper insights to readers during pandemic
Jessica Contrera Telling the deeply reported feature stories about COVID-19 and the impact on Americans is both more important and…
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Coronavirus pandemic highlights disparities in health insurance and health care
News about Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine was so big in December that video crews recorded what would be an otherwise mundane…
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Getting an inside look at one nursing home’s battle against COVID-19
Jason Pohl In early March, Sacramento Bee reporter Jason Pohl took a story idea to his editor: What are California’s…
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Staff writer talks about covering COVID, responding to anti-science sentiment
Dana Smith Just a few months after Dana Smith became Medium.com’s only staff writer on health and wellness, the COVID-19…
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Use these resources to background yourself on COVID-19 vaccine development
Returning to a society where people can safely gather with friends, family and large crowds will take a combination of…
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These resources can help you better report on cancer immunotherapy
If you write anything about cancer treatment, it can be nearly impossible to avoid writing about immunotherapy. But reporting on…
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‘Question everything:’ 3 tips for covering health when you usually don’t
When reporting on the evolving pandemic, skepticism is crucial, says Apoorva Mandavilli, a science and global health reporter at The New…
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Using step therapy, pharmacy benefit managers get between cancer patients and oncologists
Interference from health insurers is one of the biggest problems physicians face when prescribing medications, diagnostic tests, or other treatments…
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Amid upheaval, a Black mental health crisis and surge in requests for care
A spate of police and vigilante slayings of unarmed African Americans and a global pandemic that has hit Blacks especially…
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NIH leader to headline Journalism Summit on Infectious Disease
Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, will be a featured speaker at the Association of Health Care…