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Wearing all those hats and getting the story at the conference
If you’ve followed our earlier tip sheet for preparing to cover a medical conference ahead of time, you’ll already be…
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Background on the dental therapist movement to aid your reporting
Michigan recently become the latest state to approve the use of midlevel dental providers – dental therapists – as part…
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Community health centers increasingly go beyond primary care
Factors including the passage of the Affordable Care Act and the expansion of Medicaid in a number of states have…
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Covering cancer care in older adults: It’s complicated
As we age, our risk of cancer increases. In fact, age is the single biggest risk factor in developing cancer.…
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President’s corner: AHCJ continues to add and maintain essential core topics
Later this year will mark the 20th anniversary of the publication of a report that, for many of us in…
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Background and resources for covering the dental therapist movement
The dental therapist model got its start in the 1920s in New Zealand and is now well-established in many developed…
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Resources to assist your reporting on the growing teledentistry specialty
Over the years, teledentistry has harnessed evolving technology to link patients with to an expanding array of dental services. Today,…
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5 tips for writing better health news headlines
A headline has a big job to do: It must catch a reader’s attention, offer the gist of a story…
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Covering climate change, infectious diseases and health
Diseases caused by mosquitoes, ticks and fleas tripled and nine new pathogens carried by these insects have been discovered in…
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Fellowships on women’s health unveiled for 2019
The Association of Health Care Journalists and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office on Women’s Health announced…