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Reporter turned on-deadline account of a dental death into more than a tragic story
Sammy Caiola Sacramento Bee health reporter Sammy Caiola worked quickly to give her readers the story about the death of…
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Advice on finding pertinent data about lead contamination
Lead contamination and its health consequences have re-emerged as a critical issue in the wake of the Flint municipal water…
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Winners of 2016 health journalism contest announced
In-depth investigations into heroin and pain-pill abuse drew several top awards in this year’s Awards for Excellence in Health Care…
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What you should know about the state of safe disposal of dental mercury
Mary Otto Dental amalgam is the material at the center of the National Resources Defense Council’s mercury rule lawsuit. It…
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Understanding false positives, P-hacking and statistical power
This lengthy but informative slide presentation from an experimental psychologist at the University of California, Berkeley, was intended for social scientists,…
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Employer plans may get whacked by GOP changes to Obamacare
In the debate over repealing Obamacare, everybody is correctly focusing on what happens to the Medicaid expansion programs and the…
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In a state that spurned Medicaid expansion, the recently unemployed fall through the cracks
Jenny Deam Houston Chronicle reporter Jenny Deam last year wrote an in-depth story about how a mill is closing in…
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Reporter discusses reporting on efforts to make dental health a primary care priority
Elizabeth Whitman Millions of Americans face challenges in finding oral health care services. Creative efforts are underway to tackle the…
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Philly news team’s lead-poisoning series prompts city response
Wendy Ruderman Barbara Laker Dylan Purcell Philadelphia Daily News reporters Barbara Laker, Wendy Ruderman and The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Dylan Purcell…
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A look at the wide-ranging complications of diabetes among older adults
The prevalence of Type 2 diabetes is projected to skyrocket among older adults in the next two decades. This trends…