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Mental health needs of aging prisoners is a fruitful area for coverage
All but a relative handful of incarcerated persons in the United States go home. But those sentenced to longer – if…
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Suggestions on writing accurately about rising premiums
Health insurance premiums obviously are going up – and we’re all, appropriately, writing about it. Affordability is a political issue,…
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Fact-checking 101: Step-by-step tips to check for errors, annotating your stories
Brooke Borel Nobody wants to make a mistake in a story, yet a few errors can slip past our best…
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Issues to consider when covering hospital readmission penalties
Jordan Rau American hospitals may have some of the most advanced medical technology in the world, but they hold an…
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How to improve your understanding of the link between periodontal health and systemic disease
Mary Otto Advances in science are contributing to a growing appreciation of the interrelationships between oral and systemic conditions. Here…
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Here’s how to mine census data to better cover the health-gap story
Susan Heavey If you are covering the social determinants of health care, chances are you will need some data on…
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Five things to know about ACA enrollment challenges for ‘young invincibles’
Kimberly Leonard The “young invincibles” live up to their name. They don’t think they’ll get sick or hurt, and so…
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Radio reporter discusses Medicaid dental coverage and how his health emergency influenced his work
Andy Marso It is a scenario that regularly plays out in statehouses during times of fiscal austerity: funding for Medicaid…
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AHCJ objects to FDA’s ‘close-hold embargoes,’ requests explanation
AHCJ is protesting the Food and Drug Administration’s recent restrictive practices in handling news embargoes and has asked the agency…
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How to break down a big topic into a reader-friendly multipart series
Anna Gorman Anna Gorman says the statistics were startling: About one-third of patients more than 70 years old, and more…