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Reporter explains how he wove data, human stories into compelling series on dental deaths
In early 2014, a 4-year-old Dallas boy named Salomon Barahona Jr. died after undergoing sedation for a dental procedure. The…
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How the year-end budget deal affects the Affordable Care Act
If you are wondering if the year-end spending and tax bills approved by Congress undid some of the funding for…
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Health writer tells how she got the story on experimental dental treatment
Andrea McDaniels Baltimore Sun reporter Andrea McDaniels was surprised to learn about an off-label treatment for tooth decay that some…
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Ideas for covering the impact of drug abuse on pregnant women
My story for The Atlantic, Into the Body of Another, looked at how mothers in many states were receiving lengthy prison sentences…
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Batea initiative hopes to help improve Wikipedia health content
Fred Trotter It’s well known that Google, Facebook and dozens of other companies mine the browsing histories of their users…
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Tips for reporters dealing with press offices
Health and science journalism today is a complex ecosystem of journals and their publicity machines, public information/press officers at universities,…
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What reporters can do to work more effectively with PIOs
There are a lot of posts and stories out there focused on how public information officers (PIOs) can work more…
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Resources address oral health issues facing disabled, elderly and other special-needs patients
Malissa Savage, a community health worker who works with people in need of dental care, notes that variations in physical…
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Covering the annual ‘holiday check in’ on aging relatives
Family gatherings during the holidays are an ideal time for adult children to assess the wellbeing of aging parents and…
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Award winner explains how she dug into the reasons for high U.S. drug prices
Roxanne Nelson No other country in the world pays as much for drugs as the United States — not even…