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How I Did It: Marilynn Marchione concludes an impressive career in medical writing
Marilynn Marchione was the Associated Press’s chief medical writer for the last 10 years of her long career in journalism.…
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Science center’s principles offer guidance to reporters covering complicated COVID-19 issues
While most AHCJ members have been writing about health for a while, the COVID-19 pandemic suddenly turned nearly every other…
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Wednesday NIH webinar on women and alcohol highlights obscured problem
While recent headlines have pointed out the disastrous rise in opioid use during the pandemic, less attention has focused on…
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Tips on picking good photos for vaccine stories
Those who have known me long enough have, at some point or another, heard one of my diatribes about poorly…
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How well do clinical studies take sex and gender differences into account?
The history of inequity in medical studies is long and harrowing, and it continues today. But at least today, there…
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New tip sheet helps you find sources during virtual conferences
As someone who was used to covering multiple medical conferences in person each year, 2020 was a big shift. I…
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Pfizer lays out timeline for its COVID-19 vaccine and a new flu vaccine
In a teleconference announcing the company’s first-quarter 2021 earnings earlier this month, Pfizer laid out its timeline for when different…
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The wonderful new trend of ‘peer review’ threads on Twitter
I’ve used Twitter since 2008, but never has it been more vital to my work and news diet than throughout…
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More resources on variants for your COVID-19 reporting toolbox
Back in January, Bara Vaida, the AHCJ core topic leader for infectious disease, wrote a helpful post on resources for…
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Don’t forget about coverage of other vaccines
Reading the news these days, it seems the word “vaccine” automatically refers to the COVID-19 vaccine, no matter the context.…