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Conference
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Panel learns why there’s no easy fix for high drug prices
One of the best sessions at Health Journalism 2019 in Baltimore was the panel discussion about drug prices on May…
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Panelists explain how to begin mastering medical studies
At some point almost all health care journalists will need to cover a medical study or two. When that happens,…
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Scientists look for new antimicrobials and urge government incentives
Researchers are looking to old drugs, plants and viruses in a race to find new ways to kill disease-causing microbes…
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Diversifying your sources can improve your reporting
It’s an easy trap to fall into: call the hospital public relations department and ask to speak with an authority…
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Panelists break down the realities of precision medicine and immunotherapy
Are precision medicine and immunotherapy overhyped as cancer treatments, or do they hold such tremendous promise that we are only…
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Freelance investigative reporting may not be easy, but it’s possible
Investigative reporting is not easy as a freelance journalist, but it’s not impossible either. The Health Journalism 2019 session on…
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Spotlight Q&A with member David Wahlberg, Wisconsin State Journal
Where are you from/how far did you travel? So I sort of had to travel from Madison, Wis., although I…
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Beyond addiction: Medical consequences for opioid misuse
What are people leaving out in the conversation about the opioid crisis? Joshua Barocas, who teaches Boston University’s School of…
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Spotlight Q&A with member Sonia Narang, multimedia journalist
Where are you from/how far did you travel? I’m from Los Angeles and I had to travel all day, so…
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Think of artificial intelligence as city planning, not building construction, panel says
Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the hottest topics in health care and it has the potential to transform care…