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Covering medical studies
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Studies can inspire story ideas about unnecessary interventions
It’s well recognized that health care costs more in the United States than anywhere else in the world. There are…
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Using numbers to explain vaccine benefits
Do you wrestle with ways to illustrate numbers when writing about vaccines? Dr. Gretchen LaSalle, a family physician in Spokane,…
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Latest update to federal preventive services site benefits users
The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has made changes to the way they present their recommendations in hopes…
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Award-winning genetics reporter shares her process
Sometimes exploring a topic requires more than one story … or three … and sometimes it involves a bit of…
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Year-end wrap-up: What your colleagues are reading
We’re closing in on the end of the year and the inevitable annual lists. We thought this would be a…
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New BMJ resource connects health journalists to established experts
The British Medical Association’s BMJ, one of the oldest and most respected family of medical journals, has launched a tool…
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Brain health supplements offer mostly hype, false hope
I don’t know about you, but every time I see a commercial for one particular supplement marketed to improve brain…
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Can agencies stop employees from talking to media? Brechner Center says no
Public employees have the right to speak to the press without going through the boss, but workplace gag orders continue…
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AHCJ joins groups urging Congress to address communication between journalists and federal agencies
The Association of Health Care Journalists has joined the Society of Professional Journalists and 25 other journalism and open government…
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Getting to the truth when covering measles outbreak
A basic tenant in reporting is that there are two sides to a story, but in public health, that may…