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Covering medical studies
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How the Dobbs ruling and abortion restrictions could affect the way clinical research is done
Abortion restrictions in states could affect where medical studies can be ethically conducted and the options available to participants who…
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Tip sheet: What to look for in covering surveys and polls
Covering surveys and polls means assessing their quality, which requires understanding their methods.
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What journalists are missing when covering cancer research
Reporting on cancer research can be intimidating. So many studies are published daily about dozens of different cancers, hundreds of…
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Why using the term ‘immunity debt’ is problematic for reporters
Photo by Gustavo Fring via pexels.As the number of hospitalized children with influenza, RSV, COVID-19 and other infections continues to soar,…
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New tip sheet for journalists covering long COVID
Photo by Mart Production via pexels.In the coming year, more clues are expected to emerge to help unravel the mystery…
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Promotional “hype” language has increased substantially in NIH grant applications
The number of promotional adjectives used to hype proposed research has increased by more than 1300% in successful grant applications…
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Understanding the government requirement for open access studies
Journalists who covered medical research during the pandemic know how helpful it was that nearly all COVID-related studies were freely…
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How improper aggregation of racial/ethnic groups in research may mask health disparities
Lumping Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders together with East, South, and Southeast Asian patients in U.S. medical studies may…
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“Many Tuskegees” occur daily in the U.S.
When writing about the 50th anniversary of the revelation of the U.S. Public Health Service study at Tuskegee, I reached…
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The Tuskegee Syphilis Study revelation’s legacy 50 years later
It’s been 50 years ago last month since the nation learned about one of the most shameful and consequential chapters…