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Covering medical studies
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Flesh out your coverage of infectious diseases with historical data
Any time there is an outbreak of an infectious disease, the public wants to know how common it is and…
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False positives matter: A real-life case study in understanding context
Something happened in our family early in August that set me behind in my work for more than three months.…
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AHCJ objects to FDA’s ‘close-hold embargoes,’ requests explanation
AHCJ is protesting the Food and Drug Administration’s recent restrictive practices in handling news embargoes and has asked the agency…
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Breaking up with EurekAlert!: Where to find other studies
In a previous blog post about EurekAlert!, I described some advantages to using the service less often than many reporters…
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EurekAlert! is back, but do you really need it?
When the EurekAlert! press release service was taken down on Sept. 13 after being hacked, there was a discussion about how…
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Wisconsin reporter explored the science of organ transplants
News features on organ transplants often focus on a specific success story. But there’s far more under the surface when…
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New tip sheet offers ideas for reporting on drug therapies
Effective reporting requires health journalists to be comfortable independently evaluating clinical studies and drawing their own conclusions about data. If…
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Tip sheet suggests self-guided tutorial on understanding medical research
If you’re relatively new to reporting on medical studies or looking for a refresher as you dive back in after…
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Comparative Effectiveness Research Fellows named for 2016
Ten journalists have been chosen for the second class of the AHCJ Fellowship on Comparative Effectiveness Research. The fellowship program was…
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How to think about impact factors: A journalist’s perspective
This is the second of two blog posts providing different perspectives on the value of considering a journal’s impact factor…