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COVID-19
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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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How to use COVID-19 rapid tests to avoid misleading results
Rapid antigen tests are now the standard way for people to determine if they have COVID-19, but studies show they…
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Fauci to step down, says he’s ready for the ‘next chapter’
Anthony Fauci, M.D., is ready to give up the federal job that put him at the helm for nearly four…
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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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How to use health equity data to cover access to COVID‑19 rapid tests
When the Biden Administration rolled out two COVID-19 rapid tests programs in mid-January, Kaiser Health News reporters Victoria Knight and…
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Omicron subvariants “of concern” drive surge in cases and reinfection rates
The COVID-19 story of the summer is omicron subvariants. As of mid-July, two subvariants are “of concern,” according to the…
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Award-winning journalist explains how to build meaningful connections with sources
Emily Woodruff, a health care reporter for the New Orleans Times-Picayune/New Orleans Advocate, was recognized as one of the winners…
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The Monkeypox threat and what we have learned from the COVID-19 pandemic
The world isn’t done with the SARS-CoV-2 virus pandemic, and now another pathogen has public health officials on high alert:…
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FDA Commissioner Califf sounds the alarm on health misinformation
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Robert Califf, M.D., M.A.C.C., isn’t easy to rattle. During a Q&A on Friday, April…
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Why the US nursing home system is ‘in desperate need of an overhaul’
A recent comprehensive and detailed report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine called for a revamping of…
