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COVID-19
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Reports show how journalists can cover school-based COVID-19 testing
Now that schools have reopened, staying free from COVID-19 infections has become a challenge for teachers and students nationwide and…
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Prepare for another complicated flu season, with chance of a ‘twindemic’
As flu season nears, infectious disease and public health experts are even more worried than they were in 2020 about…
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Keeping up with context via the latest data on the delta variant
In the past month, there have been a growing number of U.S. studies showing that because of the SARS-CoV-2 delta…
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Story ideas for covering the delta variant and return to K-12 classrooms
As children return to school in the coming weeks, it is increasingly clear it will not be the return to…
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Put risk in context in covering latest on Delta variant and CDC mask guidance
I am sure many of you are scrambling to cover the latest about the Delta variant and the leak of…
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Pandemic, closed clinics drove rise in drug overdoses and STDs, data show
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on July 16 published data showing drug overdose deaths soared 30 percent in…
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Science journalist Siri Carpenter says ‘follow the money’ to combat misinformation
Among the biggest challenges for health and science writers over the past year is how best to respond to misinformation.…
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Tips on picking good photos for vaccine stories
Those who have known me long enough have, at some point or another, heard one of my diatribes about poorly…
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How the pandemic turned a local reporter into an award-winning data journalist
Before the pandemic, National Public Radio reporter Alex Smith conducted most of his interviews in person. But as the pandemic…
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Worst of COVID may be yet to come in Africa
For global health reporters watching for the next COVID-19 story, health officials warn that all eyes should remain on Africa,…