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Health equity
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Tip sheet looks at global longevity challenge
What do we mean by healthy longevity and how do we achieve it? That is the focus of the Global…
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Study documents disparities that contribute to late diagnosis of oral cancer
Research has long shown that Americans from minority groups and those with a lower socioeconomic status are less likely to…
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Maternal deaths among black women focus attention on the need for policy and payment reform
For the past several years, health care journalists have correctly focused on the rising rate of pregnancy-related mortality in the…
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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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Globe Spotlight journalist reports on the link between economic inequality and financial toxicity in health care
Two of the biggest issues the Democratic candidates are addressing in the presidential race are economic inequality and the need…
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Vermont moving forward on creating dental therapist training program
States across the country are moving ahead with laws aimed at putting dental therapists to work. Legislators and health advocates…
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Tip sheet dives into resources for rural health, social determinants
Rose Hoban, a long-time health journalist who founded and now leads North Carolina Health News, has written an AHCJ tip…
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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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New data updates the economic value of family caregiving
About 41 million unpaid family caregivers provided an estimated 34 billion hours of care — worth $470 billion — to…