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Health equity
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Is the Trump administration ignoring the LGBT community?
The Trump administration recently announced that it would no longer collect information on LGBT older adults in two key national…
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Eyre’s Pulitzer-winning work shows power of hard data, big numbers
In two days in December, the Charleston Gazette-Mail published two blockbuster articles about the opioid crisis in West Virginia, the…
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Panel to look at the economics of health disparities
Much attention has focused lately on health care costs – from insurance premiums and the reform efforts to drug prices…
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After transgender reversal, health care providers worry about impact
U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to rescind federal guidelines to schools on bathroom use for transgender students had been long…
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Records review prompts long-term project for Oklahoma reporter
Jaclyn Cosgrove, a health writer at The Oklahoman in Oklahoma City, was sorting through jail inspection reports from the state…
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Congress’ internet privacy pullback has implications for health journalists, consumers
The U.S. House of Representatives on March 28 voted 215-205 to eliminate Obama-era consumer protections that bar internet service providers…
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Some help with the challenges of tracking down lead data
Lead contamination continues to make headlines more than a year after the Flint municipal lead crisis in Michigan hit the…
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Social isolation, loneliness negatively affect health for seniors
Social isolation and loneliness are associated with increased mortality in older adults. Social isolation also has been linked to other…
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Cincinnati journalists spotlight how the heroin epidemic has put a generation at risk
On Monday, analysis from the Congressional Budget Office showed that 24 million more Americans would become uninsured over 10 years…
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Experts urge hospitals, doctors to address health equity
Amid wider changes being debated for the nation’s health care system, what is in store for communities seeking to narrow…