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Infectious diseases
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Tips for reporting on what experts say could be a tough flu season for the elderly
As cases of the Delta variant start to wane, infectious disease specialists have a new concern this fall — flu…
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How to cover the 2021-2022 flu season
As it does every fall, the CDC is urging Americans to get their annual flu shot. Last year, flu was…
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What two journalists learned from covering the race to stop the next pandemic
While most of the world is focused on stopping the spread of COVID-19, scientists across the globe are working to…
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How to report on COVID-19 vaccines for kids: an update and expert contacts
Last week Pfizer and BioNTech announced promising safety and effectiveness data for use of its COVID-19 vaccine in children ages…
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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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Building trust first helped journalist report on COVID-19 in prisons
The pandemic has had a significant impact on prison populations, where there have been almost 400,000 positive cases across the…
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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…