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Infectious diseases
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Covering a ‘twindemic:’ Flu, COVID-19 share at least one season
A “twindemic” is what infectious disease experts are calling the possibility that both the COVID-19 and influenza viruses will sicken…
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Finding data that can bolster your pandemic reporting
Ever since John Snow pieced together how cholera spread from a water pump in London in 1854, data has been…
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New resources for covering inequities in insurance, care during pandemic
Valerie Montgomery Rice, M.D., is afraid of needles. Nevertheless, she agreed to receive her coronavirus vaccine on national television last…
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AHCJ names 2020 National Cancer Reporting Fellows
Twelve journalists have been chosen for the 2020 class of the National Cancer Reporting Fellowship. The program is supported by…
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As nursing home death and infection rates rise, how is isolation affecting seniors?
As the U.S. enters what experts predict may be the most severe months yet of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number…
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Who is Jeffrey Zients, the soon-to-be White House coronavirus czar?
As President-elect Joe Biden develops a strategy for ending the pandemic, the person who will be in charge of executing…
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AHCJ to track access problems in real time – with your help
AHCJ’s Right to Know Committee is launching a new strategy for tracking and combating the obstacles that health care reporters…
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Inspection data could prompt stories about COVID-19 problems in hospitals
AHCJ has updated its public HospitalInspections.org website to give people a better glimpse of potential COVID-19 problems at some hospitals…
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Reporter takes readers inside a nursing home’s effort to fight COVID-19
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, nursing homes throughout California were preparing for a wave of cases. Older adults,…
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President-elect Biden announces nominations to health care team
President-elect Joe Biden’s health care leadership team is coming into focus. Biden announced the nomination of California Attorney General Xavier…