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Infectious diseases
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Loss of local newspapers worries infectious disease trackers
In February 1918, a Haskell County, Kan., paper, the Santa Fe Monitor, reported almost a dozen people were “quite sick”…
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Covering U.S. efforts to create a universal flu vaccine
This year’s severe flu season has increased the spotlight on the development of a “universal” influenza vaccine – a vaccine…
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Bioterrorism remains top concern for U.S. security experts
The U.S. government was worried about a potential anthrax attack during the recent Super Bowl, according to U.S. Homeland Security…
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#AHCJ18 to explore what this flu season says about U.S. pandemic preparedness
Reporters covering the flu season know it has been one of the most severe in the past decade. As of…
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Winners of 2017 health journalism awards announced
Investigations into what’s causing global obesity, who’s blocking regulation of addictive pain pills and who’s raking in billions of dollars…
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Field trips at #AHCJ18 to include brain surgery, mobile stroke unit, telemedicine
Attendees of Health Journalism 2018 will likely have a difficult choice to make between this year’s two optional daylong field…
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Plans coming together for #AHCJ18 in Phoenix
The Valley of the Sun will host Health Journalism 2018, AHCJ’s annual conference marking its 20th anniversary. The conference in…
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HuffPost reporter, drawn by data, paints larger picture of hepatitis outbreak
It was supposed to be a simple map. But what started as a small graphics project at HuffPost soon transformed…
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Veteran journalist offers advice on covering disease outbreaks
This year is starting off with one of the worst flu seasons in a decade. As of the week ended…
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Antibiotic resistance highlighted at World Conference of Science Journalists
Alexander Fleming developed penicillin, the first antibiotic, in 1928. In less than a century, scientists have developed more than 130…
