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How to cover research showing the U.S. health system ranks last among 11 high-income nations
Traveling outside the U.S. anytime soon? If so, bring your notebook and camera because going to another country may be…
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Science center’s principles offer guidance to reporters covering complicated COVID-19 issues
While most AHCJ members have been writing about health for a while, the COVID-19 pandemic suddenly turned nearly every other…
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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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New poll looks at fall risk during the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to serious long-term health effects — ranging from heart problems to ongoing brain fog. Now,…
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Request to extend telehealth benefits for Medicare beneficiaries, and other story starters
There’s been a small flurry of stories and news updates on telehealth this summer. On July 26, some 430 health…
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Understand the political determinants of health when covering health equity
Natural disasters, wars, and pandemics amplify the health burden among people who are poor or marginalized. They also reveal the…
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Disease-awareness campaigns merit extra scrutiny, experts say
This is part 2 of a package on sponsored disease awareness campaigns and other controversial drug marketing practices, focusing on…
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Explaining Biogen’s controversial ‘MCI’ advertising to your audience
New marketing campaigns about forgetfulness and distraction could lead people to seek the costly Aduhelm drug for Alzheimer’s disease even…
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38% of those screened for depression reported suicidal thoughts amid COVID-19
The first of four briefs Mental Health America will release in 2021 has concluded that 38% of 725,949 people who…
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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…