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Keep an eye out for lead-time bias with COVID-19 deaths
Lead time bias is a well-recognized challenge especially when it comes to studies and statistics looking at cancer screenings. As…
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COVID-19 plus flu season could overwhelm health care system
As we start moving into fall and winter, Americans are certain to be facing a continuation of COVID-19, the disease…
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FDA promises crackdown on researchers who fail to properly register and report studies
For two decades, researchers have been required to register clinical trials that use any U.S. federal funding at ClinicalTrials.gov before…
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What Trump’s drug manufacturing order may mean for seniors
President Trump’s recent executive order, which mandates certain government agencies to “buy American” drugs and medical equipment, is setting up…
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Health Journalism 2020 fellowships to be honored in 2021
Update: For those of you who were selected as fellows for Health Journalism 2020, we will honor those fellowships for…
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N.C. journalist goes to Europe for lessons about opioid crisis
Last year, Taylor Knopf, a health care journalist at North Carolina Health News, spent more than a week out of…
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Hefty issue of HealthBeat headed for mailboxes
The latest issue of HealthBeat is expected to be delivered to members of the Association of Health Care Journalists any…
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As death rates rise, nursing and LTC facilities face critical testing, PPE challenges
Six months after the first nursing home residents died of the novel coronavirus, many nursing homes and long-term care facilities…
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Fauci says school reopening ‘may not be prudent’ in some areas
Communities and school leaders need to exercise common sense as they weigh options for reopening schools this fall, said Anthony…
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Press release reporting is irresponsible — especially in a pandemic
I received a text from a friend this week with a link to an article about a new drug for…