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How are nursing homes doing when it comes to staffing? This tool helps you find out
Staffing is perhaps the most important factor in a nursing home resident’s quality of care and the ability to live…
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Maternal deaths among black women focus attention on the need for policy and payment reform
For the past several years, health care journalists have correctly focused on the rising rate of pregnancy-related mortality in the…
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Year-end wrap-up: What your colleagues are reading
We’re closing in on the end of the year and the inevitable annual lists. We thought this would be a…
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Congress strikes taxes that helped pay for the ACA
Remember all those taxes and fees meant to pay for the Affordable Care Act? The ones that keep getting delayed,…
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New BMJ resource connects health journalists to established experts
The British Medical Association’s BMJ, one of the oldest and most respected family of medical journals, has launched a tool…
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Variety of measures seek to address vaping safety concerns
Concerns about e-cigarette safety, elevated by an outbreak of illnesses and deaths, continue to roil Washington, D.C. Leading calls for…
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Globe Spotlight journalist reports on the link between economic inequality and financial toxicity in health care
Two of the biggest issues the Democratic candidates are addressing in the presidential race are economic inequality and the need…
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Tips for covering the latest news about antimicrobial resistance
The danger of antibiotic resistance became clearer in November with the release of new figures showing that antibiotic resistance is…
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Vermont moving forward on creating dental therapist training program
States across the country are moving ahead with laws aimed at putting dental therapists to work. Legislators and health advocates…
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Brain health supplements offer mostly hype, false hope
I don’t know about you, but every time I see a commercial for one particular supplement marketed to improve brain…