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ProPublica wants to give you tips on hospital billing practices
Health journalists across the country have been reading ProPublica’s accounts of the lengths to which hospitals pursue low-income patients for…
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New tip sheet helps you ‘background like a boss’
In late January, Kate Howard, managing editor of the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting, conducted one of the most important…
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Conducting 15-minute background searches on sources
How can you be sure your expert source doesn’t have a shady past? What if your lead anecdote has a…
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Alcohol and longevity: Beware of evidence limitations
Can drinking alcohol really help us live longer? According to a recently published study, the answer is … maybe. You…
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Examining the ongoing destructive history of the mosquito
While the threat of mosquito-borne diseases in the U.S. has mostly faded since the Zika outbreak in 2016, Timothy Winegard…
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Study documents the social isolation of older U.S. adults
We know social isolation and loneliness are detrimental to health, particularly among the older adult population. It’s a problem that…
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Annual list provides opportunities for stories on hazards in health care
The ECRI Institute every so often comes out with top 10 lists, and on Monday it issued its latest, focusing…
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Inequality in corresponding authors means reporters need to balance the scales
The first person that a health reporter nearly always reaches out to when writing about a medical study is the…
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HHS targets oral care gaps in ‘health infrastructure’ awards
More than $85 million in new federal awards will help health care centers from Aniak, Alaska, to Miami Gardens, Fla.,…
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Research praising red meat is like … red meat for the masses: These studies need extra scrutiny
“Too much red meat can cause cancer.” It’s a depressing statement for the bacon and beef lovers out there, but…