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What to know (and do) before covering a medical research conference
If you’ve covered medical research conferences for a while, you know the drill and probably have a variety of tips…
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Study: Older adults want physicians to advocate on their behalf
Older adults rarely ask for referrals to specialists, specific prescriptions, express concerns or follow-up after medical visits. Instead, they trust…
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Tracking deaths in custody in America’s jails
Gary Harki of The Virginian-Pilot came to his team’s sweeping series on mental illness, death and U.S. jails by way…
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The fate of Medicare: Politico’s special report on the safety net for senior citizens
Politico’s “The Agenda” section has published a special report on Medicare, now and in the future, and how it might…
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Journalist, students dive deep into local elder abuse investigation
Tracy Breton, a Pulitzer prize-winning investigative and legal affairs reporter at the Providence Journal for 40 years, and now professor…
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Digging into stakeholders’ comments for insight into AHPs
When Noam N. Levey was preparing to write about association health plans for The Los Angeles Times, he mined one…
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Military retiree dental program changes name and administrator
Participants in a dental benefit plan for U.S. military retirees will need to take action soon to hold onto coverage.…
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Tips for telling the stories of rural hospital closures
Bram Sable-Smith, who spent a year doing in-depth reporting on an endangered rural hospital in Pemiscot County, Mo., as part…
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Surprising conclusions in a study of racial, socioeconomic disparities in U.S. hospitals
Racial and socioeconomic disparities in outcomes among hospitalized patients? Don’t blame the hospitals, say the authors of this JAMA Network…
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How ‘outbreak culture’ can hinder infection control
As health officials in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo race to stop the spread of Ebola,…
