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Persistence, persuasion pays off with critical global health security story
Ongoing trade tensions between the U.S. and China are having an impact on the global economy and potentially U.S. biosecurity.…
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How are ACA’s quality measures affecting health care?
On a recent What the Health podcast, where I’m a frequent guest, we took some listeners’ questions. One was about…
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Don’t neglect the human stories — and human pain — behind clinical trials
Most often, reporting on medical studies means recounting numbers, demographic details, findings and statistical probability values that are so abstract…
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Aftermath of child’s death continues to highlight risks of pediatric dental anesthesia
A state jury found a former Hawaii dentist not guilty of manslaughter and other criminal charges related to the highly…
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New report paints a grim picture of older women in poverty
A significant percentage of older women are struggling to stay out of poverty, according to a new issue brief from…
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Given that ‘step therapy’ is also called ‘fail first,’ there are many angles to pursue
For journalists covering the Trump administration’s plan to expand step therapy to Medicare Advantage, there are important angles to cover…
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Researchers study Rift Valley fever as climate change expands risks
Could another seemingly obscure mosquito-borne disease that formerly existed mostly in Africa spread around the globe like the Zika virus?…
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New law signed aims to better target Alzheimer’s prevention, treatment
Despite the partial government shutdown, some wheels in Congress keep turning. Among them, the BOLD Act (Building Our Largest Dementia…
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Helpful info for journalists available about Society of Thoracic Surgeons database
CNN has found itself caught up in a complicated libel case after an investigative story it ran in 2015 about the…
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Tips for examining the risks, benefits of OTC pain relief
Physicians are being encouraged to curtail prescribing of powerful narcotics in response to the nation’s opioid crisis. So some patients…