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Veteran journalist offers advice on covering disease outbreaks
This year is starting off with one of the worst flu seasons in a decade. As of the week ended…
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Emergency department program for older adults reduces admissions
A unique emergency department program focused on geriatric transitional care is helping older patients avoid unnecessary hospital admissions by as…
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How Medicaid work rules could impact public health
The Trump administration opened the door to requiring work rules for recipients of Medicaid, the joint federal-state health insurance program for the…
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A check-up on the status of the health exchanges
Remember when Sen. Susan Collins, Maine’s moderate Republican, predicated her vote for the Senate tax bill that included the repeal…
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CMS makes amends with Modern Healthcare but questions remain
The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services has promised Modern Healthcare that all of its reporters will have access to…
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Antibiotic resistance highlighted at World Conference of Science Journalists
Alexander Fleming developed penicillin, the first antibiotic, in 1928. In less than a century, scientists have developed more than 130…
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How a debate over patient consent rules led to a book on vaccine history
The story of how cancer cells belonging to Henrietta Lacks were used, without her consent, became one of the most…
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What’s being missed in coverage of Medicaid work requirements
The Trump administration in January gave a long-expected approval for states to proceed with work requirements for their Medicaid beneficiaries,…
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Electronic cigarettes come with risk of ‘devastating’ fire or explosion
While electronic cigarette explosions are relatively rare, they can cause serious harm. In a recent case, a Hawaii man suffered…
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Physicians say Anthem policy on ‘unneeded’ ER visits puts patients at risk
Emergency medicine physicians contend that Anthem’s policy regarding payment for emergency room visits in some of its markets has been…
