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Covering long COVID, the hidden epidemic
In this webinar, we heard from a rehabilitation physician specialized in treating people with long COVID and a journalist living…
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How to cover this year’s worsening respiratory illness season
Respiratory illnesses are seeing an uptick in 2024. Here’s what you need to know to report on COVID, RSV, the…
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How to cover ‘digital twins’ in health care
In an effort to improve medicine with AI, more hospitals are creating ‘digital twins’ of patients to test treatments and…
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Brain care score may help pinpoint risk of dementia, stroke
Following a list of 12 steps to modify physical, lifestyle and social components of health could help older people improve…
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Gun violence increases physical, mental health disorders among children, survivors and families, study says
Gun violence became the leading cause of death and injury for children in 2020 and 2021, beating out car crashes,…
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How one reporter covered the benefits of wearable tech for people with Parkinson’s disease
STAT journalist Mario Aguilar speaks about his process and offers advice to reporters covering health technology.
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New quality measure to illuminate the hidden harm of excess CT radiation
In 2009, a scandal erupted at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles when a computed tomography (CT) programming error caused more…
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Watch out for fake, AI-generated medical information
While artificial intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT can be a valuable tool for journalists, it’s important not to take the information…
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Court rules California can share firearm owner data with researchers
A California appeals court in November overturned a ruling that barred the state from sharing the personal information of registered…
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Should Medicare cover obesity drugs? Many oldcer adults think so
While nearly a quarter of older Americans struggle with excess weight, Medicare and other insurers don’t cover some popular treatments.