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Promotional “hype” language has increased substantially in NIH grant applications
The number of promotional adjectives used to hype proposed research has increased by more than 1300% in successful grant applications…
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Covering the reasons why hospitals struggle to retain nurses
The COVID pandemic drew public attention to an issue already well known in health care circles: the challenges hospitals face…
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Resources for covering the 2022-23 flu season
It may seem a bit like the boy who cried wolf, but public health officials are once again urging the…
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Why hospital charity care requires more intensive coverage
Multiple reports published this week show why health care journalists need to spend more time covering the charity care that…
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Libraries as a mental health haven?
Several years ago, I recall talking to a New York friend about how awestruck I was that my hometown library…
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Telehealth Awareness Week webinars offer a springboard for story ideas
The nonprofit American Telemedicine Association (ATA) celebrated its second annual Telehealth Awareness Week last week with a series of 14 webinars…
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Understanding the government requirement for open access studies
Journalists who covered medical research during the pandemic know how helpful it was that nearly all COVID-related studies were freely…
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Webinar: A White House Q&A on Monkeypox
The number of new monkeypox cases has declined since this summer, but many questions remain about symptoms, transmission, vaccines, treatments…
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New legislation may improve advance care planning
Journalists may want to keep an eye on new companion bills recently introduced in the House and Senate. The legislation…
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Reporting on disparities in HIV testing, PrEP
HIV trends don’t make headlines the way they used to. But we may see an influx of them in the…
