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Featured Health Equity
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How to cover vaping’s promise without losing sight of its risks
While vaping is less harmful than cigarettes, suggesting vaping is healthy or implying that e-cigarettes are risk-free is highly inaccurate.
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NIH funding faces political scrutiny. What now?
Changes to how NIH grants are selected could affect which questions researchers can study, which populations are included and how…
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Environmental Justice Index: Find communities facing cumulative health effects of place and space
The Environmental Justice Index offers reporters a way to find communities where environmental hazards, social and health risks overlap.
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Rural health data are complicated. And they’re getting harder to find
Sometimes, what’s missing from rural health data may be just as important as what’s there, said ETSU’s Michael Meit during…
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Rural-urban divide follows patients to end-of-life care, study says
A new study in JAMA indicates that journalists reporting on rural health disparities should consider those in end-of-life care.
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Can nonverbal people accurately communicate through technology? Here’s what the science says
Nonverbal communication methods like Rapid Prompting Method are receiving renewed scrutiny in the news. Here’s how to tell the story.
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Not as divided as we think? Ahead of midterms, don’t overlook where Americans agree on health
Research suggests that many Americans view inequities in health care as systemic issues. Here are some reporting approaches to showcase…
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Ebola’s outbreak culture in a time of retreat
While Outbreak Culture focused on the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, which would subside, the central question that drove my…
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Obesity drugs are more available than ever, but weight stigma is still an issue
GLP-1s are challenging how clinicians and society think about obesity, but weight stigma remains prevalent, said panelists at HJ26.
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‘We’re in bold times’: Resurgence of eugenics-coded health policies, products in US
Experts at HJ26 said journalists have a responsibility to identify and push back on policies and actions that contribute to…