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Diversifying health and science sources and covering the Black community and COVID-19
Spotlighting inequities in the U.S. health system and writing about the differences in health outcomes will remain a crucial part…
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How an investigation turned up hidden nursing home offenses
State health inspections are the heart of the government’s five-star rating system for nursing homes. But, not everything inspectors find…
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Four sources you’re probably not using enough
If you regularly cover medical studies, reaching out to different types of sources instead of just physicians, researchers and patients…
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Telehealth studies reveal a wide variety of usage, opinions among Americans
In case you missed it, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in November released its findings of Medicare…
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Report reveals how pharmaceutical companies manipulate the prescription drug market to raise prices
Some U.S. pharmaceutical companies have used a portion of revenue to suppress competition and to extend monopolies they already had…
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Racial disparities seen in Alzheimer’s disease diagnoses
Black participants in Alzheimer’s disease research studies were 35% less likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and related dementias than…
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Researchers and organizations addressing prevention of gun suicides as they surge
Recent CDC data has revealed that roughly half of suicides nationwide are by firearms. Forty percent of respondents from a Pew…
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AHCJ announces 2022 National Health Cancer Reporting Fellows
Ten journalists have been selected to participate in AHCJ’s National Cancer Reporting Fellowship. Supported by the Leona and Harry B.…
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Telemedicine is more than video and phone visits
During the pandemic, many institutions and small practices were forced to create, purchase or adapt a telemedicine platform on the…
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How to cover virtual reality applications in health care
Image courtesy of Douglas Holt, M.D. Physicians use various strategies to explain tests or new procedures to patients. Beyond verbal…