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Community health centers increasingly go beyond primary care
Factors including the passage of the Affordable Care Act and the expansion of Medicaid in a number of states have…
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Covering cancer care in older adults: It’s complicated
As we age, our risk of cancer increases. In fact, age is the single biggest risk factor in developing cancer.…
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President’s corner: AHCJ continues to add and maintain essential core topics
Later this year will mark the 20th anniversary of the publication of a report that, for many of us in…
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Top health reporting of 2018 recognized in Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism
Reporting that exposed faulty, careless or crooked practices won many top honors in this year’s Awards for Excellence in Health…
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Background and resources for covering the dental therapist movement
The dental therapist model got its start in the 1920s in New Zealand and is now well-established in many developed…
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Resources to assist your reporting on the growing teledentistry specialty
Over the years, teledentistry has harnessed evolving technology to link patients with to an expanding array of dental services. Today,…
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Journalists’ role in covering vaccine hesitancy
Scientific evidence overwhelmingly supports the safety and effectiveness of CDC-recommended childhood vaccines for protecting children against preventable infectious diseases such…
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5 tips for writing better health news headlines
A headline has a big job to do: It must catch a reader’s attention, offer the gist of a story…
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Covering climate change, infectious diseases and health
Diseases caused by mosquitoes, ticks and fleas tripled and nine new pathogens carried by these insects have been discovered in…
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Fellowships on women’s health unveiled for 2019
The Association of Health Care Journalists and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office on Women’s Health announced…