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What you should know about delirium in older adults
Delirium is among the most common mental disorders seen in older adults, with more than 7 million hospitalized Americans suffering…
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Pseudoscientific claims about fluoride’s risks reflected in news stories
In an effort to get a clearer view of how rhetoric has shaped the media coverage of community water fluoridation…
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Resources to help you cover the dental therapist movement
From its beginnings in New Zealand, the dental therapist model has evolved over nearly a century and is now being…
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Digging into high prices for rabies protection
Andy Miller Brenda Goodman This story started the way most good stories do, with a tip. Andy Miller heard about a…
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Safe spaces, toxic stress, child trauma: A public health take on the Stephon Clark shooting
Sammy Caiola When police officers shot and killed 22-year-old Stephon Clark in Sacramento, Calif., in March, members of the black…
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grants $450,000 to journalism training, resources
The Center for Excellence in Health Care Journalism, the educational arm of the Association of Health Care Journalists, has been…
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Reporter examines causes of infant mortality in Indiana
Giles Bruce Way too many babies die in Indiana. In 2017, 623 children in the state died before reaching their…
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Reporting on surprise medical bills leads Mississippi hospital to change its ER billing policy
Anna Wolfe Batson Children’s Hospital has been charging patients thousands of dollars in unreasonable emergency room facility fees that do…
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Experts discussed rural health topics at workshop
AHCJ’s 10th annual Rural Health Journalism Workshop brought journalists to North Carolina’s Research Triangle to hear from experts who offered resources…
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End-of-life series educates both readers and reporter
Luanne Rife Death is not something most people want to think about, let alone read about in the local newspaper.…