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Winners of 2016 health journalism contest announced
In-depth investigations into heroin and pain-pill abuse drew several top awards in this year’s Awards for Excellence in Health Care…
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President’s Corner: Solid efforts of past should be seen as preparation for strong year ahead
You may have heard. New leaders were elected to represent us in Washington, D.C. And they are keen to gut…
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Health journalists to gather in Orlando for annual conference
The center of the Sunshine State will host Health Journalism 2017, AHCJ’s annual conference April 20-23. Hundreds of journalists will…
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What you should know about the state of safe disposal of dental mercury
Mary Otto Dental amalgam is the material at the center of the National Resources Defense Council’s mercury rule lawsuit. It…
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Understanding false positives, P-hacking and statistical power
This lengthy but informative slide presentation from an experimental psychologist at the University of California, Berkeley, was intended for social scientists,…
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Employer plans may get whacked by GOP changes to Obamacare
In the debate over repealing Obamacare, everybody is correctly focusing on what happens to the Medicaid expansion programs and the…
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More than 80 groups call president’s attacks on the media ‘a threat to democracy’
The Association of Health Care Journalists, along with more than 80 other organizations committed to the First Amendment right of…
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In a state that spurned Medicaid expansion, the recently unemployed fall through the cracks
Jenny Deam Houston Chronicle reporter Jenny Deam last year wrote an in-depth story about how a mill is closing in…
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Reporter discusses reporting on efforts to make dental health a primary care priority
Elizabeth Whitman Millions of Americans face challenges in finding oral health care services. Creative efforts are underway to tackle the…
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Philly news team’s lead-poisoning series prompts city response
Wendy Ruderman Barbara Laker Dylan Purcell Philadelphia Daily News reporters Barbara Laker, Wendy Ruderman and The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Dylan Purcell…