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The new ecosystem of health data keeps getting bigger
Each year, the release of new datasets makes it more exciting to cover health care. No longer are we limited…
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How ‘age friendly’ is your community? Here are some tips to assess it
You may be familiar with the term “age-friendly city,” but do you know what goes into being one? It’s a…
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In health reporting, hard data provides a sound skeletal structure for good anecdotes
“Pesticide use by farmers linked to high rates of depression, suicides.” This story came about because I saw a federal…
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Keep these things in mind when writing about LGBT health coverage
As a gay man in his mid-twenties, I knew HIV testing was a normal part of my health care regimen,…
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Rush to robotic surgery outpaces medical evidence, critics say
Richard Mark Kirkner I was flipping through AARP The Magazine — yeah, I’m of that age — in January 2014…
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2015 winners named in top health journalism contest
Hundreds of people with disabilities sent to group homes against their will, troubles in nursing homes, and an examination of…
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Reporter discusses frontline coverage of debate over expanded use of dental therapists
Will Drabold A recent news package in The Seattle Times by reporter Will Drabold took a look at how the controversy…
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Issues, resources for covering opioid use among older adults
Alan Cassels We have an opioid crisis in the United States. Every day in this country there are 45 deaths…
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Five things to know about hospital consolidation
Erin Mershon Hospitals have been merging and acquiring physician practices at a breakneck pace over the last several years. Hospital…
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Ideas on covering how dental benefits expansion is working under the ACA
Mary Otto What does recent federal data reveal about how dental benefits are working on federal and state insurance marketplaces…