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Getting it right: Reporting on laws that prohibit gender- affirming care for minors
As state legislatures continue to consider laws that would ban gender-affirming care options for transgender minors, journalists writing about them…
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Why environmental health is public health
The impact of spills, runoff, emissions and soil contamination goes far beyond the environment and often affects the health of…
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HJ23 draws large crowd to the Gateway to the West
More than 550 people gathered in St. Louis earlier this month for Health Journalism ’23, with at least 300 organizations…
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Journalists need support and self-care when reporting on trauma
A global pandemic, never-ending mass shootings, heartbreaking patient stories, an opioid epidemic, legislation that endangers people’s lives … there’s no…
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Top 2023 policy stories: end of public health emergency and telehealth
For journalists seeking important health care policy stories in 2023, look to the impact of the end of the public…
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Panelists say the health care system needs to pay more attention to intimate partner violence
Intimate partner violence is not simply a criminal justice issue. It’s also a public health problem. Speakers at the panel,…
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HJ23 session: Putting a face on family caregiving
Caregiving. It seems almost everyone has a story, whether they’re a millennial, baby boomer or older person caring for a…
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Panelists endorse collaborative ‘prebunking’ to stop toxic misinformation
Scientific knowledge is no match for entrenched misinformation, JAMA Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, M.D., told a luncheon crowd at…
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HJ23: Researcher-activists call for a non-police response to mental health emergency calls
Removing 911 emergency call centers from police department oversight, placing them outside of police offices and training 911 dispatchers to…
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Former U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams talks career highlights, COVID lessons at HJ23
Former U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams’ youth and career path, lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, and advice for journalists…
