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COVID-19
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Nursing homes get more financial help, must test more often
U.S. nursing homes that participate in Medicare and Medicaid will be getting a $5 billion infusion of “provider relief funds”…
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AHCJ webcast to explore how schools might safely reopen this fall
America’s 13,000 school systems have been under tremendous pressure to reopen in-person classes this fall but are struggling with how…
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AHCJ backs public data about COVID-19 hospitalizations
The Association of Health Care Journalists strongly urges the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to keep public all…
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In writing about whether schools will open for in-person classes, check case counts in kids
As you write about the continuing back and forth over the how and when — and if — it will…
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Even in a pandemic, it’s important to keep the price transparency issue in perspective
A federal judge last month ruled against the American Hospital Association and other hospital groups in their lawsuit against the…
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Staffing levels, not just hotspots, can predict nursing home COVID deaths, study says
Since the first COVID-19 outbreak in a Seattle-area nursing home in February, at least 55,000 deaths, more than 42% of…
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Resources for responsibly reporting on supplements during the pandemic
One of the biggest challenges of covering the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic has been the proliferation of inaccurate information. That includes misinformation,…
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Journalist offers advice on breaking news in the time of COVID-19
The National Institutes of Health last month halted a clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine for use in treating COVID-19 patients. The…
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Time to track how the pandemic is hurting health care provider finances
While the death of more than 120,000 Americans related to the novel coronavirus is the most important story, the economic…
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Professor helps journalists report on assessing COVID-19 transmission risks
Scientists now have a much better idea of how people become infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. But…