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During an infectious disease outbreak, how does a journalist provide accurate information about risks to the public as the event…
One of the best ways to become a better health journalist is to find out what the best in the…
You may have recently heard about the multimillion-dollar donation that Bill Gates and Leonard Lauder made to support research into…
In my most recent post, I recapped what Georgetown University’s Sabrina Corlette, who is also a former Senate health policy…
A mainstay of health reporting is covering outbreaks of foodborne illness, whether it’s salmonella in peanut butter (and its criminal…
With thousands of medical studies published every day, it’s impossible to cover even 1 percent of them. When you can…
A recent editorial in the Journal of the American Medical Association explored the responsibility that journals have to public health…
In June 2009, Atul Gawande wrote an influential New Yorker article, about the community of McAllen, Texas, which has some…
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The term “frailty” seems to be practically synonymous with aging. And while it’s true that adults naturally have a gradual…
Studies that support a link between chocolate and good health are popular with readers. But the reality is that most…