Winning Contest Entries
Explore a diverse array of entries that have participated in our contests over the years. These entries represent the incredible talent, creativity, and dedication of journalists and storytellers from various backgrounds and media platforms.
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- Health Policy (small)
UNIMPAIRED, UNEMPLOYED
Workers in Pennsylvania can’t be fired for having a doctor’s approval for medical marijuana — but once they actually use…
- 2022
Third Place
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- Health Policy (small)
Minnesota crisis pregnancy centers promote ‘dangerous’ abortion pill reversal; some are state-funded
Abortion pill reversal, a controversial and harmful practice intended to ‘reverse’ an abortion halfway through, is still being advertised by…
- 2022
Second Place
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- Health Policy (small)
A New Prescription
The U.S. pours money into health care, then holds back on social services. But those services often can do more…
- 2022
First Place
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- Health Policy (large)
She Wanted an Abortion. A Judge Said She Wasn’t Mature Enough to Decide.
On a hot Texas morning in 2020, Giselle, who goes by G, slipped her arms into a borrowed blazer, flipped…
- 2022
Third Place
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- 2022
Second Place
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- Health Policy (large)
Endgame
Half of all Americans now die in hospice care. Easy money and a lack of regulation transformed a crusade to…
- 2022
First Place
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- Consumer/Feature (small)
Family of 3-year-old who died after a dental procedure left with grief and questions
Sunrise peered onto a chilly morning four months ago when Christian Gordon arrived at an outpatient surgery center in Hilton…
- 2022
Third Place
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- 2022
Second Place
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- Consumer/Feature (small)
Congenital syphilis rates soar across California as public health funding dwindled prior to the pandemic
The number of congenital syphilis cases has ballooned to rates not seen in two decades. Public health workers say the…
- 2022
First Place
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- Consumer/Feature (large)
In the label ‘adult failure to thrive,’ medicine reveals its own failures
The death certificate made everything worse. Seth Fischer was already angry: a physical feeling, an overwhelming internal buzz. He would…
- 2022
Third Place
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- Consumer/Feature (large)
Rethinking Obesity
More than 4 in 10 Americans now fit the medical definition for having obesity, putting them at risk for serious health…
- 2022
Second Place
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- Consumer/Feature (large)
STILLBIRTHS: When Babies Die Before Taking Their First BreathDuaa EldeibSTILLBIRTHS: When Babies Die Before Taking Their First Breath
The U.S. has not prioritized stillbirth prevention, and American parents are losing babies even as other countries make larger strides…
- 2022
First Place
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- Business
‘The Cash Monster Was Insatiable’: How Insurers Exploited Medicare for Billions
By next year, half of Medicare beneficiaries will have a private Medicare Advantage plan. Most large insurers in the program…
Third Place
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- Business
Diagnosis: Debt
Hundreds of Hospitals Sue Patients or Threaten Their Credit, a KHN Investigation Finds. Does Yours? Despite growing evidence of the…
- 2022
Second Place
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- Business
Nonprofit Hospitals Are Big Business
Nonprofit hospitals get billions of dollars in tax breaks in exchange for providing support to their communities. A Wall Street…
- 2022
First Place
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