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Science center’s principles offer guidance to reporters covering complicated COVID-19 issues
While most AHCJ members have been writing about health for a while, the COVID-19 pandemic suddenly turned nearly every other…
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Story ideas for covering the delta variant and return to K-12 classrooms
As children return to school in the coming weeks, it is increasingly clear it will not be the return to…
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Health Journalism 2021 postponed
Dear AHCJ members, AHCJ staff have been monitoring the emergence and spread of the Delta variant closely over the last…
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Pandemic surge causes postponement of Health Journalism 2021
AHCJ staff have been monitoring the emergence and spread of the Delta variant closely over the last few weeks. With…
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New poll looks at fall risk during the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to serious long-term health effects — ranging from heart problems to ongoing brain fog. Now,…
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Debunk vaccination myths
[The following is a guest op-ed and does not necessarily reflect the views of AHCJ or its board of directors.]…
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Request to extend telehealth benefits for Medicare beneficiaries, and other story starters
There’s been a small flurry of stories and news updates on telehealth this summer. On July 26, some 430 health…
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Understand the political determinants of health when covering health equity
Natural disasters, wars, and pandemics amplify the health burden among people who are poor or marginalized. They also reveal the…
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Disease-awareness campaigns merit extra scrutiny, experts say
This is part 2 of a package on sponsored disease awareness campaigns and other controversial drug marketing practices, focusing on…
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Explaining Biogen’s controversial ‘MCI’ advertising to your audience
New marketing campaigns about forgetfulness and distraction could lead people to seek the costly Aduhelm drug for Alzheimer’s disease even…
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