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Does care suffer as private equity firms buy struggling nursing homes?
Private equity firms are in the business of making money. On the surface, there is nothing wrong with that. However,…
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Get a chance to further your health journalism knowledge through AHCJ fellowships
AHCJ is taking applications for two of its premier fellowship programs: the AHCJ-CDC Health Journalism Fellowships and the AHCJ Reporting…
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NIH director, pandemic expert discuss development, rollout of COVID-19 vaccines
While describing the efforts of the National Institutes of Health and its partnerships with other agencies and pharmaceutical companies, NIH…
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Journalists encouraged to beat the approaching AHCJ contest deadline
While 2020 is coming to a close, AHCJ wants to recognize the year’s demanding work of journalism colleagues through the…
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Year in review: What journalists have been reading
It is perhaps little surprise that the most-read blog posts on Covering Health this year were almost exclusively about the…
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Covering the hidden mental health effects of a pandemic
Things we all know: The current pandemic can bring on stress, anxiety and fear. Common sense actions, such as social…
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What have we learned from COVID-19 vaccine efforts?
The race for COVID-19 vaccines won’t be the last vaccine race we’ll see. Vaccines for HIV are in the pipeline,…
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Covering a ‘twindemic:’ Flu, COVID-19 share at least one season
A “twindemic” is what infectious disease experts are calling the possibility that both the COVID-19 and influenza viruses will sicken…
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Finding data that can bolster your pandemic reporting
Ever since John Snow pieced together how cholera spread from a water pump in London in 1854, data has been…
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COVID relief bill bans some surprise medical bills, but not all
Leaders of both political parties in the U.S. House and Senate reached agreement Sunday to pass a $900 billion bill…
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