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AHCJ beat-reporting award winner and freelancer targets military health care
Health care issues in the military are becoming increasingly important to uncover, especially as the nation watches the response to…
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In the midst of a pandemic, employers begin to negotiate insurance coverage for next year
Every year, all employers negotiate with health insurers over what they’ll pay in insurance premiums for the coming year. And…
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Employer direct contracts with doctors, hospitals and health systems a growing trend
At one time, direct contracts between employers and health care providers were rare, but no longer. Disney, Intel, General Motors,…
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Panel highlights lack of data, obesity as among under-covered pandemic stories
Kentucky, Nebraska, Nevada and North Dakota are the only four states in the U.S. that (as of May 13) have…
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How a silly Facebook riddle can help you think more critically about medical studies
At a certain point, you think you’ve seen all of those maddening, intentionally misleading Facebook math riddles. The first one…
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RSS service streamlines access to COVID-19 preprints
It can be hard enough to keep up with the peer-reviewed research flooding out of journals related to COVID-19 and…
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Sources, studies and self-care: AHCJ freelancers give advice on COVID-19 coverage
As many health care journalists have reported that they’re covering “all COVID, all the time” during the past two months,…
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Webcast can help you report on the impact of disparities on the pandemic
A growing body of data indicates that COVID-19 is disproportionately impacting both communities of color and vulnerable populations such as…
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Freelancer wins AHCJ award for beat reporting, explains her process
Patricia Kime The 2019 Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism were announced recently, and the top spot for the…
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Promise and pitfalls of preprints explored in AHCJ webcast
More than 50 health journalists and others participated in the April 30 AHCJ webcast on research preprints, but if you…
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