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Everything you need to know about the urban heat island effect
With 80% of Americans living in urban areas, understanding the heat island effect is crucial when reporting on environmental health.
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How rising health care prices are harming employers and families
In a webinar on Aug. 27, we’ll hear from experts on how they used data on hospital prices to negotiate…
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Overcoming AI’s diversity problem when creating images
A recent study shows that AI image generators often depict doctors as white and male. Here are some tips to…
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Reporting on race-free equations: A how-to with Usha Lee McFarling
McFarling’s reporting on race-free equations and broader issues of race in medicine earned her the 2024 Bernard Lo, M.D. Award…
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Keeping your audience informed on the mpox global public health emergency
The WHO officially declared mpox a global public health emergency following the rapid spread of a new strain in several…
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Use this comprehensive dataset to report on school shooting trends
The K-12 School Shooting Database documents when a gun is fired, brandished or a bullet hits school property regardless of…
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Covering medical debt? You’ll need these resources
Journalists can find a wealth of data on issues related to medical debt in a robust series of reports from…
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How a class reporting project exposed ethical problems with a pioneering brain study
Journalist Katherine Eban describes her and her students’ STAT investigation about Mount Sinai’s Living Brain Project.
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Why are most states holding back on free meals for school kids?
While public support for free meals is there, consider reporting on why some states are not adopting universal free school…
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AHCJ members elect two new board directors, four incumbents
Renuka Rayasam and Jonathan Rockoff will join AHCJ’s Board of Directors after the largest voter turnout in five years.
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