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3 tips for reporting on HIV disparities
It’s going to take a while before we know the effects of a recent court ruling that may limit HIV preventive care.…
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Resources for covering the ACA preventive care ruling in Texas
Among the many significant parts of the Affordable Care Act, one of the most important for consumers is the requirement…
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How a news investigation shed light on potential patient privacy violations
There have been continuing repercussions from an investigative story published in June by nonprofit news organization The Markup, in partnership with STAT, describing…
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How I did it: Reporting on apparent misconduct in influential Alzheimer’s research
Alzheimer’s disease afflicts more than 6 million Americans. Yet since 1906, when Alois Alzheimer first saw characteristic sticky plaques in…
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How is the U.S. preparing for the “second punch” of antibiotic resistance?
Journalists should check in on how the U.S. government and the nation’s hospitals and medical practices intend to regain ground…
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Covering antibiotic resistance (2022 update)
Health journalists should know that antibiotic resistance is a quiet, but big threat to modern medicine. The threat has become…
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A hallucinogen combined with psychotherapy may curb alcohol use disorder
Journalists covering alcoholism may already know that it is the third leading cause of death in the United States, behind tobacco smoking,…
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How to take advantage of AHCJ’s Freelance Center
The AHCJ website is packed with information that is sometimes difficult to find. That should be remedied early next year…
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Evaluating concerns about accelerated FDA drug approvals
Congress has a chance in September to try to speed the pace of studies needed to confirm whether drugs sold…
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Will the FDA get more tools for handling accelerated drug approvals?
September is a great time for journalists to examine how well U.S. regulators are handling the accelerated approval pathway for…
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