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Profile of a Kennedy led reporter to an investigation of mental health parity in N.C.
In September, Yen Duong, Ph.D., had just started work for North Carolina Health News when Hurricane Florence was churning up…
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Tick season increasingly begins sooner with climate change
Ticks are emerging earlier from winter hibernation and remaining active for more weeks of the year as the climate is…
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Tip sheet for covering HIV today: A 2019 update
This primer on covering HIV was first published in 2017. Heather Boerner has updated it with scientific breakthroughs from the…
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Health plans win some, lose some in challenges to Trump ACA changes
Think the only big lawsuit pending on the Affordable Care Act is the Texas fight over whether the whole law…
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Efforts continue to add a Medicare dental benefit
Acknowledging that millions of Medicare beneficiaries have unmet oral health care needs, a diverse coalition of organizations, including Families USA,…
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What to know about palliative care
The terms palliative and hospice care are often used interchangeably, but they’re not the same. While all hospice care includes…
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High-profile interview leads to a five-part series on mental health parity
Yen Duong After a lucky, hurricane-related break, reporter Yen Duong scored a half-hour interview with Patrick J. Kennedy, the former congressman…
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Tick season increasingly begins sooner with climate change
Ticks are emerging earlier from winter hibernation and remaining active for more weeks of the year as the climate is…
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Covering climate change and public health from the local level
One angle journalists can take to tackle huge issue like climate change and public health is to take a focused…
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Tennessee to take the lead in converting its Medicaid to block-grant funding
Tennessee may become the first state in the country to take advantage of the Trump administration’s enthusiasm for block-granting Medicaid –…
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