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Persistence, persuasion pays off with critical global health security story
Emily Baumgaertner New York Times reporter Emily Baumgaertner got started in health news while working on a graduate degree in…
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How are ACA’s quality measures affecting health care?
On a recent What the Health podcast, where I’m a frequent guest, we took some listeners’ questions. One was about…
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Don’t neglect the human stories — and human pain — behind clinical trials
Most often, reporting on medical studies means recounting numbers, demographic details, findings and statistical probability values that are so abstract…
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Some basic questions to ask presenters and attendees at a medical conference
Conferences can be hectic to cover, and it’s difficult sometimes to pin down the researcher or presenter you need, much…
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Aftermath of child’s death continues to highlight risks of pediatric dental anesthesia
A state jury found a former Hawaii dentist not guilty of manslaughter and other criminal charges related to the highly…
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New report paints a grim picture of older women in poverty
A significant percentage of older women are struggling to stay out of poverty, according to a new issue brief from…
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Given that ‘step therapy’ is also called ‘fail first,’ there are many angles to pursue
For journalists covering the Trump administration’s plan to expand step therapy to Medicare Advantage, there are important angles to cover…
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Researchers study Rift Valley fever as climate change expands risks
Could another seemingly obscure mosquito-borne disease that formerly existed mostly in Africa spread around the globe like the Zika virus?…
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New law signed aims to better target Alzheimer’s prevention, treatment
Despite the partial government shutdown, some wheels in Congress keep turning. Among them, the BOLD Act (Building Our Largest Dementia…
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Helpful info for journalists available about Society of Thoracic Surgeons database
CNN has found itself caught up in a complicated libel case after an investigative story it ran in 2015 about the…
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