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Lack of awareness of Valley fever is the disease’s biggest danger
PHOENIX — Doctors can misdiagnose Valley fever, a fungal disease that lurks behind common symptoms like coughs and fatigue, because…
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Oprah’s ‘60 Minutes’ segment gives voice to ‘trauma-informed care’
New efforts to address children’s health with an increased awareness of potential trauma in their lives gained fresh attention recently,…
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ACA enrollment holds quite steady for 2018
The final 2018 ACA marketplace enrollment figures are out – and they are higher than many people had expected going…
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Is the ‘medical virtualist’ specialty coming to a health system near you?
The Journal of the American Medical Association not long ago published an online editorial by two physicians at NewYork-Presbyterian that called…
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NY program highlights challenge of providing dental care to patients with disabilities
Reporter Richard Liebson recently recounted the story of an aging, 35-foot Winnebago that trundles through New York’s Hudson Valley to…
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Declare candidacy to run for AHCJ’s board of directors
The Association of Health Care Journalists has opened its 2018 call for candidates for the organization’s board of directors. Each…
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Getting serious about the nitty gritty of medical research reporting
It’s tough to choose between the field trips and the multiple workshops on Thursday, the first day of Health Journalism…
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CMS initiatives may be good news for some beneficiaries
This post was co-written by Joseph Burns (@jburns18), a Massachusetts-based independent journalist and AHCJ’s topic leader on health insurance. He welcomes…
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Are you up to date on alcohol use disorder?
Investigative journalism from Stat News, Wired and the New York Times recently revealed how the alcohol industry is influencing the…
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New study helps document role of oral health in overall health of Hispanics
More than half of U.S. Hispanic adults suffer from dental pain, have difficulty eating or report other oral problems that…
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