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Is the Trump administration ignoring the LGBT community?
The Trump administration recently announced that it would no longer collect information on LGBT older adults in two key national…
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Announcing the 2017 AHCJ-Academic Health Journalism Fellowships
Congratulations to our AHCJ-Academic Health Journalism fellows, who will be attending Health Journalism 2017. We were able to support these…
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Eyre’s Pulitzer-winning work shows power of hard data, big numbers
In two days in December, the Charleston Gazette-Mail published two blockbuster articles about the opioid crisis in West Virginia, the…
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Dentists urged to find non-opioid alternatives to ease patient pain
In response to the nation’s epidemic of opioid addiction, health care leaders including U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy have urged…
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Panel to look at the economics of health disparities
Much attention has focused lately on health care costs – from insurance premiums and the reform efforts to drug prices…
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Veteran health IT reporter shows how to sift through the whiz-bang at industry conferences
So your editor wants you to cover health information technology at a conference. Whether it’s a product launch, upgrade or…
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Search for fountain of youth drives testosterone replacement industry
You know those ads on late-night radio or in the back of some magazines for testosterone replacement therapy? Hate to…
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Community water fluoridation efforts get boost from EPA ruling
The ongoing controversy over community water fluoridation is unlikely to go away despite a recent U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)…
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Get beyond the hype to cover health IT at conferences
Neil Versel Health information technology came into prominence in health care with the advent of the federal “meaningful use” program…
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Preparing for overhaul of the VA’s electronic health record system
Andis Robeznieks Updated: June 13, 2017 – This tip sheet has been updated to reflect the VA’s decision to replace its…
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