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Monitoring the Pulse of Health Care Journalism
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Reporter turned on-deadline account of a dental death into more than a tragic story
Sammy Caiola Sacramento Bee health reporter Sammy Caiola worked quickly to give her readers the story about the death of…
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Some help with the challenges of tracking down lead data
Lead contamination continues to make headlines more than a year after the Flint municipal lead crisis in Michigan hit the…
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Advice on finding pertinent data about lead contamination
Lead contamination and its health consequences have re-emerged as a critical issue in the wake of the Flint municipal water…
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Study: Newspaper coverage rarely reflects medical evidence over time
Journalists are in love with reporting new findings about a disease and a particular risk factor, but they are not…
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What Trump’s budget proposal may mean for health research agency
President Donald Trump’s budget proposal includes rolling a relatively obscure agency that conducts health care research into the National Institutes…
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Winners of 2016 health journalism contest announced
In-depth investigations into heroin and pain-pill abuse drew several top awards in this year’s Awards for Excellence in Health Care…
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Proposed cuts to senior program funding spark outrage
By now, most of you are probably aware of the controversial remarks made by Mick Mulvaney, director of the White…
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Take a pulse check on health care innovation in your area
One feature of the Affordable Care Act that doesn’t get a lot of ink was the creation of the Centers…
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Winners of 2016 health journalism contest announced
In-depth investigations into heroin and pain-pill abuse drew several top awards in this year’s Awards for Excellence in Health Care…
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Social isolation, loneliness negatively affect health for seniors
Social isolation and loneliness are associated with increased mortality in older adults. Social isolation also has been linked to other…
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