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Skepticism is one key to reporting on pharmacogenetic tests
The area of pharmacogenetics, or how genes affect a person’s response to drugs, is a fast-growing commercial segment of genetics.…
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ProPublica writer ties health disparities to the financial beat
Covering health disparities is not a beat solely for health reporters. Take Paul Kiel: A reporter at ProPublica, Kiel’s beat covering…
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Bill expanding Medicare dental care faces uphill climb in Congress
America’s 55 million Medicare beneficiaries would receive comprehensive dental, vision and hearing benefits under a bill introduced this month in…
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State prescription drug monitoring programs a window into fight against opioid abuse
With an estimated 78 opioid-related deaths per day nationwide, policymakers, journalists and the public are sounding the alarm on overprescribing…
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Tips to expand coverage of LGBT health beyond HIV and AIDS
For the past several decades, HIV and AIDS have dominated discussions and reporting about LGBT health. While HIV/AIDS continues to…
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Reporter discusses covering challenges of California’s Medicaid dental program
Denti-Cal, California’s Medicaid dental program, faces ongoing challenges in getting care to its roughly 13 million beneficiaries. Only about half…
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Uncovering health debt collection tactics
Two and a half years ago, Paul Kiel set a broad goal to provide the first comprehensive view of debt collectors’…
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A jumping-off point for reporting on hospital interoperability
Coinciding with its annual meeting, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology issued a data brief on…
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Fast growth in nursing home ownership ripe for investigation
Serious problems at nursing homes are often easy to conceal. That is, unless you specifically dig for patterns of fraud,…
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How the media reports mass shootings may influence future ones
As the U.S. struggles to process and grieve yet another mass shooting — this one unique in targeting a minority…
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