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Time to take a look at local efforts to tackle health, poverty
Perhaps 2016 will be the year of the gap – tackling the issue of the working poor who fall between…
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Common respiratory virus often flies under diagnostic radar, especially for seniors
While waiting for a shuttle bus at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America in Orlando, I met…
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Weaving data, human stories into compelling series on dental deaths
In early 2014, a 4-year-old Dallas boy named Salomon Barahona Jr. died after undergoing sedation for a dental procedure. The…
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Covering the special health issues that LGBT seniors face
A growing subset of the senior tidal wave known as the “gray tsunami” are those who identify as gay, lesbian,…
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HHS to recognize AHCJ membership as credential for press events
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has agreed to recognize membership in the Association of Health Care Journalists…
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HHS agrees to recognize AHCJ membership as credential for press events
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will recognize membership in the Association of Health Care Journalists as sufficient credential for…
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Reporter explains how he wove data, human stories into compelling series on dental deaths
In early 2014, a 4-year-old Dallas boy named Salomon Barahona Jr. died after undergoing sedation for a dental procedure. The…
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Understanding the federal spending deal and how it affects the ACA
We’ve just posted a tip sheet to help you understand four main ways the big year-end tax and spending deal…
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Increase in ‘gray’ divorce hurts finances, health for many women
When older women get divorced, their new status often puts both their financial future and health at risk than that…
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How the year-end budget deal affects the Affordable Care Act
If you are wondering if the year-end spending and tax bills approved by Congress undid some of the funding for…
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