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Plans progress to accredit dental therapist training
The agency responsible for overseeing dental education in the United States is moving forward with plans to establish a national…
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Podcast series launches with discussion of potential harms of screening tests
If you want to get a better grasp on the intricacies of screenings and assessing their risk-benefit analysis, there’s now…
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How to wrap your arms around a topic as broad as poverty and aging
Suzanne Travers This series in City Limits on aging in New York City began with a musing from my editor,…
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CDC survey shows uninsured rate dropping to historic 9.2 percent
The uninsured rate among all Americans in the first quarter of this year dropped to 9.2 percent, according to the…
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A cautionary tale about relying on white papers as research
White papers can be useful tools for journalists. Ideally, they provide authoritative, in-depth information from government or nonprofits about specific…
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Journalists must succeed where politicians fail in risk communication
With no new cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) in South Korea since July 2, the outbreak appears to…
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Member’s JAMA piece looks at ethical considerations of physician-journalists
AHCJ member Rita Rubin explores the tricky territory of working as a doctor and a journalist in a “Medical News…
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New tip sheet offers resources for tracking geographic disparities in organ transplants
David Wahlberg, a health reporter at the Wisconsin State Journal, is using his yearlong AHCJ Reporting Fellowship on Health Care…
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Medicaid expansion shapes hospital financial health
We’ve all written a lot about the “Medicaid gap” – the low-income people who can’t get coverage under the Affordable…
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Midlevel dental providers gain support from national organization
With dental care in short supply and oral disease rates high on tribal lands, Native American leader Brian Cladoosby recently…
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