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Covering tropical storms: Resources, related stories to help your reporting
As Tropical Storm Hurricane Isaac bears down on the Gulf Coast, we have gathered tip sheets about covering natural disasters…
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Covering hurricanes: Resources and related stories to help your coverage
We have compiled tip sheets, articles about covering the public health angle of disasters, award-winning stories about health and past…
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Member close-up: Seattle Times’ Michael Berens
This has been quite a year for Michael Berens. In April, Berens and Ken Armstrong of The Seattle Times were…
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Author makes transition from print to blogging
Howard Gleckman Howard Gleckman, formerly a senior correspondent in the Washington, D.C. bureau of Business Week, explains his metamorphosis into…
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Explaining the Medicare fight in a nutshell
Just about every major news outlet has done a “fact check” on the Medicare wars that erupted after Mitt Romney…
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No simple solution for gaps in oral health care
The lack of oral health coverage that affects more than 100 million Americans is a problem that will only be…
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New tool allows searches of nursing home inspection reports
For the first time, reporters anywhere in the country can search nursing home inspection reports online and see how often…
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Aging in LGBT community comes with anxiety, silence for some
For a generation of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender adults now in their 60s, 70s and 80s, silence was, for…
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Investigators look into allegations of Medicaid dental recruiting of Dallas children
Byron Harris of WFAA-Dallas reports authorities there are investigating cases in which at least six children allegedly were recruited at…
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Campaign pushes children to brush teeth
What do gerbils on a train have to do with oral health? Take a look at this video to find…
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