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Monitoring the Pulse of Health Care Journalism
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HIV treatments stem transmission, but stigma, barriers to access persist
Following a screening of “Ending HIV in America” at HJ24, panelists discussed why it’s still difficult to make treatments widely…
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How journalists frame racial disparities in health can matter
Journalists’ framing of racial differences in health can sway readers’ perception of their own health risks.
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Best (and worst) ways to connect to editors and pitch stories
Succinct — yet still meaty — pitches are the key to submitting a story idea that will attract an editor’s…
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How journalism can shed light on medicine’s hidden racial bias
By Anil Oza, Freelance Health Journalism Scholarship Recipient The racial bias hiding in plain sight A Friday panel at HJ24…
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Separating the wheat from the chaff in health studies
Covering health-related studies is usually a large part of a health reporter’s job. It can also be one of the…
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Economist, doctor suggest publicly funded health care as solution to insurance woes
Publicly funded health care could fix the country’s ailing insurance system, an economist and a physician agreed during an HJ24…
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Covering America’s life expectancy crisis
Although the U.S. spends more on health care than any other high-income country, it has the lowest life expectancy at…
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FDA to regulate lab-developed tests, citing safety issues raised by journalists
News articles about lab-developed tests contributed to the FDA’s “growing body of evidence” that inaccurate tests threaten public health.
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How AI could help triage emergency department care
Two studies indicate that Chat GPT-4 could help triage emergency department care or predict hospital admissions.
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Tip sheet: A quick primer on long-term care
Here’s what to keep in mind when reporting on the potpourri of federal, state and local long-term care programs, services…
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