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Sacramento mayor spotlights efforts to tackle mental health crisis among California’s homeless population
Mental health took center stage last week at AHCJ’s fall summit, “Homelessness and Health Care,” in Oakland, Calif., when Sacramento…
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AHCJ awards 2024 Health Performance Reporting Fellowships
The Association of Health Care Journalists has awarded the 2024 Reporting Fellowships on Health Care Performance to five mid-career journalists…
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Pushing past resistance to better firearms violence reporting
In the fall of 2022, AHCJ held a summit in the Chicago suburbs that brought together researchers, clinicians, journalists and…
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Nov. 6 AHCJ webinar will focus on resetting the “default” on firearm violence reporting
In 2020, the Kansas City Star saw a need for deeper reporting on gun violence beyond the usual breaking news…
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New study shows people with dementia bear higher financial burden: How to tell the story
A new study by researchers at The University of Michigan published in JAMA Internal Medicine found that a dementia diagnosis…
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How health and science writer Lisa Marshall covered the growing smart bandage industry
Colorado-based freelance journalist Lisa Marshall talks with AHCJ about the burgeoning smart bandage industry. Learn how she reported on the…
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October Lunch and Learn: Using generative AI tools
Freelancers shared their questions and concerns about how to responsibly and practically AI tools like ChatGPT.
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As open enrollment begins, older adults have questions about how to afford Medicare coverage
Many Americans ages 65 and up have difficulty affording Medicare premiums and prescription drugs. Journalists have an opportunity to help…
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What to know about fetal viability — and why some advocates want it out of abortion law
A major medical group is advising journalists to learn about fetal viability and says it should no longer be used…
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AARP long-term care scorecard reveals plenty of room for improvement
Photo by Jsme MILA via pexels.More than three years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, care provided for older people and…
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