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SUMMARY:'The Case for Rural America': A conversation with researcher and author J. Tom Mueller
DESCRIPTION:Rural Health Webinar Series\n\n\n\nThis webinar is Part 5 of our 2026 Rural Health Webinar Series. Attend at least four of our five sessions\, complete a brief knowledge check and earn an AHCJ Certification in Covering Rural Health for your resume. Learn more » \n\n\n\n\n\nIn his recent book\, “The Case for Rural America\,” rural sociologist and demographer J. Tom Mueller\, Ph.D.\, makes a case for why rural America is worth saving and what policymakers must do to preserve a way of life that many people prefer. One of the main solutions he proposes is directly related to healthcare in America. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModerator: Jared Ewy\, Radio host\, The Daily Yonder\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJared Ewy\n\n\n\nRadio host\, The Daily Yonder \n\n\n\nAfter an attempt to play college football disabused him of the notion that he was a battering ram\, Jared Ewy made the leap into radio. From the Four Corners\, he worked his way to Denver before taking on an opportunity to work with Bob Newhart and\, in turn\, launch a comedy career. Incredibly poor\, he would join a tech startup and help build it into a company on the Nasdaq. From there\, Ewy has focused on helping nonprofits like Ability Connection Colorado share the work they do\, as well as syndicate Yonder Radio\, a show that amplifies rural stories and is syndicated across the country. Ewy continues to tell stories on stage. He’s won Denver’s Moth Story Slam seven times and is currently the back-to-back Moth Grand Slam Champion. He lives in Colorado with his wife\, three kids and too many pets. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJ. Tom Mueller\, Ph.D.\, Director\, Kansas Center for Rural Health\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJ. Tom Mueller\, Ph.D.\n\n\n\nDirector\, Kansas Center for Rural HealthAssistant professor\, University of Kansas Medical Center Department of Population Health \n\n\n\nJ. Tom Mueller\, Ph.D.\, is an Assistant Professor of Population Health and Director of the Kansas Center for Rural Health at the University of Kansas Medical Center. As a rural sociologist and demographer\, he studies the geography of well-being and the environment in rural America. Dr. Mueller’s work focuses on three primary areas: health and well-being in rural America\, (2) environmental injustice and environmental health\, and (3) the measurement and tracking of poverty across space.Dr. Mueller has published his work in leading outlets such as the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences; American Journal of Public Health; Nature Water; Nature Communications; Demography; and Rural Sociology\, among others. Dr. Mueller pursues and receives funding from a variety of sources including the National Institutes of Health\, the National Institute of Food and Agriculture\, and the National Science Foundation. \n\n\n\nDr. Mueller is the author of “The Case for Rural America“.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2026/09/rural-health-webinar-series-part-5-the-case-for-rural-america/
CATEGORIES:Event,Rural Health 2026,Webinar,Workshops | Summits
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SUMMARY:Fact and fiction on measles and respiratory virus vaccines
DESCRIPTION:Respiratory virus season is approaching\, on top of ever-expanding measles outbreaks and continuing vaccine misinformation\, including from the highest levels of government. It’s a lot for health journalists to cover\, and audiences have many questions. This webinar\, with infectious disease experts Jesse Goodman (Georgetown University and the Expert Vaccine Analysis Team – EVAT)\, Fiona Havers (Emory University)\, Paul Offit (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and EVAT)\, and immunologist Elisabeth Marnik (The Evidence Collective)\, will provide answers on whether COVID vaccines will be recommended and available to everyone and at what cost; what we know about the new mRNA flu vaccine and its safety; and the best course for expectant parents\, among other topics.  \n\n\n\nWe’ll also share the facts about the ongoing measles outbreak and related deaths in Pennsylvania\, whether the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine is likely to split into three different shots\, and generally address misinformation\, rumors\, and misconceptions about vaccines and infectious diseases. Join us to get the answers to these questions and\, perhaps most importantly\, learn how to address false information and present the facts in engaging\, matter-of-fact\, accessible ways. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModerator\n\n\n\n\nTara Haelle\n\n\n\nAHCJ’s Health Beat Leader for Infectious Diseases and Medical StudiesTara Haelle is AHCJ’s health beat leader for infectious diseases and medical studies. She’s an independent science/health journalist\, author\, speaker\, and photographer. Her work has appeared in the National Geographic\, Scientific American\, Texas Monthly\, Science News\, Medscape/WebMD\, The New York Times\, Wired\, and O Magazine\, among others. She specializes in public health and medical research\, particularly vaccines\, infectious disease\, maternal and pediatric health\, mental health\, healthcare disparities\, and misinformation. She also covers medical research conferences and edits Long COVID Connection on Medium. Haelle earned a master’s in photojournalism from the University of Texas at Austin\, and her images have appeared in Texas Monthly\, NPR\, the\, Chicago Sun-Times and elsewhere. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJesse Goodman\, M.D.\, MPH\n\n\n\nProfessor of Medicine and Infectious Diseases and Attending Physician at Georgetown UniversityJesse L. Goodman\, MD\, MPH is Professor of Medicine and Infectious Diseases and Attending Physician at Georgetown University. He was previously Chief of Infectious Diseases at the University of Minnesota where his laboratory isolated the causative agent of human granulocytic anaplasmosis.  \n\n\n\nFrom 2003-9 he served as Director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER)\, regulating vaccines\, blood and cell and gene therapies\, and then as Chief Scientist of the US FDA until 2014\, serving in US leadership for numerous public health responses. He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and has served on numerous WHO\, CDC\, NIH\, NAM and other advisory committees and previously served as a member of GSK’s board\, chairing its science committee. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFiona Havers\, M.D.\n\n\n\nInfectious Diseases Physician\, Emory University School of Medicine; Attending Physician\, Grady Memorial HospitalFiona Havers\, MD\, MHS\, FIDSA\, is an infectious diseases physician in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Emory University School of Medicine. She is a former medical epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Havers is a senior subject matter expert on vaccine-preventable respiratory diseases and vaccine policy. She was the CDC lead of the Respiratory Virus Hospitalization Surveillance Network (RESP-NET) Team in the Coronavirus and Other Respiratory Viruses Division within the U.S. CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. Dr. Havers oversaw the COVID-19 and RSV platforms within RESP-NET\, a population-based surveillance platform that covers ~9% of the US population and collects data on COVID-19\, RSV\, and influenza-associated hospitalizations. Dr. Havers left CDC in June 2025. \n\n\n\nThe author of >100 publications while at CDC\, Dr. Havers’ research interests have focused on the epidemiology\, prevention\, treatment and vaccine policy for vaccine-preventable respiratory pathogens\, including influenza\, pertussis\, RSV and SARS-CoV-2. She was previously the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Work Group lead for the Pertussis Vaccines Work Group and has worked extensively on COVID-19 and adult RSV vaccine policy\, including as senior author on the initial adult RSV vaccine ACIP policy recommendations published in 2023. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPaul A. Offit\, M.D.\n\n\n\nDirector\, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Vaccine Education CenterPaul A. Offit\, M.D.\, is the Director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia as well as the Maurice R. Hilleman Professor of Vaccinology and a Professor of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Offit is currently a voting member on the FDA’s Vaccine Advisory Committee and has previously served on the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices to the CDC. He is also the co-inventor of the rotavirus vaccine\, RotaTeq\, recommended for universal use in infants by the CDC in 2006 and by the WHO in 2013. This vaccine was estimated recently to save about 165\,000 lives a year. He is also the author of 11 books written for the public about science\, medicine\, and vaccines. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nElisabeth Marnik\, Ph.D.\n\n\n\nExecutive Director\, The Evidence CollectiveDr. Elisabeth Adkins Marnik is a science communicator and immunologist working at the intersection of public trust\, science\, and public health. She earned her PhD in genetics and immunology from Tufts University. \n\n\n\nRaised in a family that distrusted science and vaccines\, Liz brings a personal understanding of hesitancy to her work. During the COVID-19 pandemic\, she launched Science Whiz Liz to help the public navigate emerging health information\, combining lived experience with scientific expertise. Liz now leads national efforts to translate evidence into clear\, responsible\, and empathetic public communication. She is an inaugural member of the National Academy of Medicine’s Action Collaborative on Building Trust in Health Science Through Community Partnership and Lived Experience and was named to Mainebiz’s 2025 40 Under 40 for her leadership in science education and public engagement.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/fact-and-fiction-on-measles-and-respiratory-virus-vaccines/
CATEGORIES:Event,Infectious Diseases,Public Health,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Health insurance for freelancers: What to know for 2027
DESCRIPTION:Health journalists often know and write a lot about health insurance\, including how changes in the industry affect people in “real life.” But freelance journalists can still be at a loss when it comes to understanding how different plans\, policy decisions and personal situations influence their own coverage — and what to do about it. That’s particularly true going into 2027\, given changes in Affordable Care Act subsidies\, federal marketplace rules and more. \n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, health insurance experts Louise Norris of healthinsurance.org and Jonathan Gray of the Freelancers Union will discuss what independent journalists should know this open enrollment season\, including what’s different\, what options exist and how to assess which plan is best for them and their families. As always\, the discussion will be followed by a Q&A. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModerator\n\n\n\n\nAnna Medaris\n\n\n\nAHCJ Freelance Beat LeaderAnna Medaris is a freelance health and lifestyle journalist with 15 years of experience writing features\, narratives\, explainers\, and news hits for publications including the Washington Post\, Women’s Health\, Vox\, Cosmopolitan\, US New & World Report\, Everyday Health\, AARP\, Monitor on Psychology\, among others. She left her last full-time role as health correspondent for Business Insider to go freelance full time in June 2023. Anna is passionate about\, and skilled in\, telling sensitive human-interest stories\, critiquing quirky cultural trends\, and answering questions you didn’t know you had. She’s appeared on the “TODAY Show\,” “Good Morning America\,” Hulu’s “Age of Influence\,” and many podcasts and local TV and radio stations. Anna also serves as AHCJ’s New York City chapter lead and as a writing coach through the New York Writing Room. She graduated with high honors from the University of Michigan in 2009 and later earned her master’s in interactive journalism from American University. She’s an avid swimmer who lives in Brooklyn with her husband and their basset rescue\, Lou Longbody. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJonathan K. Gray\n\n\n\nDirector of member benefits\, Freelancers UnionJonathan K. Gray is a seasoned benefits leader with more than a decade of experience in insurance\, benefits administration and member services. As director of member benefits at Freelancers Union\, he oversees strategic benefits programs serving members nationwide\, managing health\, dental\, vision\, life and disability plans while ensuring compliance with federal regulations. Jonathan has built a career at the intersection of policy\, insurance and member advocacy. \n\n\n\nA proud graduate of York College\, City University of New York\, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in political science\, Jonathan credits his alma mater with shaping his commitment to public service\, leadership and community impact. He is licensed in life\, health\, and property & casualty insurance and is passionate about expanding access to quality benefits for working families and independent professionals. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLouise Norris\n\n\n\nHealth policy analyst\, healthinsurance.orgLouise Norris is a health policy analyst for healthinsurance.org with more than 20 years of experience in health insurance and health care reform. Norris has authored hundreds of articles and educational resources on the Affordable Care Act (ACA)\, health insurance marketplaces\, Medicare and state and federal health policy. She is the author of healthinsurance.org’s annual ACA open enrollment guide and its guide to special enrollment periods. Her expertise has been featured in national media outlets\, including The New York Times\, The Washington Post and NPR. Norris has also participated in health policy discussions hosted by the Brookings Institution and public radio station WNYC.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/health-insurance-for-freelancers-what-to-know-for-2027/
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SUMMARY:How losing measles elimination status could affect public health and families
DESCRIPTION:When the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) meets this month\, it’s expected to decide whether the U.S. will retain the measles elimination status it earned in 2000 or\, as many observers expect\, it will be revoked after more than a year of continuous endemic measles transmission. Join infectious disease physician experts to hear what the potential loss of measles elimination in the U.S. means\, the critical role rebuilding community immunity will play in getting it back\, and what conquering measles in the U.S. — again — will take. \n\n\n\nYou’ll hear from Noel Brewer\, chair of the committee reporting to PAHO on behalf of the U.S.; Paul Offit\, director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP); Charlotte Moser\, co-director of the CHOP Vaccine Education Center; and Lisa McHugh\, the state epidemiologist of Pennsylvania\, the current epicenter of measles in the U.S. You’ll also get a first look at an excerpt from an upcoming documentary from CHOP’s Vaccine Education Center about community immunity and its role in fighting measles and other infectious diseases. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModerator\n\n\n\n\nTara Haelle\n\n\n\nAHCJ’s Health Beat Leader for Public HealthTara Haelle is AHCJ’s health beat leader for infectious diseases and medical studies. She’s an independent science/health journalist\, author\, speaker\, and photographer. Her work has appeared in the National Geographic\, Scientific American\, Texas Monthly\, Science News\, Medscape/WebMD\, The New York Times\, Wired\, and O Magazine\, among others. She specializes in public health and medical research\, particularly vaccines\, infectious disease\, maternal and pediatric health\, mental health\, healthcare disparities\, and misinformation. She also covers medical research conferences and edits Long COVID Connection on Medium. Haelle earned a master’s in photojournalism from the University of Texas at Austin\, and her images have appeared in Texas Monthly\, NPR\, the\, Chicago Sun-Times and elsewhere. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNoel T. Brewer\, Ph.D.\n\n\n\nGillings Distinguished Professor in Public Health\, University of North CarolinaNoel T. Brewer\, Ph.D.\, is the Gillings Distinguished Professor in Public Health at the University of North Carolina and a member of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. He has a doctorate in health psychology from Rutgers University. He is chair of the United States of America National Verification Committee for the Elimination of Measles\, Rubella\, and Congenital Rubella Syndrome. This committee certifies the CDC’s report on measles elimination and interfaces with the PanAmerican Health Organization\, the group that established whether the U.S. has eliminated endemic transmission of measles. He is a former voting member of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. He has advised on HPV vaccination for three presidents. He has also advised CDC\, WHO and other organizations on assessing the behavioral and social drivers of vaccine uptake. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLisa McHugh\, Ph.D.\, MPH\n\n\n\nDirector of the Bureau of Epidemiology and State Epidemiologist\, Pennsylvania Department of HealthLisa McHugh\, Ph.D.\, MPH\, serves as director of the Bureau of Epidemiology and State Epidemiologist at the Pennsylvania Department of Health. In this role\, she provides leadership and oversight for statewide epidemiologic surveillance\, communicable disease prevention\, and public health response activities. She collaborates with local\, state\, and federal partners to strengthen public health infrastructure\, improve disease monitoring systems\, and support data-driven decision-making across the Commonwealth. She has over 25 years of experience as an applied epidemiologist working in state and local governmental health. Lisa earned a master’s of public health (MPH) degree from the University of New York at Albany and a doctorate in epidemiology from Rutgers University. She is serving as the incident manager for the measles response in Pennsylvania. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCharlotte Moser\, M.S.\n\n\n\nCo-director\, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Vaccine Education CenterCharlotte Moser is the Co-director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. As a scientist and communicator\, Charlotte spends time working to get accurate\, science-based information to families as they look for it during the vaccine decision-making process. Charlotte had published research related to virology\, immunology and vaccine attitudes. She was the consumer rep on the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) when the entire committee was dismissed in June 2025. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPaul A. Offit\, M.D.\n\n\n\nDirector\, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Vaccine Education CenterPaul A. Offit\, M.D.\, is the Director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia as well as the Maurice R. Hilleman Professor of Vaccinology and a Professor of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Offit is a voting member on the FDA’s Vaccine Advisory Committee and has previously served on the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices to the CDC. He is also the co-inventor of the rotavirus vaccine\, RotaTeq\, recommended for universal use in infants by the CDC in 2006 and by the WHO in 2013. This vaccine was estimated recently to save about 165\,000 lives a year. He is also the author of 11 books written for the public about science\, medicine\, and vaccines.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/what-losing-measles-elimination-status-could-mean/
CATEGORIES:Infectious Diseases,Public Health,Webinar
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