Panels will cover cardiovascular recommendations for Latinos, the impact of various federal health care policies, malnutrition in elderly Latinos, cultural competence, diabetes and obesity, immigrant health issues, and more.
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2 events,The Office of Minority Health (OMH), under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, holds an advisory committee meeting to discuss health policies and programs that could improve racial and ethnic minorities’ health, especially when it comes to mental health. |
2 events,CNBC is launching a new conference focused on the business of health care, focusing on the most exciting innovations and investment opportunities. The event will be coupled with TV and digital content before, during and after the conference. |
2 events,This conference brings together public health professionals, researchers, faculty, and students in microbiology, infectious diseases and related fields working in the Great Plains and Midwestern states. During this reporter breakfast, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease will discuss efforts in the U.S. health system to detect, prevent, and respond to influenza and other emerging pandemic threats. |
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Join health journalists and experts for the world’s premier training event for journalists interested in covering health care, medical research, public health issues, consumer health, ethics and the business of health care. Topics on the agenda include gene therapy, health care in the age of Trump, hospital consolidations, reporting on Native American health issues, covering immigrant health, making the most of free health data, covering mass violence, artificial intelligence, hospital charity care and bad debt, veterans’ health, pain control, Medicare and much more. The conference includes field trips, the annual journalism awards luncheon, the always-popular Freelance PitchFest and receptions. |
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1 event,This is the largest independent, non-provider or vendor hosted event bringing together the collective voices of health care professionals across the globe to convene, engage and expand the dialogue on improving patient experience. |
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1 event,AHCJ members are invited to a memorial for late health economist Uwe E. Reinhardt. Reinhardt, who earned degrees from the University of Saskatchewan and Yale University, was a giant in his field. Reinhardt was one of the first speakers to attend the Midwest Conference on Health Journalism at Indiana University, a predecessor conference of AHCJ, and later spoke at several AHCJ conferences. |
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1 event,The conference will bring together more than 350 researchers from across the globe – including health care professionals, government officials, and industry and academia representatives from the many disciplines involved in vaccinology. |
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As adults age, so do their immune systems, leaving them vulnerable to vaccine-preventable diseases like the flu, shingles and pneumonia. Yet adult vaccinations are low in the U.S., which can result in costly hospitalizations and other medical interventions. This panel will explore some of the reasons for low adult vaccination rates, which range from the failure of insurers to cover adult vaccines to lack of information from health providers. Note: This webcast is for AHCJ members, so you will need to have your login and password to participate. If you don’t have that, please visit this page and enter your email address to have an access key sent to you. |
2 events,SciLine’s live, web-based video briefing will feature leading experts who can get you up to speed on the current status of gene-drive technology, applications under consideration, and related ethical, legal, and regulatory issues. The briefing will include an open Q&A for reporters. |
2 events,The annual spring meeting will feature a trade show, educational sessions and keynote speaker Rick Hansen, a paralympic athlete and advocate for people with disabilities, who will discuss his views on creating a world that is accessible and inclusive for all. Federal policymakers and regulatory leads take their seats beside Silicon Valley startups and the health system’s chief information officers. More than a meeting, Health Datapalooza is a diverse community of big thinkers and roll-up-our-sleeves-and-get-it-done problem solvers who share a mission to liberate and use data to improve health and health care. |
3 events,The Center for Journalism Ethics’ annual conference will bring together journalists, scholars and advocates to address critical issues facing journalism today:
Nearly 200 journalists, students, scholars and community members are expected to discuss the problems news media and news audiences face, and some positive steps we can take to repair democracy. |
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1 event,The number of illnesses from tick, mosquito, and flea bites has more than tripled in the U.S., with more than 640,000 cases reported from 2004 through 2016. Widespread and difficult to control, diseases from mosquitoes and ticks are major causes of illness and sometimes death. |
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1 event,This half-day event, sponsored by University of Tennessee, aims to examine “the current state of LGBTQ health in Appalachia and highlight efforts to protect LGBTQ civil rights and promote health equity.” |
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