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Dear doctor: Your patient may be recording this visit
Consumer-facing apps offer patients the ability to record and summarize doctor visits, but with potential legal and patient safety concerns.
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How I pitched a 2,300-word feature on infidelity to a trade magazine
After a story about cheating I’d been working on was killed, I made it into a successful pitch for the…
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Why we’re building a Health Editor Help Desk
As health journalism grows more complex and newsroom resources continue to shrink, AHCJ is piloting a new model for providing…
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New study quantifies the annual cost of dementia at $818 billion, with families picking up most of the tab
A new study puts the total U.S. cost of dementia at $818 billion for 2026, but only 27% of that…
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How AI helped reporters uncover medical neglect in ICE detention facilities
Learn how AP and KFF Health News journalists combined AI-assisted analysis with months of traditional reporting to expose medical neglect…
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Obesity drugs are more available than ever, but weight stigma is still an issue
GLP-1s are challenging how clinicians and society think about obesity, but weight stigma remains prevalent, said panelists at HJ26.
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Health stories are plentiful in the data center boom
Health journalists can find numerous stories by investigating the impacts of data centers built to handle AI searches and algorithms.
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How solutions journalism can help combat disinterest in news
As trust in media hits a new low, two panelists at HJ26 discussed the importance of news coverage with a…
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How can health reporters untie the tricky ethical knots they face? It takes a village
Health journalists today face major ethical questions, especially when reporting complex investigations.That decision-making becomes easier when reporters and editors work…
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Small screens, big stories: NBC and PBS pros share advice for taking mobile videos that enhance articles
panel of veteran broadcast journalists at HJ26 urged reporters to be more intentional about visuals, sound and framing when producing…
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