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Farah Yousry joins AHCJ as first journalist-in-residence

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AHCJ Fall Summit 2026 | AI in health care: Reporting what's real | October 8-9, 2026 | Los Angeles

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Data Dive

How to use the Social Security Administration’s Open Data Portal in your reporting

For reporters covering aging, poverty, disability and more, the portal offers a way to localize national stats and focus on…

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Data Dive

How to use the Social Security Administration’s Open Data Portal in your reporting

Liz Seegert

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AI and Patient Safety

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Why This Matters

Fake MyChart messages target seniors’ personal, financial information

Karen Blum

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Journalists must show human cost of gun violence, says trauma surgeon in new book

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Environmental Justice Index: Find communities facing cumulative health effects of place and space

Lara Salahi

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Analysis

Most seniors to pay more for Medicare drug plans

Joseph Burns

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Data Dive

SchoolVaxView offers data and trends on kindergarten vaccination rates

Tara Haelle

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Americans cite high insurance premiums, out-of-pocket costs as top health care concerns

Joseph Burns

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Tip Sheets

What journalists should know about lab-developed tests

Jyoti Madhusoodanan

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Environmental Health

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Data Dive

Environmental Justice Index: Find communities facing cumulative health effects of place and space

Lara Salahi

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How I Did It

How freelancer Mohana Ravindranath covered direct-to-consumer medical tests

Karen Blum

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These new resources can help you vet digital mental health tools

Anna Medaris

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How a new White House proposal could fundamentally change American science

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Analysis

More hospitals will get dangerously overcrowded, researchers project

Mary Chris Jaklevic

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