Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to health, health care and health equity
As public health data becomes harder to access, journalists and experts at the Association of Health Care Journalists’ annual conference shared tips and tools for uncovering and preserving vital information.
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To help journalists with their reporting, we read through dozens of published research papers and unpacked several recent studies about fluoride in water.
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Here’s important background info and research to bolster news coverage of potential reductions in federal spending on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
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Medical and legal experts have issued detailed guidelines on responding to the removal of a policy that protected health care facilities from immigration enforcement activities. The information helps journalists to report on their local hospitals and empower patients to know their rights.
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To help finance trillions of dollars in tax cuts, Congressional Republicans are looking to cut hundreds of billions of dollars in spending, including Medicaid. We provide background, resources and research on the policies under consideration.
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Reporters reveal how they accessed a huge tranche of Medicare data and offer tips on notetaking for data analysis, using AI for coding and exercising persistence when seeking sources.
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Reporter Shoshana Walter shares tips on using confidential child welfare records and interviewing traumatized parents.
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Dave Philipps of The New York Times shares how he reported his stories despite extremely limited access to military officials and personnel. We have summarized his advice in nine tips.
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The series, a collaboration with the San Francisco Chronicle, shows how hundreds of officers used clean-record agreements to conceal their past.
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KARE 11 journalists explain how they found alarming fraudulent Medicaid billing practices at several addiction recovery centers and share reporting tips.
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