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Why is the media so invested in the status quo when it comes to health reform?
How the media's relentless focus on potential problems and downsides to any more inclusive health system helps preserve the existing arrangement, which seems to profit everyone but patients.
How to start looking into poor workplace conditions at hospitals near you
When our health care workers suffer poor health because of their jobs, the system is weaker for all of us.
What does Trump's proclamation mean for visa applicants who must prove they'll have health coverage in the U.S.?
Lawyers fighting the ban say the “new requirement rewrites our immigration and health care laws” and will affect the entry of up to 375,000 individuals each year.
The latest from our community
Honesty and an open mind go a long way in reporting on tribal food scarcity in California’s far north
Don't go into a community, especially one living with generations of trauma, with an agenda or a set of fixed assumptions. Had I done that, I wouldn’t have gotten very far in my reporting.
Using data to deepen the statehouse policy conversation on California’s uninsured
How two reporters used data to explore how California's ambitious health care initiatives could shape the lives of working residents already strained by the state's high cost of living.
Health Media Jobs & Opportunities: Verywell, State of Reform, mindbodygreen
State of Reform is looking for a health policy reporter to provide coverage across Texas, Utah, Arizona and Colorado for state-level politics, policy and personalities in health care.
What’s the e-cigarette ingredient to really fear? Nicotine
There’s a rush to ban a dangerous ingredient in e-cigarettes. But people are missing the truly deadly ingredient in these electronic drug-delivery devices.
How the media and medical system shortchange single women pursuing motherhood
The reproductive endocrinologist heavily pushed our conversation toward egg freezing. “You’re young and single,” he said. “You don’t want to have a baby by yourself.”
Working with teens transformed my reporting in local communities
By partnering with teens, a reporter seeking a deeper understanding of health in local communities finds some of the best fixers around.
Health Media Jobs & Opportunities: Apply to be a data journalist at Kaiser Health News!
Kaiser Health News is looking for a data journalist to conceive and produce content for investigative, enterprise and other KHN stories.
Community listening transforms story on Napa’s painful housing costs
"I ultimately found a handful of good sources who were willing to share their personal housing struggles. But it took a lot more work than I expected to get there."
