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As Senate rushes ahead, the missing debate over Medicaid poses dire risks for rural, elderly Americans
The media’s lopsided focus on the fortunes of the Obamacare exchanges has obscured the far bigger changes Republicans have announced for Medicaid.
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The growing crisis in academic medicine is a threat to medical research
Generations of young and mid-career physician researchers are struggling to find positions, as hyper-competitive grants and tight labor markets make for tough working conditions in academic medicine.
In booming Philadelphia neighborhoods, lead-poisoned soil is resurfacing
Breakneck construction in Philadelphia has unearthed a toxic legacy, coating playgrounds and backyards with dangerous levels of lead dust.
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Milwaukee's infant mortality numbers improve but the racial disparity is still wide
This article was produced as a project for the University of Southern California Center for Health Journalism's 2016 National Fellowship.
Conflicts of interest in health care journalism. Who’s watching the watchdogs?
"I don’t think we talk often enough about why it matters if health care industry entities are allowed to advertise within, or sponsor, health care journalism content," writes HealthNewsReview's Gary Schwitzer.
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Island of Doubt: What to do when the lie becomes the story
When it turns out a source has been lying to you about a central theme of a story you care deeply about, it can be agonizing to have to own up to that fact.
Why are colon and rectal cancer rates increasing among young adults?
There has been a sharp increase in colorectal cancers among Americans under the age of 55, a new study conducted by the American Cancer Society has shown.
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The danger of urban ‘heat islands’
If heat is the enemy, Marcela Herrera thought she was ready for battle last summer at her family’s north Los Angeles apartment.
Q&A: Covered California’s Dr. Lance Lang on the state’s high C-section rates, and what’s being done to curb them
California has been particuarly aggressive in its data-driven effort to curb high C-section rates at hospitals throughout the state. The results from early pilot projects have been promising.
What would a good-faith bipartisan conversation on health reform look like? Here’s a start.
Genuine conversation between Americans with different political views has become a rare commodity these days. We sought to buck that trend by asking two Americans with different political philosophies to discuss their views.
