Association of Health Care Journalists

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

It’s a genre of medical study-based story all too familiar to health/science journalists: “a new study found X chemical in [common household product or food],” — the “scare” story that launches a thousand sensationalist headlines. We are best poised to help the public determine what they should and shouldn’t freak out about.

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Public Healthy

AUGUST 21, 2020

It was to be about my worries that we were losing the battle for ‘hearts and minds’ on what public health is, and should be, and how we are occasionally our own worst enemies. So, I started writing again, before the announcement that Public Health England (PHE) will be subsumed into a ‘new’ National Institute for Health Protection.

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Sheffield DPH

JUNE 3, 2023

Different methods and tactics needed, why shifting the narrative needed — obesity is largely a function of the environment we create which is full of commercial influences – food and tobacco industries to pharmaceutical and alcohol companies, businesses and corporations have a significant impact on public health.

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NC Health News

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Department of Labor and its Occupational Safety and Health Administration extended the public comment period for weighing in on a proposed rule to better protect people from extreme heat in indoor and outdoor workplaces. Gonzlez Mendoza died as a result of a pre-existing condition, Payne said in a statement sent to NC Health News.

Occupational Health and Safety 52

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