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4 angles to consider when covering the far-reaching effects of the NIH pause

Association of Health Care Journalists

Explore stories about the social determinants of health. Consider reporting on the impact on household incomes and health insurance as NIH funding affects state economies. It is unclear if the meeting of the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse scheduled for Feb.

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Black Americans Still Suffer Worse Health. Here’s Why There’s So Little Progress

KFF Health News

“So much of what we see is the long tail of slavery and Jim Crow,” said Andrea Ducas , vice president of health policy at the Center for American Progress, a nonprofit think tank. In email exchanges with the Biden administration, spokespeople insisted that it is making progress in closing the racial health gap.

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What’s coming for 2025? NC Health News reporters look ahead into health policy for the new year.

NC Health News

Well be closely following the incoming administrations movements on Medicaid and related health policies in the weeks and months ahead. The National Conference of State Legislatures also predicted addressing the health care workforce shortage as another top issue for state legislatures next year.