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The Highs and Lows of Health in the Virginias

Black Health Matters

Health in the Virginias Imagine living where mental health support is readily available, and community well-being is a top priority. Now, picture a neighboring state where mental health struggles are heightened and resources are scarce. Virginia’s Success in Health and Wellness Have you ever heard of Falls Church?

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Reporting the respiratory triple threat: Preparing for flu, COVID and RSV season

Association of Health Care Journalists

Demetre Daskalakis, director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, and Health Beat Leader for infectious diseases Tara Haelle to hear about the CDC’s tools and resources for covering the upcoming flu/COVID-19/RSV season. Department of Health & Human Services.

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‘No one can see you now’: What states are doing to boost primary care

Association of Health Care Journalists

Evidence abounds that access to primary care improves health and lowers costs. And yet, only 5% of health care spending in this country goes to primary care, less than in any other Western democracy. Freyer is a health care journalist based in Rhode Island. Prior to that, he was CEO of Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island.

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4 ways to diversify your beat as a freelance health journalist

Association of Health Care Journalists

At that point, I’d had at least a dozen years of experience translating complex medical topics for both highly educated health professionals (including graduates of the George Washington University’s medical and public health schools and Ph.D.-level Long story short: No.

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Contemplating Health Data Rights as Civil Rights

The Health Care Blog

The commercial practice of aggregating health and consumer data crosses the borders of healthcare, retail, marketing, communications, transportation, and others. Dr. Rockeymore Cummings spoke about how she had shared parts of her health journey story online to provide support to others on similar journeys.

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“All Men Would Be Tyrants.” History Reverberates!

The Health Care Blog

Her concern and advocacy for “particular care and attention” reflected a sense of urgency and vulnerability that women faced, and in many respects continue to face until today, as a result of financial dependency, physical and mental abuse, and the complex health needs that accompany pregnancy, birth, and care of small infants.

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What RFK Jr. could do: Reporting on U.S. vaccine policy and the powers of the HHS Secretary

Association of Health Care Journalists

President-elect Trump’s choice for Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Led by AHCJ Health Beat Leader for infectious disease Tara Haelle, this webinar prepares reporters for anticipating possible policy moves in the new administration. Shes an independent science/health journalist, author, speaker, and photographer.