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Obamacare has been a hot topic in politics since day one: it’s been a subject to many debates, mainly in means of whether or not it’s only well-intentioned and good on paper.

Get the latest job listings in health journalism and communications, including newspaper beats, digital reporting, science journals and online editing. Plus, check out the fellowship opportunities covering a variety of topics.

Do you know the difference between absolute and relative risk? This quick primer shows why the distinction is essential to accurate health stories.

It's been a disheartening week for proponents of evidence-based medicine and childhood vaccines. But to the media's credit, reporters haven't let fringe theories and pseudo-science go unchallenged.

The failures of the national conversation during the run-up to Obamacare's passage are now hastening its demise, with too few Americans seeing firsthand benefits.

The speed of discovery in medical innovation exceeds that of any time in history, and “organoids” created from stem cells are a powerful example.

With the onset of federally mandated enforcement of patient privacy laws, it’s a good time to review lessons from HIPAA cases announced in 2016.  Common themes clearly prevail. ...

Get the latest information on grants, fellowships and awards. Plus new job listings in health journalism across the United States.

Childhood trauma and adversity have been big buzz phrases in recent years. But are they really just proxy terms for poverty? How one journalist came to rethink her own assumptions in reporting on mental health.