Health & Medicine

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Reporting That Hits Home: Covering Science for Local Audiences

Aparna Nathan

Mahdi and Modupe

Mahdi Garba and Modupe Abidakun on the Tragic Origins of Vaccine Hesitancy in Nigeria

Abdullahi Tsanni

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Reporting on Health Disparities

Jyoti Madhusoodanan

A word cloud in which the most prominent words are pandemic, will, end, people, vaccinate, COVID-19.

When Will the Pandemic End? 26 Science Reporters and Communicators Respond

Betsy Ladyzhets

A man standing on a hillside observing a crop-duster flying over adjacent fields.

Covering Environmental Health When Science Is Lacking

María Paula Rubiano A.

Sarah Zhang

Sarah Zhang Probes the Dwindling Number of Children Born with Down Syndrome

Jeanne Erdmann

A world map, with different countries shaded to reflect vaccination rates as of February 14, 2021.

Tip Sheet: Covering COVID-19 Vaccines

Betsy Ladyzhets

Black and white image of a woman slightly bent over and with her hand to her forehead, eyes closed. The woman appears to be disappearing into the background, as if half invisible or fading away.

How to Report with Accuracy and Sensitivity on Contested Illnesses

Julie Rehmeyer

Collage of 9 people wearing face masks, goggles, or face shields. One image in the collage says 9 MIRADAS.

Staying Safe While Covering the Coronavirus: Lessons from the Latin American Experience

Myriam Vidal Valero

Full frame shot of face mask placed with stethoscope and medical scrubs. All are on green background.

Reporting on Health: What 18 Journalists Wish They’d Known from the Start

Shira Feder

A woman with an infant on her lap sits at a table having a video call with a physican.

How to Find Patient Stories on Social Media

Katherine J. Wu

Amber Gibson and Cassandra Willyard Investigate Abuse of Medical Residents during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Jeanne Erdmann

Amy Maxmen Unveils Scientific Roadblocks Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic

Katherine J. Wu

A screenshot of the biology preprint server bioRxiv, showing that there are 4463 articles submitted in both bioRxiv and server medRxiv about COVID-19.

Problems with Preprints: Covering Rough-Draft Manuscripts Responsibly

Roxanne Khamsi

Taylor Quimby Burrows into Lyme Disease in the Podcast Patient Zero

Shira Feder

Lane DeGregory Follows a Family Waiting for a Medical Miracle

Jennifer Lu

A scanning microscope image of some unidentified microorganisms, colorized in yellow.

Editors’ Roundtable: Managing Pandemic Coverage

Siri Carpenter

Martin Enserink Discusses the Sobering Impact of Covering Disease Research

Sally James