Covering the government shutdown’s impact on health agencies and policy healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/10...

Health reporter and CEID affiliate faculty @larasalahi.bsky.social reports on @escardio.bsky.social's new consensus report on the cardiac risks of long COVID, including for those with no prior heart disease. Read more at @medscape.com. spr.ly/63325AooSU

Inside an unregulated industry: How one reporter covered a surrogacy tragedy healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/09...

A new @healthjournalism.org piece by @larasalahi.bsky.social highlights the fallout of NIH funding cuts on health equity research -- and provides resources to find reliable data and coverage. Read the post: tinyurl.com/zncaxfa3

Covering the fallout of NIH funding cuts on health equity research healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/09...

How will Medicaid and SNAP changes hit your community? Join AHCJ’s Aug. 1 webinar to find story ideas in the new “megabill.” 🕑 2–3 pm ET | Free to attend 🔗 bit.ly/megabill-web...

How one reporter revealed dangerous levels of radioactivity in groundwater healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/07...

A new way to measure perinatal mortality — and why it matters, via @larasalahi.bsky.social healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/06...

Navigating public health and politics in fluoride coverage healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/04...

Telehealth isn’t reaching many Medicaid recipients who need it most. 📉 What’s causing the gap? Journalists, dig into the data. 🏥 Read more:

"Many historically redlined areas lack adequate health care resources, making it challenging for residents to receive timely and effective care." #redlining #Blackhealth Redlining’s lingering public health legacy buff.ly/B3Pae25 by @larasalahi.bsky.social via @healthjournalism.org

Clinicians often lack both training and awareness when treating adults who were adopted as children, leading to potential gaps in preventive care, adverse health outcomes, and negative experiences that can alienate patients. www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

"Stories could explore the trauma of migration, coupled with uncertainty, discrimination, and family separation, while specifically focusing on the prevalence of anxiety, depression, PTSD, and other trauma-related disorders within the migrant community.” @healthjournalism.org #familyseparation

5 story ideas on migrant health crises facing U.S.-Mexico border healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/02...

Redlining’s lingering public health legacy healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/02...

Reporters Sílvia Lisboa and Carla Ruas collaborated with scientists to examine how pesticides in Brazil disproportionately impact children in rural areas.

Policy changes under the Trump administration, including the removal of FDA guidance on clinical trial diversity, have raised concerns about the future of inclusive research. Join us for an insightful conversation on the future of research equity. healthjournalism.org/event/decent...

Decentralized: Navigating the future of inclusive clinical trials healthjournalism.org/event/decent...

Like Brazil -- the world's largest consumer of pesticides -- the U.S. also grapples with similar debates surrounding chemical exposure, health risks in rural farming communities, and the regulation of agricultural practices. healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/02...

The #LAfires will have long-term effects, as my colleague @larasalahi.bsky.social wrote. healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/01...

From extreme heat to air quality concerns, climate change is increasingly impacting our health. Check out the top climate-health stories to watch in 2025.

"Even though many environmental benefits of curbing carbon emissions will be felt decades from now, many health benefits happen right away." @larasalahi.bsky.social and I write about climate/health stories to watch in 2025: healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/01... #publichealth #climate #NewYear2025

Beyond excessive heat, climate change has far-reaching health impacts. CEID affiliate faculty @larasalahi.bsky.social expects that in 2025, climate change journalism will increasingly focus on its ties to zoonotic infectious diseases as migratory patterns shift. healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/01...

My recent article on climate/health stories to watch in 2025, coauthored with @larasalahi.bsky.social has a ton of info and stats that we hope #journalists will use as they are covering climate-related topics and disasters. A thread 🧵: healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/01... 🧪🌎

The wildfire crisis in California is not just an environmental disaster but a public health emergency with effects that could be felt for years to come. healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/01...

Despite concerns that the USPSTF guideline to screen for breast cancer less frequently would lead to an increase in advanced cancers, data from a recent study suggests a different story. healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/01...

Innovation meets inclusion --> Studies traditionally take place at academic centers, which can feel distant or inaccessible for many. Now the feds are helping push for more trials at places like your local pharmacy. healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/01...

"...there’s a lot of important work we can do to shed light on [health disparities] and the people affected by them, and ultimately move policy and practice forward." healthjournalism.org/blog/2024/09...

CQ Roll Call's Ariel Cohen shared with me some unique insights into how two Western democracies approach abortion policy, and their stark differences in legal frameworks, medical practices and societal attitudes. Could the U.S. learn a thing or two from France? healthjournalism.org/blog/2024/12...