Reporting with Clarity on Vaccines and Vaccine Development
One of the most striking results of the 2016 State of Vaccine Confidence study, which surveyed 65,819 individuals in 67 countries, is that in France,... Read More
Why Social Determinants Matter in Health Journalism
The belief in the ability to exert control over one’s life and environment is regarded as essential for both physical and mental well-being. Both philosophy... Read More
The Global Refugee Crisis: Changing Health Needs
An unprecedented 65 million people worldwide have been displaced from their homes, many by war, persecution and violence. The refugee crisis has ensnared people in... Read More
Antibiotic Resistance: The Next Challenges
There is near-universal recognition now that antibiotic resistance, generated by overuse and misuse in medicine and agriculture, is a grave global problem. It accounts for... Read More
Slow-Motion Epidemics: The Global Threat of Chronic Disease
Infectious diseases such as Ebola make headlines as public health threats in poor countries and as fear factors when they spread to rich ones, but... Read More
The Challenges of Covering Infectious Disease Outbreaks
SARS. Bird flu. Ebola. Zika. Outbreaks of new or re-emerging diseases keep coming, and science, society and the media always seem to be caught off... Read More
Tapping Databases for Scientific Evidence on Health
Approximately 2.5 million new scientific papers are published each year, according to recent estimates. To keep up with the literature in a field such as... Read More