Headlines AfricaFeb 27
Africa: Report Warns of 'Code Red' for Health Journalism in Africa: [Daily News] Nairobi -- Nairobi-Health journalism across Africa is facing what experts describe as a "code red" moment, as mounting public health pressures collide with shrinking newsroom resources, according to the Africa Health Media Trends Report 2026 launched by FINN Partners. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRBP14 #HealthJournalism #AfricaHealth #PublicHealth #JournalismCrisis #MediaTrends
Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELSAug 6, 2025
Yikes! KFF, which does #HealthPolicy #analysis & #HealthJournalism, reports that a new analysis of initial rate filings from all 50 states and Washington, DC shows that #ACA (Affordable Care Act) Marketplace #healthcare #insurers are proposing a median premium increase of 18% for 2026, more than **double** last year’s 7% median proposed increase. https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/brief/how-much-and-why-aca-marketplace-premiums-are-going-up-in-2026/
How much and why ACA Marketplace premiums are going up in 2026 - Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker

Health insurers submit rate filings annually to state regulators detailing expectations and rate changes for Affordable Care Act (ACA)-regulated health plans for the coming year. A relatively small, but growing, share of the population is enrolled in these plans (compared to the number in employer plans), fueled by the availability of enhanced premium tax credits. This […]

Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker
Headlines AfricaJul 24, 2025
Africa: Africa CDC Launches Health Journalism Fellowship to Strengthen Public Health Storytelling: [Africa CDC] New track under African Union Media Fellowship aims to promote evidence-based storytelling and health security reporting http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TM4x6b #Africa #HealthJournalism #PublicHealth #Storytelling #JournalismFellowship
Industry Documents LibraryApr 8, 2025
We’re excited to announce our upcoming #Opioid #Archive National Symposium, Tues, May 6 – Thurs, May 8. Check out the lineup of speakers on topics including #HealthJournalism #HealthPolicy #HealthLaw #InformationScience #Archives #HistMed #ScienceHistory #VisualArt #LivedExperience https://oida-resources.jhu.edu/oida-national-symposium-2025/
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Siderea, Sibylla BostoniensisJul 30, 2023

Well, well, well. Ed Yong is leaving The Atlantic.
https://buttondown.email/edyong209/archive/the-eds-up-an-ending/

I wish him great good fortune in whatever comes next for him, and I hope it results in lots of further fine things about science and medicine for the rest of us to read.

#ScienceJournalism
#HealthJournalism

The Ed's Up - An Ending...

Hello! It seems like only yesterday that I last emailed you... which is because it was yesterday. Sorry for filling your inbox so soon, but I have two...

The Ed's Up
miriam heddyJun 19, 2023

This @NewYorker piece by Jia Tolentino, is a MUST-READ if you care about any of the following:
#ScienceJournalism #HealthJournalism #CulturalCriticism
#FatPhobia #FatAcceptance #DietsKill #Feminism #IntersectionalHealth #RacismAndFatphobia
#NovoNordisk #Wegovy #Ozempic #SemaGlutide #GLP1 #SideEffects #WeightCycling
#ThinkOfTheChildren

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/03/27/will-the-ozempic-era-change-how-we-think-about-being-fat-and-being-thin

Bianca NogradyJan 3, 2023
The entry window for the Association of Health Care Journalists' annual journalism awards closes in just two days.
The awards are open to international journalists, and recognise "the best health reporting in print, broadcast, and online media."
https://healthjournalism.org/awards
#ScienceJournalism #HealthJournalism #Media #journalism
AHCJ

The Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality, accuracy and visibility of health care reporting.

katie macbrideNov 7, 2022
While I figure out mastodon read my latest story about why it’s time to (finally) kill the workplace drug test. https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/workplace-drug-tests #healthjournalism #harmreduction #workplacedrugtests
Is it finally time to stop drug testing workers?

Today, workplace drug tests are commonplace, but they provide little information about how well a worker will actually perform their job.

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