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5 tips for avoiding mistakes in news headlines about health and medical research

by Denise-Marie Ordway | October 19, 2021 December 2, 2021

Prominent science journalists Deborah Blum, Cristine Russell and Brooke Borel offer advice to help newsrooms avoid common mistakes in writing headlines about health and medical research.

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Health, Politics & Government

4 tips for covering COVID-19 vaccine boosters

October 12, 2021

Confusion and controversy surrounding COVID-19 vaccine boosters underscore the importance of journalists’ role in clearly explaining the scientific process to the public. Here are four tips to help you with your reporting.

Education, Health, Politics & Government

4 tips for covering religious exemptions to vaccine mandates

September 28, 2021

Law professor Dorit Reiss, whose research focuses on vaccine mandates and religious exemptions, offers advice on how journalists should think about and cover these issues amid COVID-19.

Criminal Justice, Economics, Health

New economic research resurfaces debate about the link between legalized abortion and crime reduction

May 24, 2019

New research finds that legalized abortion following Roe v. Wade accounts for 45% of the decline in U.S. crime rates over the past three decades. Some other economists are not convinced.