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How STAT’s Brittany Trang makes sense of AI in health care
For the past 14 months, health tech reporter Brittany Trang has been writing the weekly AI Prognosis newsletter for STAT, covering topics like what malpractice insurance has to do with AI, why doctors and patients have different AI chatbot experiences and why some hospitals are making their own ChatGPTs for patient records. Trang says she…
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How STAT’s Lizzy Lawrence covers the quickly evolving FDA
The recent announcement that Vinay Prasad, director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), is leaving the agency — for the second time — is a reminder of how challenging it can be to keep up with the rapid changes at the FDA. At STAT News, Lizzy Lawrence notes in her article…
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Reporter’s series on Michigan nursing homes spurs legislative action
Several eye-opening stories about the plight of some Michigan nursing homes, written by Bridge Michigan reporter Robin Erb, highlighted horrendous conditions and attracted the attention of local and state leaders. Erb’s stories and sidebars on conditions in long-term care facilities prompted state leaders to pledge improvements and begin drafting legislation increasing penalties and oversight of…
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Private equity and the money behind nursing homes
A complex bankruptcy case about a private-equity nursing home chain prompted an unusual court ruling last month, when a Texas judge denied the sale of Genesis HealthCare to itself, and instead insisted on more oversight and transparency. Key Lazar Private equity ownership of nursing homes is increasing, and as Kay Lazar of the Boston Globe…
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‘Starved in jail’ is a story in every U.S. county
Sarah Stillman, a Yale University journalism professor and staff writer at The New Yorker, wrote one of the best health care stories of 2025. In a year filled with heart-wrenching articles, her piece, “Starved in Jail,” was one of the saddest — in part because she asked a chilling question that remains unanswered: Why are…
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How a local reporter sheds light on gun violence in her community
Some of the best reporting on gun violence is happening at the local level. A great example is AL.com’s Beyond the Violence project in Birmingham, Ala. Alaina Bookman is the gun violence prevention reporter on the series. Her coverage runs the spectrum, highlighting efforts focused on providing Birmingham’s youth with safe outlets and mentorship. She…
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How reporters helped to expose major concerns with a for-profit rehab corporation
KFF Health News journalist Jordan Rau and New York Times data reporter Irena Hwang teamed up to uncover a disturbing trend among rehabilitation facilities owned by for-profit companies. Their story, “Even Grave Errors at Rehab Hospitals Go Unpenalized and Undisclosed,” looked at inspection reports, lawsuits, government data and corporate records, finding that Encompass Health, a…
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