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What Is the Value of a Medical Writer?
Lately, medical writers all seem to be asking themselves the same question: what is the role of the medical writer in an increasingly unstable scientific and technological landscape? It’s a reasonable question to ask. A lot of content lately has focused on the shifting discourse around what exactly makes a medical writer valuable, particularly in the context of generative artificial intelligence (AI). Some of the best insights come from those who work in the continuing medic
Heather Duncan
Feb 15 min read


When the Numbers Lie: How Health Data Get Distorted in the Media
Image by Jan from Pixabay This post was created in collaboration with M.E. Sidall . We often blame social media for the spread of...

Heather Duncan and M.E. Sidall
Jul 30, 20255 min read


Understanding the Disinformation Space: What Health Communicators Can Learn from "Wellness World"
Image adapted from ContuEd.com licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 A couple of weeks ago, we attended the Society for Health Communication’s...
Heather Duncan
Jul 11, 20257 min read


Rebuilding Trust in Science and Public Health through Podcasting
Camille Ledoux, PhD As the chaos unfolding at the federal level continues to threaten the future of science and public health in the...

Camille Ledoux, PhD
Mar 11, 20254 min read


Is Laughter Our Best Weapon?
We’ve all heard the cliché that laughter is the best medicine. Of course, in public health we don’t take that literally, because we...
Heather Duncan
Feb 23, 20254 min read
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