Health Journalism Confused by Health Exchanges? Now that the federal government is building health insurance Marketplaces (also called Exchanges) in 34…Bara VaidaMay 10, 2013
FeaturedHealth Journalism How NIH Scientists Stopped A Superbug In 2011, patients at the National Institutes of Health’s Clinical Center began testing positive for…Bara VaidaJanuary 8, 2013
Health Journalism Animal Research May Hold Key To Autism Reversal Could the key to reversing human autism be found in the monkey trials at a…Bara VaidaDecember 5, 2012
Health JournalismPolicy States Crack Down On Mental Health Drugs In the past two years, Illinois has done just about everything it could to reduce…Bara VaidaAugust 19, 2012
Health Journalism Pet Project: Acupuncturist May Have Cure For Your Cat or Dog Every weekday morning, Jane Morse leaves her home in Arlington's Buckingham neighborhood and begins making…Bara VaidaJune 4, 2012
FeaturedHealth Journalism Living With Heart Disease Can Cost $1 Mln Heart Disease by Clip Art Living with heart disease can cost $1 million and bankrupt…Bara VaidaFebruary 24, 2012
Health Journalism How Safe Are D.C.-Area Hospitals? The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ website, Hospital Compare, began reporting patient safety ratings…Bara VaidaJanuary 30, 2012
FeaturedHealth JournalismPatient Safety Minor Mistakes, Deadly Results: Hospitals And Patient Safety My story exploring the safety of D.C.-area hospitals has been published in Washingtonian's February issue…Bara VaidaJanuary 28, 2012
Health Journalism DC Area Hospitals Don’t Participate In Patient Safety Survey The nonprofit patient safety organization, LeapFrog Group, has published its annual safety ratings on the…Bara VaidaDecember 7, 2011
Health JournalismOther Work Will Supreme Court Uphold Health Law? For much of this year, I was keeping track of the two dozen health care…Bara VaidaNovember 17, 2011