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2026

• Oct 16U.S. Senate Committee on Finance — Wyden Seeks Input on Major Overhaul of Long-Term Care in America
• Aug 11Penn LDI — Nursing Home Closures Held Steady Despite the Pandemic But Rural Access Worsened †
• Jul 31Forbes — How Self-Dealing Is Bankrupting Hospitals and Nursing Homes
• JunMcKnight's Long-Term Care News — Feds' $20B campaign didn't eliminate risk of skilled nursing 'access deserts'
• Apr 3Boston Globe — Opinion: Nursing home inspections should be random
• MarMcKnight's Long-Term Care News — 'Excellent evidence' nursing home staffing mandates don't cause financial harm: study
• Jan 27The New York Times — After Donations, Trump Administration Revoked Rule Requiring More Nursing Home Staff
• JanMcKnight's Long-Term Care News — Nationalizing this nursing home staffing incentive could cut annual hospitalizations by 6,000
• NBER Bulletin on Health — How Inspection Timing Affects Care Quality in US Nursing Homes

2025

• DecMcKnight's Long-Term Care News — Shaking up timing of nursing home surveys would save patient lives: study
• Aug 2Atlanta Journal-Constitution — Some Georgia nursing homes at risk of closure from Medicaid cuts †
• Jun 2KFF Health News — Role Reversal: Millions of Kids Are Caregivers for Elders. Why Their Numbers Might Grow. †
• May 1The Guardian — In the US, not even $11,000 a month can buy you dignity at the end of your life
• Apr 30Yahoo News — Inside the 'multi-billion-dollar game' to funnel cash from nursing homes to sister companies
• Feb 7The New York Times — Opinion: Your Parents Deserve More From Their Nursing Home
• WGN-TV Chicago — Surprise nursing home inspections can help safety — and more health headlines

2024

• Aug 16Marketplace — Nursing homes are fighting new staffing rules. Advocates say they're essential.
• Jul 12The New York Times — Why Nursing Home Residents Still Suffer Despite Tough State Laws
• Jul 12KFF Health News — States Set Minimum Staffing Levels for Nursing Homes. Residents Suffer When Rules Are Ignored or Waived.
• Jul 12McKnight's Long-Term Care News — Same flaws that have weakened state staffing rules may undercut federal push for nursing home minimums
• May 29CBS News — As investors pour in, for-profit nursing homes leave some seniors in need
• May 10Federal Register — CMS minimum staffing standards for long-term care facilities (final rule)
• Apr 28Los Angeles Times — Column: As some nursing homes cry poverty, what can be done about increased staffing requirements?
• Apr 16Iowa Capital Dispatch — Iowa nursing homes' staffing levels are among the nation's worst
• Apr 8The Lever — Where Nursing Homes Hide Their Profits
• Mar 18Forbes — Do Nursing Homes Low-Ball Profit Reports to Get Higher Government Payments?
• Mar 7STAT — Study: Nursing homes use related party transactions to hide profits
• Mar 7KFF Health News — Study Finds Some Nursing Homes Shunt Profits Off-Book to Hide Them
• McKnight's Long-Term Care News — Nursing homes bury 63 percent of profits in related-party tunnels, but not all play the game: study
• Becker's Hospital Review — The 'hidden profits' in the nursing home industry: Study
• UCLA Anderson Review — Nursing Home Industry Profits Obscured by Related-Party Transactions
• Consumer Voice (video) — Hidden Profits in the Nursing Home Industry

2022

• May 16Daily Bruin — Study associates affirmative action bans with decrease in medical school diversity
• May 4U.S. News & World Report — Bans on Affirmative Action Led to Fewer Black, Hispanic Doctors

2020

• Feb 28Forbes — If You Just Turned 50, 60, 70, or 80, Your Doctor Might Suffer From 'Left Digit Bias' †
• Feb 20The New York Times — How Common Mental Shortcuts Can Cause Major Physician Errors ‡
• Feb 20PBS NewsHour — How the psychology of a $4.99 price tag might influence who undergoes heart surgery
• Feb 20Becker's Hospital Review — Age bias influences 80-year-olds' heart attack care, study suggests
• Feb 20Axios — Turning 80 could have unintended consequences on heart health
• Feb 19Associated Press — 80 is not the new 70: Age may bias heart care, study finds
• Feb 19Reuters — Turning 80 lowers odds heart attack patients will get bypass surgery

2018

• May 5Quartz — The NRA's biggest contribution to gun control is holding its annual convention
• May 3Dallas Morning News — When NRA meets, fewer people suffer gun-related injuries, study finds
• Mar 2Vox — When gun owners meet for the NRA convention, gun injury rates seem to decline
• Mar 2New York Magazine — Study: When NRA Members Meet for Their Convention, Gun Injuries Fall
• Mar 2ABC News — Firearm-related injuries drop 20 percent during NRA conventions: Study
• Mar 2The Hill — Gun-related injuries decrease during NRA conventions, study finds
• Mar 1Scientific American — To See Gun Injury Drop, Hold an NRA Meeting (podcast)
• Feb 28Los Angeles Times — When NRA members attend their convention, ER doctors see fewer patients with gun injuries, study says
• Feb 28CNN — Gun injuries fall during NRA conventions, study says
• Feb 28TIME — Gun Injuries Drop During NRA Conventions, Study Says
• Feb 28Bloomberg — NRA Reduces Gun Injuries for These Three Days Every Year, Research Shows
• Feb 28Newsweek — Study Finds Gun Injuries Fall During NRA Conventions
• Feb 28Gizmodo — There's a Tiny Dip in Gun Injuries When Gun Owners Head to Annual NRA Convention
• Feb 28Scientific American — All Talk, No Bolt-Action: Gun Injuries Drop During NRA Conventions
• Feb 28Boston Globe — Harvard study finds gun injuries drop nationwide — during NRA conventions
• Feb 28U.S. News & World Report — U.S. Gun Injuries Dip During NRA Conventions
• Feb 28Philadelphia Inquirer — U.S. Gun Injuries Dip During NRA Conventions
• Feb 28Reuters — Firearm-related injuries drop during NRA conventions
• Feb 28The Guardian — Rate of gun injuries drops 20% during NRA conventions, study finds
• PBS NewsHour — Gun injuries drop 20 percent nationwide during NRA conventions, study says. But why?

2017

• Dec 11Harvard Business Review — Substitute doctors are becoming more common. What do we know about their quality of care? ‡
• Dec 5STAT — Temporary doctors are no worse for patients' health, study finds
• Dec 5U.S. News & World Report — Your Doc Is Away? Substitute Doctors a Safe Option, Study Finds
• Dec 5Reuters — Hospital patients are safe with substitute doctors
• Dec 5Philadelphia Inquirer — Your Doc Is Away? Substitute Doctors a Safe Option, Study Finds
• May 15The New York Times — Why Marathons Are More Dangerous for Nearby Residents Than Runners
• Apr 13The Atlantic — The Deadly Downside of Marathons
• Apr 13Quartz — Marathons are bad even for people who aren't running them
• Apr 13The New York Times — Marathons: An Especially Bad Day for a Heart Attack
• Apr 13MPR News — Study: Road closings for marathons increase risk of death
• Apr 12Harvard Business Review — When roads are closed for marathons, more elderly people die of heart attacks ‡
• Apr 12Wall Street Journal — Marathons Can Be Dangerous for the Elderly—Who Aren't Even Running
• Apr 12Associated Press — Running behind: Marathons may delay medical care for others
• Apr 12Reuters — Heart attack deaths rise when a large marathon is in town
• Apr 12USA Today — Death rates up for some when marathons take place
• Apr 12CNN — Marathons can slow emergency response, even if you're not running
• Apr 12TIME — Why Marathons Can Be Deadly—Even If You Don't Run In Them
• Apr 12Boston Globe — Marathons may be risky — for people who live nearby
• Apr 12WBUR — Road Closures On Marathon Days Increase The Risk Of Death From Heart Attacks
• Apr 12Philadelphia Inquirer — Study: Ambulances can't respond fast enough during marathons
• AprNBC Boston — Study: Marathons May Delay Medical Care for Others Along Route
• Mar 24Harvard Business Review — When clinicians know they're being watched, patients fare better ‡
• Mar 24CBS News — Hospital patient death rates are lower during inspection times, study of Medicare patients shows
• Mar 24Chicago Tribune — Fewer patients die during hospital inspection weeks
• Mar 23U.S. News & World Report — Fewer Patients Die During Hospital Inspection Weeks: Study
• Mar 23Philadelphia Inquirer — Fewer Patients Die During Hospital Inspection Weeks: Study
• Mar 20The New York Times — When Hospital Inspectors Are Watching, Fewer Patients Die
• Mar 20Reuters — Hospitals have lower death rates during surprise inspections
• Mar 20STAT — When hospital inspectors are in town, fewer patients die, study says
• Feb 22Business Insider — Researchers finally pinpoint how a single doctor's prescribing habits could impact long-term drug use
• Feb 17TIME — How Doctors Are Fueling the Opioid Epidemic
• Feb 17CNN — Doctors' opioid prescriptions vary widely, study says
• Feb 16Vox — Certain doctors are more likely to create opioid addicts. Understanding why is key to solving the crisis.
• Feb 16Chicago Tribune — Your ER doctor could determine your likelihood of long-term opioid use
• Feb 16U.S. News & World Report — How Long Patients Stay on Opioids May Depend on Doctor You See in the Emergency Room
• Feb 15The New York Times — Long-Term Opioid Use Could Depend on the Doctor Who First Prescribed It
• Feb 15Washington Post — The doctor you see in the ER may put you on a path toward long-term opioid use
• Feb 15Reuters — Wide variation in willingness of ER doctors to prescribe painkillers
• Feb 15KFF Health News — How Long You Stay On Opioids May Depend On The Doctor You See In the E.R.
• Feb 15STAT — Some ER doctors three times more likely than others to prescribe opioids
• Feb 15MedPage Today — Are Emergency Docs Prescribing Too Many Opioids?
• Feb 3FiveThirtyEight — Trump's immigration order could make it harder to find a psychiatrist or pediatrician ‡

2016

• Jul 12The New York Times — Dr. Paid Less: An Old Title Still Fits Female Physicians
• Jul 12Slate — Female Doctors Make Way Less than Their Male Colleagues
• Jul 11Washington Post — Gender gap in medical schools: Female doctors make $20K less than male doctors
• Jul 11The Guardian — Female doctors paid $20,000 less than males on average, US study finds
• Jul 11Bloomberg — Even as Doctors, Women Get Slapped With the Pay Gap
• Jul 11TIME — Women Doctors Are Paid $20,000 Less Than Male Doctors
• Jul 11New York Magazine — Female Doctors Get Paid Way Less Than Male Doctors Do
• Jul 11Reuters — Female MDs in U.S. paid less than male MDs

2015

• Dec 17CBS News — Heads of government face risk of earlier death
• Dec 15The New York Times — Leading a Nation Takes Years Off Life, Study Suggests
• Dec 15Business Insider — Being president is linked with a shorter life
• Dec 15Philadelphia Inquirer — Standing on World Stage Has Its Perils
• Dec 15WBUR — Losers Win? Runners-Up Live Longer Than Presidents, Harvard Study Finds
• Dec 14Washington Post — Being president is a hazard to your health
• Dec 14Vox — It's not an illusion. Being president really can age you more quickly.
• Dec 14Associated Press — Presidents, prime ministers may age faster, die sooner
• Dec 14STAT — Presidents may have shorter lives, study says
• Dec 14USA Today — Price of power: presidents, prime ministers die sooner than losing rivals
• DecNBC News — Being head of state shaves around three years off your life: study
• Sep 15Reuters — Women lag men in medical research funds and faculty posts
• Sep 15WBUR — New Study Finds Women Doctors Less Likely To Become Full Professors
• Sep 15The Guardian — Female doctors 'significantly less likely' to be medical school professors