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With measles outbreaks on the rise nationwide, journalists play a crucial role in sharing accurate information. Our free reporting guide offers practical tips and best practices for covering vaccines—helping you inform your audience with clarity and confidence. Access the guide: bit.ly/44Mzcdv

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Reporters: Covering cyclospora outbreaks? Join our expert briefing on 7/28 (2–3 p.m. ET) with Dr. Craig Hedberg (@umnsph.bsky.social) & Dr. Kalmia Kniel (@udelaware.bsky.social ). Learn about recent outbreaks and how food-borne pathogens are monitored. Register: bit.ly/4c00BfN

Cyclospora: food contamination, detection, and outbreak response - SciLine

Learn about the ongoing cyclosporiasis outbreaks and the investigative efforts to ensure food safety at SciLine's informative media briefing.

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Reporters—when a vaccine conspiracy emerges in your community, how do you cover it? Our guide on this topic is freely available to help you plan your coverage with evidence-based research about both debunking and "prebunking" misinformation. bit.ly/4yFaoBO

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ICYMI: This week's newsletter offers reporters free resources on covering midterm elections, wildfire smoke, the cyclosporiasis outbreak, data centers, and more. Sign up to get local story angles delivered to your inbox every Wednesday: mailchi.mp/c1f01059dc45...

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As measles outbreaks continue across the country, reporters new to the health beat may find themselves covering the topic. Our reporting guide can help you understand the best practices when reporting on vaccines. Free for all reporters: bit.ly/44Mzcdv @aaas.org

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Reporters—covering midterm election issues in your community? Our new guides can help you step back from political back-and-forth & show voters what evidence-based research can tell us about the biggest issues at stake in the midterm elections. Learn more: bit.ly/4pAwXDH

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Reporters—covering the proposed overhaul of federal science funding? Our latest reporting resource explains how the proposal breaks with precedent, which research organizations could be affected, and where to find resources to help localize news stories. bit.ly/4f0Ootr

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Reporters—is your city hosting World Cup games? Our interview with Dr. Douglas Casa covers what the science shows about how heat may affect players and fans. Soundbite, VOSOT, and full video are free to use, clip, and quote in news stories: bit.ly/4um7KgZ

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Reporters—covering the end of the school year and what that means for childcare and food access for kids? This week's newsletter offers local story angles on this, plus coverage of oil prices, summer warming trends, 2025 crime data, and more: mailchi.mp/69e6975bd239...

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Reporters—get tips for local story ideas in our latest newsletter! Covering Memorial Day cookouts and how beef prices may affect consumers? Hurricane season? The farm bill's update on ethanol use? Current job market for recent college grads? Check it out: mailchi.mp/0b3f65a5a42b...

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