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Shannon Firth

Shannon Firth

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Shannon Firth

Shannon Firth reports on breaking healthcare news for 乌鸦传媒's Washington D.C. bureau She is also a member of 乌鸦传媒's Enterprise & Investigative Reporting team. She has written extensively about mental health, addiction and sexual harassment in medicine as well as faulty medical devices. Her other interests include medical ethics, precision medicine and social determinants of health. Shannon earned her master's degree at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.

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US soldiers stand next to a burn pit at Forward Operating Base Azizullah in Maiwand District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan

<乌鸦传媒>Military Exposure to Burn Pits Under Scrutiny

Wearable technology, better registries, "compassionate common sense" urged over denials of harm

COVID-19 UPDATE and Other News over a background of illustrated coronaviruses

<乌鸦传媒>Judge Halts Texas' Trans Investigations; Obama Has COVID; Child Deaths and Omicron

A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine

Nancy Wespetal, MD, cares for a patient at a transition center where she volunteers with the Polish Red Cross.

<乌鸦传媒>American Doctor Helps Ukrainian Refugees in Poland

"It's very hard to see what's going on and not want to help"

A photo of a teen male in a hospital bed laughing with a male nurse

<乌鸦传媒>End to Public Health Emergency Is Bad News for Millions on Medicaid

Coverage losses are likely to hit children particularly hard

<乌鸦传媒>CMS Revamps Direct Contracting Model

Participants in current GPDC Direct Contracting must meet new equity and governance requirements

A photo of Arnold Schwarzenegger awarding a trophy to a body builder at the Arnold Sports Festival.

<乌鸦传媒>Laws Stripping Public Health Powers a 'Terrifying Step Back,' Says Former HHS Chief

But some laws and proposed laws are not all bad, argues public health expert

A close up of a man鈥檚 fist with an out of focus woman lying on the floor in the background

<乌鸦传媒>High Global Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women

More than one in four young women experienced physical or sexual violence, according to WHO study

A prior authorization form

<乌鸦传媒>A Third of Docs Saw a Patient Harmed by Prior Authorization

Treatment delays have led to permanent damage, disability, and even death

A photo of a sad woman sitting on the floor in her house, head in hands.

<乌鸦传媒>Mental Health Crisis Demands Better Coverage, Worker Pay, Experts Tell House

Advocates argue for workforce incentives, peer involvement, and closing Medicare coverage gaps

A close up of a blue rubber gloved hand holding a fentanyl patch

<乌鸦传媒>Prescription Drug Misuse High Among Nurses During Pandemic

Home health RNs have highest rates, but those working at hospitals most likely to have an SUD

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