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William Heisel
Contributing Editor
I have reported on health for most of my career. My work as an investigative reporter at the Los Angeles Times and the Orange County Register exposed problems with the fertility industry, the trade in human body parts and the use of illegal drugs in sports. I helped create a first-of-its-kind report card judging hospitals on a wide array of measures for a story that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. I was one of the lead reporters on a series of stories about lead in candy, a series that also was a finalist for the Pulitzer. For the University of Washington, I work as the Director of Global Services for IHME Client Services. For Reporting On Health, I write about investigative health reporting and occasionally break news on my blog, Antidote. I also was the project editor on the Just One Breath series. You can follow me on Twitter @wheisel.
Articles
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Why did the Occupational Health Safety Network meet with such an abrupt demise?
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"How is it supposed to work?" Answer that question and you're better prepared to spot when things go wrong.
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"The problem was, I was being played," writes contributor Bill Heisel. "The giant petrochemical company, Arco, had the city of Butte and the state of Montana outmatched."
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Disinformation is always bad for democracy, but it is especially toxic during a pandemic.
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We’ve long given up the idea that justice is blind. We need to give up the idea that health care is blind, too....
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Now is the time to start building timelines and documenting how local governments are handling — or fumbling — the COVID-19 crisis.
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A simple jog turns into an anxious minefield in the absence of clear guidance on COVID-19 transmission.
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Health sciences are rooted in concepts that go back centuries, and some of those concepts were crafted with a racist lens, writes contributor William Heisel.
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Why we need to distinguish between bad behavior and structural problems in how we’re organized as a society.
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How do you cover the fake cures without giving them more oxygen than they deserve?