Shannon Firth is a Washington Correspondent at MedPage Today. She covers a wide range of topics within the realms of medicine and healthcare, including mental health care, public health, and consumer health, while also exploring the intricacies of healthcare administration and patient care. Shannon's work has been featured in MSN, MedPage Today, and RamaOnHealthcare.
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Shannon Firth's coverage heavily focuses on healthcare and nursing, often delving into legal and regulatory aspects. She tends to cite data, cover government announcements, and discuss policy regulations extensively.
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As she discusses legal policy regulation frequently within the context of healthcare and pharmaceuticals topics covered for pitching could include updates on laws affecting these sectors or expert commentary from professionals involved with the impact of legislation on these areas.
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Disease is common in poverty-stricken areas; cases in U.S. tied to 'food fads,' restricted diets
— Experts clash over significance of agency's reversals on certain rare disease drugs
By: Shannon Firth
Key Takeaways From 2010 to 2024, the prevalence of mental health diagnoses grew by 62% among people ages 10 to 46, according to a Norwegian population-wide study.
— New York hospital nurses say this move is just the "tip of the iceberg"
A woman in her 80s presented to the emergency department with a 16-inch flathead screwdriver protruding from the right side of her neck into her thorax.
By: Shannon Firth
Less than half of 8th graders attributed great risk to experimental use
A considerable proportion of younger adolescents may be unaware of the dangers of fentanyl use, according to a cross-sectional survey study.
A weekly roundup of healthcare investigations
The Trump administration's COVID lab-leak retribution is in full swing: a flu expert was hauled off by the FBI, a coronavirus researcher was indicted
The New England Journal of Medicine ©2026. During surgery to repair a hernia in a 71-year-old man's right groin, his doctors discovered something unexpected: a tapeworm.
