Richard Franki is the associate editor who writes and creates graphs. He started with the company in 1987, when it was known as the International Medical News Group. In his years as a journalist, Richard has worked for Cap Cities/ABC, Disney, Harcourt, Elsevier, Quadrant, Frontline, and Internet Brands. In the 1990s, he was a contributor to the ill-fated Indications column, predecessor of Livin' on the MDedge.
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Hospitalizations for opioid poisoning tripled in preschool children
From 1997 to 2012, the annual number of hospitalizations for opioid poisoning rose 178% among children aged 1-19 years, according to data from...
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United States nears 3,000 Zika-infected pregnancies
There were 54 new cases of pregnant women with laboratory evidence of Zika virus in the 50 states and D.C. reported during the week ending Oct. 20...
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Smoking-attributable cancer mortality highest in Kentucky
Almost 29% of cancer deaths among U.S. adults aged 35 years and older were attributable to cigarette smoking in 2014
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Zika increase slows slightly in pregnant women
The total number of pregnant women with laboratory evidence of Zika infection in the United States and its territories rose by 142 for the week...
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Uninsured rate lowest in Massachusetts
Massachusetts had the nation’s lowest uninsured rate in 2015, and Texas had the highest
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High-risk deliveries much more likely to be C-sections
Cesarean section rates for low-risk deliveries are 4.7 times lower than for deliveries that had a medical indication for the procedure listed in...
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Number of Zika-infected pregnant women continues to climb
The number of pregnant women with laboratory evidence of Zika infection increased by 209 for the week ending Oct. 6, the second-largest weekly...
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United States nears 2,500 Zika cases in pregnant women
The number of Zika virus cases continues to rise, with 177 more pregnant women showing laboratory evidence of infection in the United States for...
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Teen birth rates continue to decline in the United States
The teen birth rate has fallen 64% since 1991, according to new government figures.
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Zika virus shows no signs of slowing down
The Zika virus had another big week as the number of new cases among pregnant women topped 200 again for the week ending Sept. 22, according to...
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EpiPen cost increases far exceed overall medical inflation
Total Medicare part D spending on EpiPen auto-injectors rose from $7.0 million in 2007 to $87.9 million in 2014, according to the Kaiser Family...
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Number of Zika-infected pregnancies jumps in states/D.C.
There were 60 more pregnant women in the 50 states and the District of Columbia with laboratory evidence of Zika infection for the week ending...
