Robert Joiner
Health ReporterRobert Joiner has carved a niche in providing informed reporting about a range of medical issues. He won a Dennis A. Hunt Journalism Award for the Beacon’s "Worlds Apart" series on health-care disparities. His journalism experience includes working at the St. Louis American and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, where he was a beat reporter, wire editor, editorial writer, columnist, and member of the Washington bureau.
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: When Jason Purnell was a fourth grader, his mother gave him a book on Supreme Court Justice Thurgood…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 15, 2013: Sandra Garrett knew something had gone wrong inside her body a decade ago when her…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 11, 2013: An ounce of prevention may be worth a pound of cure, but finding money for prevention…
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Bittersweet news about cervical cancer: Teen vaccination rates are low, but infections are decliningThis article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 3, 2013 -It isn’t often that a developing nation outstrips the United States in vaccination…
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Bittersweet news about cervical cancer: Teen vaccination rates are low, but infections are decliningThis article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: It isn’t often that a developing nation outstrips the United States in vaccination rates for a…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 3, 2013 - David Glaser wasn’t in St. Louis three decades ago during the height of public…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: David Glaser wasn’t in St. Louis three decades ago during the height of public opposition to the…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 1, 2013: When an obese patient walks into a doctor's office, the physician isn't likely to talk…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 28, 2013: There was a time, more than two centuries ago, when the term “British invasion” would… -
This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 24, 2013 - Some health providers, administrators and volunteers got a glimpse Thursday at how…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: Pemiscot Memorial Hospital, in Hayti, Mo., is on the equivalent of life support, unsure how long it…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 14, 2013 - Medical researchers in St. Louis believe the U.S. Supreme Court has strengthened the…
