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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Medicare ‘offers’ cancer patient a choice: Less life or more debt
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The long-range thrombolysis forecast calls for tiny ultrasonic tornadoes
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Massive rise in drug overdose deaths driven by opioids
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Children and COVID: Weekly cases may have doubled in early January
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