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Pandemic preparedness: Tips to cover recent supplemental funding to states
The Department of Health and Human Services announced Aug. 30 that $75 million in supplemental funding is being made available…
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SCHIP: Where does it stand and what do journalists need to know?
Congress and President Bush are at odds over legislation that would reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program, which insures…
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Digging into DEA data exposes sharp increase in use of pain medications
In this article written for AHCJ, Frank Bass of The Associated Press explains how he analyzed DEA records to find…
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Point of View: One researcher’s take on rushed reporting
Michael Bracken, professor of epidemiology at Yale University, shares his thoughts about health journalism. Bracken is co-author of a study…
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Rats! Animal studies poor predictor of human effect
Almost everyday, newspapers and television stations tout the result of animal studies published in major and minor medical and science…
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‘Sick’ mixes health policy history, short narratives for chilling picture
Jonathan Cohn, author of “Sick: The Untold Story of America’s Health Care Crisis – and the People Who Pay the…
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How we did it: Uncovering mystery deaths in state mental hospitals
Alan Judd and Andy Miller of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution write about how they reported a series about deaths in Georgia's…
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NIH releases FOIA case log
The National Institutes of Health has released its aggregated FOIA Case Log for all the NIH institutes for 2005-07. It…
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Epidemiological consultations: When the Army consults on serious medical situations
The U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine recently released a printed list of its Epidemiological Consultation (EPICON)…
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Tools for covering hospitals: Financial documents
This tip sheet, from Karl Stark of The Philadelphia Inquirer, details five financial documents to review on your local nonprofit…