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Lax oversight, complex supply chains aid outbreaks
In the wake of recent food-borne salmonella outbreaks, Justina Wang of the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle found that a combination…
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Mercury may lurk in high fructose corn syrup
In the Columbia Daily Tribune, dietitian and columnist Melinda Hemmelgarn discusses a 2005 study recently published in Environmental Health in…
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Doctor suggests reforms to stop foodborne illness
Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, Dennis G. Maki, M.D. takes a look at foodborne illness, the sources…
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Report spurs Atlanta vaccination reform
ACHJ member and Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Alison Young followed up her initial report on unvaccinated students in Atlanta schools with…
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Group tackles shady practices of Calif. insurers
In California Lawyer, Jeanette Borzo tells the story of how Los Angeles city attorneys and a private law firm teamed…
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Report exposes failures of Army mental health care
This week on Salon.com, Mark Benjamin and Michael de Yoanna are posting the results of their investigation into climbing “preventable…
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Iowa senator calls for FDA transparency
In a Philadelphia Inquirer profile, reporter Miriam Hill says crusading Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) has turned his sights on the…
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s coverage wins award
Citing high ratings for accuracy and credibility, the Boston-based Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making has given the Milwaukee Journal…
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In Calif. lab, researchers put innovations to the test
Sandy Kleffman of the Contra Costa Times visited Kaiser Permanente’s Sidney R. Garfield Center for Health Care Innovation, where researchers…
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Newer technology not always more effective
Joe Rojas-Burke reported in The Oregonian on what he called “a widespread problem in the health care system: the tendency…