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Food safety law boosts tracking technology sector
In The Washington Post, reporter Lyndsey Layton digs into the industry spawned by a requirement in last year’s food safety…
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The health highlights of two years of Guardian data
In two years, the Guardian’s data blog has published more than 600 data sets. I know this because, thanks to…
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Australian journal says no to pharma ads
Emergency Medicine Australasia, an Australia-based medical journal, has declared that it will no longer accept paid advertisements from pharmaceutical companies.…
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Research: Local television encourages fatalistic view of cancer
Writing for Miller-McCune magazine, Tom Jacobs puts together the results of two studies that conclude local television teaches viewers over-the-top…
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Picard honored for public policy journalism
André Picard, AHCJ member and longtime Globe and Mail health reporter, has earned this year’s Hyman Solomon Award for Excellence…
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Reporter examines W.Va.’s drug epidemic
The Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette‘s Alison Knezevich has geared an in-depth series around the fact that West Virginia has the highest…
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Reporter looks at black infant mortality in Wis.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel‘s Crocker Stephenson took a look at disparities in infant mortality in that area and explored both…
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More antipsychotics prescribed to foster children
Need To Know, the PBS newsmagazine, recently took a look at the use of antipsychotics in foster children. Shoshana Guy’s…
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Critics point out issues in patient satisfaction ratings
On the heels of a government proposal to tie hospital incentive payments to patient satisfaction ratings, a few outlets have…
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Reform opponents got millions from industry
Caitlin Ginley, of the Center for Public Integrity, used data from the National Institute on Money in State Politics to…