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EPA changes would improve public access to data
A recent OMB Watch story covers the EPA’s latest attempt to leverage the Toxic Substances Control Act to make it…
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Concussion-related trauma masquerades as ALS
The New York Times‘ Alan Schwarz reports on what he says is “the first firm pathological indications that brain trauma…
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Missouri data disclosure details infection fight
Missouri law requires hospitals to disclose infection rates for intensive care and certain surgeries. It doesn’t keep that data around…
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UK hospitals fail to comply with safety alerts
Following medical errors and patient safety issues, the United Kingdom’s National Patient Safety Agency issues national safety alerts so that…
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Blogging the first day of AHCJ boot camp
The Columbia Daily Tribune‘s Jodie Jackson Jr., who is one of AHCJ’s Midwest Health Journalism Program Fellows, is blogging about…
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Globe photographer finds medical records in landfill
The Boston Globe‘s Liz Kowalczyk tells the story of how one of the paper’s staff photographers stumbled upon a massive…
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Why young docs shun practicing in rural America
For a look at the quotidian struggles facing young doctors who accepted federal loan aid in exchange for a three-to-five-year…
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CDC releases 2007 foodborne illness numbers
In the latest Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the CDC has released the 2007 numbers on foodborne illness in the…
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Tougher concussion rules from high school assn.
The National Federation of State High School Associations has released tougher rules about removing players with potential concussions from the…
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Forum offers stats on well-being of elderly
AgingStats.gov is an often-overlooked federal clearinghouse of aging-related data from the Federal Interagency Forum on Age-Related Statistics. It focuses on…