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‘Pill Mill’ series turns focus on rogue doctors
The Palm Beach Post‘s Michael LaForgia has put together a spicy profile of rogue Florida pain management doctors. While Florida…
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Parikh: Celebs’ medical advice should be tempered
Writing for Slate, Rahul Parikh chronicles the damage done by medical advice-dispensing celebrities then, acknowledging their influence and staying power,…
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J-S: No reform measure will get majority support
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel‘s Guy Boulton breaks down polling data and political strategy to demonstrate that, while a large majority of…
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BMJ wants raw data for all drug trials to be shared
Under the headline “We want raw data, now,” BMJ editor Fiona Godlee recounts the story of how BMJ had to…
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GAO: Flu-fighting plan needs better measures
The United States Government Accountability Office today released the catchily titled “Monitoring and Assessing the Status of the National Pandemic…
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Corporate clinics scored scarce H1N1 shots
USA Today‘s Alison Young reviewed state H1N1 vaccine distribution information from Florida, Texas and Georgia, finding that “When the swine…
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Star-Tribune looks into fatal falls in nursing homes
Minneapolis Star-Tribune reporters Glenn Howatt and Pam Louwagie analyzed death certificates and found that about 1,000 Minnesota deaths between 2002…
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More than 22,000 inmates are HIV-positive
Poynter’s Al Tompkins spotted a new U.S. Department of Justice report (PDF) on HIV in American prisons. Among other things,…
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Legacy of Agent Orange continues in U.S., Vietnam
The Chicago Tribune is in the middle of an ambitious five-part series in which reporters Jason Grotto and Tim Jones…
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NYT: Millions drink contaminated water
Having exposed the nation’s toxic waters, The New York Times‘ Charles Duhigg has now turned his attention to the Safe…