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Why should reporters use Twitter? Read on …
By keeping track of area Twitter traffic, reporter Sarah Jane Tribble of the Cleveland Plain Dealer noticed that the Cleveland…
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Dartmouth Atlas: Powerful when used right
The Dartmouth Atlas contains detailed information on regional variations in health care spending and use and therefore has the potential…
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Philly VA botched 92 of 116 cancer treatments
Walt Bogdanich of The New York Times uncovered an astounding series of regulatory and oversight errors that allowed a “rogue”…
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Experts question early breast cancer screening push
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a 42-year-old Democratic representative from Florida, is advocating legislation pushing for early detection and breast cancer screening…
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HHS: $3,700 out-of-pocket for employer coverage
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the results of a study which found that, on average, Americans pay…
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WHO: Half of road deaths are non-motorists
Almost half of the folks killed in traffic accidents annually are cyclists, pedestrians or motorcyclists, according to the World Health…
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Iowa air pollution unmonitored, may be dangerous
The Des Moines Register‘s Perry Beeman and Chase Davis investigated air pollution in Iowa, particularly that made up of enough…
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The perils of access: ABC defends coverage
Richard Huff of the New York Daily News reports that Republican Party officials (and Matt Drudge) have likened ABC’s planned…
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Wrestling with the FDA recall e-mail avalanche
NPR’s April Fulton recently blogged about a phenomenon familiar to anyone with a subscription to the FDA’s recall e-mail list,…
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Schneider moves coverage to ColdTruth.com
Former Seattle Post-Intelligencer investigative reporter Andrew Schneider has moved from andrewschneiderinvestigates.com to the easier-to-type www.coldtruth.com . Schneider appears to have…