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Passengers with disabilities encounter obstacles in everyday commuting
Despite progress prompted by the Americans with Disabilities Act, public transportation for people with disabilities is still challenging in many…
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Wahlberg offers advice on avoiding unfortunate incident
It’s the kind of call every journalist dreads. David Wahlberg, of the Wisconsin State Journal, writes that a call from…
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Regulations failed to slow cosmetic surgery deaths
Bob LaMendola and Sally Kestin, of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, report that regulations put in place a decade ago have…
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Reporters find heart devices skipped FDA’s more rigorous approval process
Deborah L. Shelton and Jason Grotto of the Chicago Tribune couldn’t help but wonder: How does a medical device get…
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FDA creates embargo policy in response to reporter concerns
The Food and Drug Administration has adopted a policy on embargoes that permits reporters to share embargoed information with outside…
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Newly named NYT editor spoke to AHCJ about health coverage
Jill Abramson, who will become executive editor of The New York Times in September, welcomed health journalists to AHCJ’s 2007…
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NEJM article: Media partially to blame for slow adoption of cost-effective health care
In a new “Perspectives” piece in the New England Journal of Medicine, Victor R. Fuchs, Ph.D., and Arnold Milstein, M.D.,…
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Peck reports another questionable PR pitch
In the wake of the discussion over whether public relations folks should offer money to journalists to serve on focus…
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PR rep says journalists’ stipend to attend Allergan event was misconstrued
An invitation to journalists to participate in an Allergan-hosted “Facial Aesthetics Advisory Panel” that included an offer of a $250…
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PR professional offers cash for attending Allergan-hosted event
Journalist Lisa Collier Cool was “truly appalled” to receive an email that offered her a $250 stipend if she would…