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AHCJ asks FDA to re-evaluate embargo policy
The Association of Health Care Journalists has sent a letter to FDA officials asking them to re-examine a policy that…
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Whelan: Will HuffPo ruin AOL’s health site?
In the wake of AOL’s acquisition of the Huffington Post, Forbes.com’s David Whelan has taken the time to ask the…
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Las Vegas Sun’s Allen a finalist for Goldsmith Prize
AHCJ member Marshall Allen, with Alex Richards, is a finalist for the 2011 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting for their…
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Program for disabled kids has unintended effects
Patricia Wen, of The Boston Globe, examines the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program for children and finds the program “has…
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Data: Hospital performs ‘combination’ CT scans at 10 times national rate
Lisa Chedekel, of the Connecticut Health Investigative Team, used Hospital Compare data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services…
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BMJ: Wakefield’s vaccine-autism study fraudulent
The Internet and other media are abuzz with the news, published by BMJ yesterday, that the study published in The…
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New stats: 1 in 6 get foodborne illnesses each year
More precise estimates than previously available find that one in six Americans suffer foodborne illnesses annually and that 3,000 die…
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Court ruling opens door for reporting on new law
Melissa Preddy of the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism followed up on Monday’s court ruling that part…
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Hospitals to start reporting infection data Jan. 1
Hospitals are set to begin reporting information about hospital-acquired bloodstream infections to the federal government on Jan. 1, with the…
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Ind. station runs ‘canned’ story about Fla. boy
Jeremy Cox, medical reporter for the Jacksonville (Fla.) Times-Union, calls our attention to a television report about a boy who…