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Beat reporter uncovers FDA’s failure to take action on contaminated products
What happens when health care products that are supposed to protect against infection and illness turn out to be contaminated…
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Stark reflects on health journalism in U.S., Europe
The standards of health reporting in the United States are higher than ever before, according to AHCJ Vice President Karl…
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Bill blocks funding of consumer safety database
The 2012 spending bill approved today by the House Financial Services and General Government appropriations subcommittee would prohibit the Consumer…
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Medtronic attracts attention from Baucus, Grassley
Readers of Covering Health are likely familiar with medical device manufacturer Medtronic and John Fauber’s coverage of conflicts of interest…
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Obesity doctor calls journalists’ statistical knowledge into question
Yoni Freedhoff, M.D., founder of Ottawa’s Bariatric Medical Institute, writes about two studies about obesity and questions whether journalists are…
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AHCJ gets contact list of senior HHS media officials
AHCJ now has an up-to-date list of the senior media officials at each division of the U.S. Department of Health…
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New jobs and honors for AHCJ members
Here’s the latest about AHCJ members, from the Spring 2011 issue of HealthBeat. If you have news please let us…
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AHCJ makes changes to membership rules
The board of the Association of Health Care Journalists has amended the organization’s membership guidelines, completing a process first begun…
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Doctors operated by flashlight, workers scrambled in tornado-ravaged hospital
As you probably know, St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Mo., sustained serious damage in the May 22 tornado…
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Medtronic, researchers failed to report known link to complication
Medtronic, a medical device maker, and researchers with financial ties to the company have known for years that a “biological…