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Factory that made recalled Tylenol was cited
The U.S. House of Representatives’ oversight committee will hold a hearing today about an April 30 recall of children’s Tylenol…
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Study authors don’t always have access to raw data
John Fauber of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports on outside authors of drug company-funded studies who do not have access…
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FDA to track media calls, develop policy
The FDA’s Transparency Task Force released 21 draft proposals [PDF] as part of its transparency initiative today. A just-released Perspective…
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Fellowship supports reporting on health systems
The Association of Health Care Journalists is launching a fellowship program to help journalists understand and report on the performance…
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Patients at risk after free public screening
UPDATE: Commenter CT points out that the students involved were not medical school students but were in the University of…
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Texas data shows origin of foreign-trained doctors
Emily Ramshaw and Matt Stiles of The Texas Tribune looked into where that state’s doctors were trained and who received…
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Members provide more coverage of #ahcj2010
A number of AHCJ members volunteered to write about Health Journalism 2010 for AHCJ. Many others used information they learned…
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Coverage of #ahcj2010 continues
• Sebelius predicts ‘hand-to-hand combat’ on health law • What did the U.S. learn from the H1N1 pandemic? • Journalists…
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Site allows analysis, sharing of health data
During a chat at the Health Journalism 2010 registration desk on Wednesday night, AHCJ special projects director Jeff Porter learned…
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In reversal, Mich. agency releases H1N1 documents
Michigan’s Department of Community Health has reversed an earlier decision to withhold documents about how the state has spent money…