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Europe
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Britain passes NHS reforms amid controversy
The British government’s highly controversial “Health and Social Care Act” finally completed its bruising 15-month journey through the Houses of Parliament in…
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‘Anti-agenda’ influencing journalists’ health coverage
For whom does the media write? It seems a stupid question with an obvious answer. However, I wouldn’t give a…
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Controversy over breast implants spreads across Europe
British clinics delivering cosmetic surgery were thrown into crisis by the decision last month of the French government to fund the removal…
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Investigation delves into Wash.’s prescription drug problem
Everything time we think prescription drug abuse stories have peaked, something comes along to push the story further. This time,…
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Journalists discuss reporting from the heart of a pandemic
Recently, New York Times health and science reporter Donald McNeil joined the National Journal‘s Maggie Fox, the Nieman Foundation’s Stefanie…
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Agency re-posts National Practitioner Data Bank file, but restrictions draw fire
The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration today republished the public version of the National Practitioner Data Bank, after intense…
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Ohio’s hospital transparency law under fire
Thanks are due to blogger and one-time hospital executive Paul Levy for drawing our attention to the Ohio hospital industry’s…
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Italian journalist argues against pharma-sponsored press events
During my stay in England at the European conference on health journalism co-sponsored by AHCJ and Coventry University, one issue…
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Media must understand, explain privatization of health services
One of the points that stood out for me at the first European conference on health journalism was from conference…
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Inspired by NHS, Lieberman calls for reporters to spotlight patient safety improvements
Fresh off a trip to powwow with health journalists, academics and officials in England as a Fulbright Senior Specialist, AHCJ…