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More antipsychotics prescribed to foster children
Need To Know, the PBS newsmagazine, recently took a look at the use of antipsychotics in foster children. Shoshana Guy’s…
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WSJ sues for release of Medicare provider data
If successful, a legal move by The Wall Street Journal could open a flood of now-confidential Medicare data about providers…
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New health-related state laws for 2011
Many thanks to Melissa Preddy for pointing out, in a post on the Reynolds Center’s businessjournalism.org, the National Conference of…
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Lack of vaccination, awareness worsen UK flu season
The Guardian‘s Denis Campbell and Sarah Boseley report that a drop in vaccination rates and a lack of public awareness…
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EU reviewing limits to physician work weeks
The Telegraph‘s Andy Bloxham writes that the European Union’s 48-hour-a-week average working time limit is under review, at least as…
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After 8 years, Quebec’s adverse event reporting law remains unenforceable
The Montreal Gazette‘s Charlie Fidelman has assembled a round-up of what has, and hasn’t, happened in the eight years since…
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N.Y. reporter finds local doctors in ProPublica database
Writing for Gannett’s Binghamton, N.Y., Press & Sun-Bulletin, Julia Hunter localized ProPublica’s investigation of pharmaceutical companies and disciplined doctors by starting…
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Barlett & Steele uncover chaos, peril of global drug industry
In Vanity Fair, Donald Barlett and James Steele have devoted more than 6,000 words to chronicling the gaping holes in…
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Age cited as reason for ‘purge’ in FDA press office
Jim Dickinson of Dickinson’s FDA WebView (paid subscription) writes that some recently ousted FDA public affairs officers claim their terminations…
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Boomers line up for Medicare Part D plans
In a Morning Edition piece, NPR’s Kelley Weiss manages to hit all the highlights of this year’s Medicare Part D…