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CDC: Obesity rises unabated, no state meets goals
According to Vital Signs, a new part of the CDC journal Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (more on that in…
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Beacon programs offer hope for health IT
Emma Schwartz and Fred Schulte, the HIT specialists at the Huffington Post Investigative Fund, examine the 15 “beacon” programs involved…
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CDC says monitoring system finds no ill from spill
The CDC has two major monitoring programs active in the Gulf of Mexico during the spill: The National Poison Data…
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Raw, warm vegetables breed illness in salsa, guac
New research implicates guacamole or salsa in 3.9 percent of restaurant-related outbreaks of foodborne illness between 1998 and 2008, more…
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Ohio, other states cut HIV/AIDS drug subsidies
The Plain Dealer‘s Diane Suchetka says that rising medication costs and demand driven by the swelling ranks of the jobless…
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July 1 marks a big day for Health Policy
Scott Hensley, on NPR’s Shots blog, has a nice rundown of the health care provisions that go into effect today,…
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How NASA came to work with a children’s hospital
Brian Ahier, writing for Government Health IT, tells the story of how NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratories ended up collaborating with…
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Healthcare.gov coming July 1
KHN’s Phil Galewitz previews the July 1 launch of a federal website he says “will give consumers a list of…
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Mass. data show how reform could affect access
How will the masses of newly insured post-reform patients impact already tight access to primary care? The Boston Globe‘s Liz…
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PEJ: Reform coverage centered on politics
Six basic facts about how the media handled coverage of health care reform have been distilled from a study of…