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Government
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State agency fines polluters but economy takes toll
Tony Bartelme of the Charleston Post and Courier obtained and analyzed records of 17 years of fines handed out to…
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Doctors face obstacles in transition to costly EMRs
In his American Journey blog, the Wall Street Journal‘s Andy Jordan considered the impact of stimulus funds on the health-care…
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Reports: Kansas governor Sebelius to lead HHS
The Associated Press is reporting that a White House source says Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius is President Obama’s choice to…
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$150 billion of stimulus headed to health care
Dr. Robert Steinbrook broke down health care’s share of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act – also known as the…
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Attorneys: Rule stifles nursing home accountability
Cindy Skrzycki reports in The Washington Post on the effects of a Bush administration rule classifying nursing home-related state inspectors…
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Grassley list keeps track of press coverage
Chuck Grassley is nothing if not media savvy. The senator from Iowa, who is the ranking Republican on the U.S.…
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Stimulus initiative stirs up controversy
In the Los Angeles Times, Noam N. Levey reviews the controversy that broke out when President Obama included money in…
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Environment of enthusiasm at CDC strikes reporter
Modern Healthcare‘s Jessica Zigmond writes about the enthusiasm she encountered among public health experts at the CDC during the recent…
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AHCJ: Proposal would be blow to public access
Legislation introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on Feb. 3 “would constitute a blow to the public’s right to…
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NCI’s cancer risk assessor leaves out minorities
In The New York Times, Roni Caryn Rabin took a look at the National Cancer Institute’s new online colorectal cancer…