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Government
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Report exposes failures of Army mental health care
This week on Salon.com, Mark Benjamin and Michael de Yoanna are posting the results of their investigation into climbing “preventable…
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Low-grade Chinese drywall may pose health risk
Aaron Kessler of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune looked into reports of low-grade Chinese drywall emitting foul-smelling gasses containing sulfur compounds that…
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Health spending in stimulus plan called ‘wasteful’
Congressional Republican leaders have outlined what they think are “wasteful provisions in the Senate version of the nearly $900 billion…
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NTSB webcasting air ambulance safety hearing
Today the National Transportation Safety Board opened a four-day public hearing on the safety of helicopter emergency medical services operations.…
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HHS’s new social media team focuses on outbreak
File this one under “No sooner said than done.” Just last week, Pete Blackshaw wrote on the ConsumerGeneratedMedia.com blog that…
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Social networking could improve FDA response
Pete Blackshaw, on the ConsumerGeneratedMedia.com blog, critiques the FDA’s Web site and provides some ideas about how the FDA could…
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Obama highlights technology in reform efforts
President Barack Obama has said that improving health care and access to health care in this country will be a…
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Software glitch exposes VA patients to errors
As a result of software glitches, “Patients at VA health centers were given incorrect doses of drugs, had needed treatments…
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Health costs, reform high on state legislatures’ lists
The National Conference of State Legislatures compiles an annual list of issues it predicts will dominate the year’s legislative sessions.…
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Speculation begins on new FDA, CDC leaders
Can an acting FDA commissioner make a difference? There is no clear answer, of course. Generally, such a role is…