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Health journalism
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ProPublica releases ratings of 5,000 dialysis providers
On the heels of a successful FOIA request related to Robin Fields’ dialysis investigation, ProPublica has published a database evaluating…
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Doctors tied to manufacturer report better outcomes, may influence spinal surgery
After using a FOIA request to obtain documents the Food and Drug Administration had labeled “confidential,” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter…
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2010’s most popular Covering Health posts
Tanning beds: What do the numbers really mean? Gays excluded from clinical trials Oransky: Medical study embargoes serve whom? Why…
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Happy holidays from AHCJ
The AHCJ offices are closed down for the holidays and will re-open on Jan. 3. As a result, blog postings…
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ProPublica finds academic physicians violating schools’ conflict rules
While journalists have been finding innovative ways to use ProPublica’s Dollars for Docs database, the database’s founders, Tracy Weber and…
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Fla. group home’s sex policy raises questions
St. Petersburg Times reporter Justin George has painstakingly assembled the story of a group home for developmentally disabled adult men…
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ABC News launches global health project
Tonight at 10 Eastern, ABC News anchor Dianne Sawyer will host “Be the Change: Save a Life,” a program which…
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N.J. taxpayers pay tab on illegal steroids
Without further ado, here are links to the three parts of the enormous (both in length and import) “Strong at…
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Journalist-turned-doctor combats high lab prices
On CNN’s Health page, Jim Kavanagh profiled Dr. Doug Lefton, a man who has gone from newspaper reporter to physician…
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Court ruling opens door for reporting on new law
Melissa Preddy of the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism followed up on Monday’s court ruling that part…