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Health journalism
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Missouri data disclosure details infection fight
Missouri law requires hospitals to disclose infection rates for intensive care and certain surgeries. It doesn’t keep that data around…
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Blogging the first day of AHCJ boot camp
The Columbia Daily Tribune‘s Jodie Jackson Jr., who is one of AHCJ’s Midwest Health Journalism Program Fellows, is blogging about…
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AHCJ welcomes 11 new members
These journalists joined AHCJ last week: Alan Cassels, independent journalist; Victoria, British Columbia (@AKECassels) Chuck Kurtz, staff writer, Sun Publications;…
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Globe photographer finds medical records in landfill
The Boston Globe‘s Liz Kowalczyk tells the story of how one of the paper’s staff photographers stumbled upon a massive…
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Why young docs shun practicing in rural America
For a look at the quotidian struggles facing young doctors who accepted federal loan aid in exchange for a three-to-five-year…
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Member’s book for nurses is published
“Anatomy of Writing for Publication for Nurses,” written by AHCJ member Cynthia Saver, R.N., M.S., has been published by Sigma…
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Forum offers stats on well-being of elderly
AgingStats.gov is an often-overlooked federal clearinghouse of aging-related data from the Federal Interagency Forum on Age-Related Statistics. It focuses on…
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Sapien wins award for natural gas impact coverage
An investigation into the environmental impact of natural gas drilling, conducted by AHCJ member Joaquin Sapien and his ProPublica colleagues…
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Hospital infections on rise in Nev., reporters find
Part two of Marshall Allen and Alex Richards’ Las Vegas Sun hospital investigation series “Do No Harm” takes on hospital-acquired…
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Conference walks back description of partnership with heart news website
A medical conference has retreated from a claim suggesting a trade website was being used to promote it and that…