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Health policy
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Web outlet pumps out dozens of stories on prescription drug abuse
In partnership with USC’s Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism and a number of other organizations, Santa Barbara online news…
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NYT series digs into overprescription and developmentally disabled adults
In the series Abused and Used, New York Times reporter Danny Hakim and a host of his colleagues have been…
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Lopez columns on ailing dad spark discussions about end-of-life decisions
From his friendship with a cellist to his adventures with medical marijuana, Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez often draws…
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Kidney disease kills thousands in sugar cane fields
In The Center for Public Integrity’s iWatch News, Sasha Chavkin and Ronnie Greene write that, “Little noticed by the rest…
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Project looks at problems in how deaths are investigated
The results of a yearlong joint investigation of the American autopsy system by ProPublica, Frontline and NPR show that problems…
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Tsouderos looks at federal funding of alternative medicine
In her latest series, Chicago Tribune reporter Trine Tsouderos, whose award-winning reporting has brought her hard-nosed approach to investigating less-proven…
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Reporter recounts fellowship visit to CDC
This is a guest post from Winnie Yu, a freelance journalist based in Voorheesville, N.Y. She was among this year’s…
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Aging in place becoming more popular, possible
In the latest installment in The Associated Press series on growing old in America, David Crary explores how the health…
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Calif. center, ethnic outlets partner to examine elderly day care’s demise
The California HealthCare Foundation’s Center for Health Reporting partnered with no fewer than nine different organizations to produce a sprawling…
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‘Dual eligibles’ pingpong between programs, getting stuck along the way
The phrase “dual eligibles” has always been a mouthful for describing people old enough (or disabled enough) to be on…