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America’s border towns are often health care black holes
Colonias, underserved, poverty-riddled communities along America’s southern border populated mostly by American citizens of Mexican descent, have long remained uncomfortably…
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Top docs spar over Medtronic research, Iraq service
Following up on his work on the dangers of Medtronic’s Infuse spine fusion product and the conflicts of interest that…
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Reporter’s narrative illuminates little-researched birth defect
When Wisconsin State Journal reporter David Wahlberg investigated what appeared to be rural Wisconsin’s increase in gastroschisis, a rare birth…
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Regulations failed to slow cosmetic surgery deaths
Bob LaMendola and Sally Kestin, of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, report that regulations put in place a decade ago have…
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Pushback against Medtronic’s Infuse hits boiling point
Medtronic’s ongoing woes with its blockbuster spine fusion product Infuse have been a staple of Covering Health for as long…
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Blame trucks, not just factories, for industrial pollution in Seattle
Spurred by a few recent studies, InvestigateWest’s Robert McClure and KCTS-Seattle’s Jenny Cunningham launched an investigation to figure out just…
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Baby’s death illustrates how health IT can introduce complexity, error to system
Chicago Tribune reporters Judith Graham and Cynthia Dizikes explore the pitfalls of health information technology through the story of an…
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Battle against childhood obesity is complicated
Maureen O’Hagan and her colleagues at The Seattle Times have put together a sprawling package of stories on the fight…
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Series, inquest illuminate Canada’s pill problem
Writing for the reader-funded site rabble.ca with the help of a Canadian Institutes for Health journalism award, Ann Silversides is…
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ProPublica’s Allen opens window into screening business
In an investigation co-published with his old friends at the Las Vegas Sun, ProPublica’s Marshall Allen offers a revealing investigation…