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Oransky on H1N1, pandemic, vaccination and 1976
AHCJ board member Ivan Oransky appeared on Brian Lehrer Live to discuss H1N1. The relevant segment starts at about 38:50…
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Decoding Obama’s message; highlighting coverage
AHCJ president Trudy Lieberman writes at CJR.org that, in his speech last week, President Barack Obama didn’t put anything new…
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NYT investigates Clean Water Act violations
In the latest installment of The New York Times‘ Toxic Waters series, Charles Duhigg says that, for this investigation, the…
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Researcher: Screening could save young athletes
Writing for Time, Eben Harrell looks into whether athletes should be screened for cardiac problems in an effort to prevent…
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Ghostwriting: Journals’ dirty, not-so-little secret
The New York Times‘ Duff Wilson and Natasha Singer reported the results of a Journal of the American Medical Association…
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1 in 5 South Florida supermarkets failed inspections
The South Florida Sun Sentinel reports that as the state has stepped up inspections of grocery outlets, officials have found…
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H1N1 will challenge public health policymakers
On his Cold Truth blog, Andrew Schneider questions some H1N1-related public health decisions while acknowledging the difficulties policymakers are bound…
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Pew: Health gets most coverage again
This week’s coverage numbers (three-page pdf) from the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism show health care taking…
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Islanders, sick from fallout, are political hot potato
Writing for the Associated Press, Mark Niesse digs into a dispute between the state of Hawaii, the federal government and…
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Consumers, experts react to Obama speech
Kaiser Health News got the reactions of nine experts to President Obama’s address to Congress. The group includes researchers, policy…