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Pharmaceuticals
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New Wisc. rules lead to interesting disclosures
Thanks to new disclosure requirements from the University of Wisconsin’s doctor group, the Wisconsin State Journal‘s David Wahlberg was able…
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Antipsychotic use booms among Canadian kids
Writing for The Vancouver Sun and Postmedia News, Sharon Kirkey and Pamela Fayerman, report that, in an environment where the…
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Pharma discloses free meals, ProPublica expands database
In his latest report, ProPublica senior reporter and AHCJ board president Charles Ornstein explains exactly how, since its founding last…
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Thieves target pharma cargo, cause shortages
Reporting for WBBH-Fort Myers, Fla., Andy Pierotti reports that highly specialized thieves have made an art form of snatching shipping…
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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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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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Author sees need for more drug safety info for elderly
Writing a guest blog item for Scientific American, AHCJ member Laura Newman profiled the case of her mother to argue…
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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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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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Horgan finds reasons to be optimistic about science writing
In yet another sign of the much-discussed science writing renaissance which may or may not be upon us, Scientific American‘s…