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Public health
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NYU hospital evacuation prompts questions about plans in other facilities
More than 200 patients had to be evacuated from New York University’s Langone Medical Center last night when backup generators…
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AHCJ member speaks to attorneys about information in public health crises
This is a guest post from AHCJ member Rose Hoban, R.N., M.P.H. Related Guidance on the release of information concerning…
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Be on the look out for projects integrating primary, oral health care
When AHCJ Executive Director Len Bruzzese shared this Grantmakers in Health report with me, I thought it provided great food…
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Moms’ health, education can affect kids’ teeth
Poor children suffer from more dental decay than their wealthier peers. In many cases, they live in communities where oral…
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Immigrant health gets spotlight at workshop
More than 50 journalists gathered at AHCJ’s fall workshop in San Antonio to understand and better report stories on the…
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Fla. database intended to stop prescription drug abuse is largely unused
After years of increasing scrutiny as it sat at what appeared to the epicenter of the national prescription painkiller abuse…
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Reporter looks at Spokane’s efforts to address disparities
Reporting for The Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Wash., Shawn Vestal started by observing massive life-span disparities in the city and surrounding…
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Coming soon: Three new films about health care
We know of at least three new movies coming out on health care – overtreatment, undertreatment, cost, quality, the uninsured,…
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Almost 40 years later, fallout from Mich. contamination disaster continues
Four decades after polybrominated biphenyl (PBB), a dense, flame-retardant toxin, was accidentally dumped into a Michigan cattle feed supplement, Detroit…
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Fluoridation debate continues across the country
Is there a fluoride debate in your future? Public health advocates hailed the 5-0 vote by the Portland, Ore., city…