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Public health
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New topic leader starts conversation about oral health
I am looking forward to being AHCJ’s new oral health core topic leader and pointing you to resources and having…
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Health standouts in your neighborhood
Every year, the National Association of County and City Health Officials honors local health departments for what they call “Exemplary…
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McKenna looks at how superbugs get into food supply
Writing in Self, AHCJ board member Maryn McKenna looks at how drug-resistant bacteria have found their way into the American…
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Investigation reveals N.Y. lax on home care oversight
In the Albany (N.Y.) Times Union, Matt Drange’s investigation is titled “Home health care in crisis.” Having read the piece,…
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Ind. parents ‘abandon’ children so they can get mental health care
Reporting for The Times of Northwest Indiana, Marisa Kwiatkowski found that Indiana’s child mental health services are so lacking that,…
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Otto to lead AHCJ’s resources on oral health
Journalist Mary Otto will be AHCJ’s oral health topic leader, helping members stay on top of the news as it…
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Meth and other drugs overwhelm reservations
New America Media’s Jacob Simas and Two Rivers Tribune‘s Allie Hostler joined forces to examine how the nation’s rural methamphetamine…
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Federal funding of migrant health clinics under fire
Kaiser Health News’ Phil Galewitz spotlights a 50-year-old federal effort to provide health care to migrant farmworkers, one which provides…
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Esophageal cancer screening could lead to runaway health costs
Reuters’ Frederik Joelving reports that a new, easier method of taking biopsies to detect esophogeal cancer, called TSA, has opened…
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Reuters explains Big Food’s remarkable lobbying success
Investigating for Reuters, Duff Wilson and Janet Roberts analyzed lobbying records and found that, in the past few years, the…