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Public health
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AHRQ details spending on health care
Among recent releases from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, its data on who’s spending what on health care…
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Reporters: Federal public affairs staffers block access to information
Reporters who cover federal government agencies say they face impediments to getting information to the public because of interference from…
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Calif. program of bundled dental care for children gets a checkup
About 18 years ago, California implemented a program of “geographic managed care” for children’s dental coverage in Sacramento. Now, in…
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Case could set precedent for regulating stem cells
On Forbes.com, Gergana Koleva digs deep into the ongoing court battle between Regenerative Sciences and the FDA over the question…
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Senators request inquiry into state medical boards
Three senators are asking the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to investigate the oversight…
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CMS-ordered report, withheld by hospital, reveals hundreds of deficiencies
When Ryan McNeill of The Dallas Morning News recently wrote for AHCJ about that paper’s investigation into patient care and…
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Controversy over breast implants spreads across Europe
British clinics delivering cosmetic surgery were thrown into crisis by the decision last month of the French government to fund the removal…
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Leaded aviation fuel a threat to public health, children
KUOW’s John Ryan used federal data and a few key sources to delve deep into issues surrounding one of the…
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Investigation delves into Wash.’s prescription drug problem
Everything time we think prescription drug abuse stories have peaked, something comes along to push the story further. This time,…
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With state funds gone, Okla. dental programs still serve needy
Writing for the local NPR StateImpact outlet, Logan Layden looks at how dental programs for the needy are coping in…