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Md. hospitals sue patients despite state subsidies
Reporters Fred Schulte and James Drew looked into how low-income people afford care and how the hospitals collects payments. They…
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Journalists selected for AHCJ-CDC Health Journalism Fellowship Program
The Association of Health Care Journalists has announced the selection of the first class of AHCJ-CDC Health Journalism Fellows. The…
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AHCJ to launch mentor program
AHCJ has begun taking applications for the organization's new mentoring program, a project designed to help AHCJ members share their…
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President’s Corner: Journalists must do better to inform, educate public
Trudy LiebermanA few weeks ago a former reporter who had won a Pulitzer told me how Barack Obama could move…
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Study raises concerns over disclosure in health stories
Health journalists used to covering studies in the Journal of the American Medical Association recently found themselves on the receiving…
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Project launches test of a new model for health journalism
“Sowing Hope,” a series in the Merced Sun-Star exploring the quest for a University of California medical school in Merced,…
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Kaiser starting health news service
Looking to fill what it feels are gaps in health coverage left by newsrooms slashing reporting staffs, the Kaiser Family…
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Reporter finds efforts to monitor groundwater contamination leave much to be desired
Leah Beth Ward of the Yakima Herald-Republic in Washington decided to investigate after well water at a school was found…
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Sustainable Slimming: Toward a Healthier Urban Environment
Presentation given by Lynn Dee Silver, M.D., M.P.H., assistant commissioner, Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, New York City Department of…
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Health and the Built Environment
Presentation given by Hal Strelnick, M.D., director, Division of Community Health, Department of Family & Social Medicine; Montefiore Medical Center,…