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afghanistan
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Afghan media workers in peril as U.S. withdraws; IFJ and others raising money to help
The Association of Health Care Journalists has been watching the U.S. military’s withdrawal from Afghanistan over the past several weeks…
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Story about reconstructive surgery for soldiers was no ‘quick hit’
With thousands of soldiers having served in Iraq and Afghanistan, our country will be grappling with the short-term and long-term…
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Military’s spotty recordkeeping hurts veterans
At the Center for Investigative Reporting, Aaron Glantz dug deep into the widespread recordkeeping errors and lapses that are bedeviling…
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Medical, support network lacking for returning National Guard, reservists
National Guardsmen and reservists returning from duty in Iraq and Afghanistan “have been hastily channeled through a post-deployment process that…
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Pentagon reluctant to provide therapy for TBI
After a lengthy investigation, ProPublica’s T. Christian Miller and NPR’s Daniel Zwerdling found that, in their words, the “battle over…
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Bagram airfield a leading lab for trauma medicine
NPR’s Quil Lawrence reports that Afghanistan’s Bagram airfield, the primary stop for seriously wounded soldiers before they’re stabilized and transported…
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Story on soldiers’ aches and pains wins member a Mid-America Emmy
A story inspired by a session at Health Journalism 2009 earned member Meryl Lin McKean the 2010 Emmy for Health/Science…
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PTSD or personality disorder? It matters to soldiers
The AP’s Anne Flaherty has put together a story that illuminates the Army’s refusal to admit that it could have…
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MSNBC tells of earthquake amputees, soldiers
In the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake, an MSNBC team has set out to cover, through a variety of media,…
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More vets come home as result of psychiatric issues
On Shots, NPR’s Health Blog, Nadja Popovich reports on a recent Johns Hopkins study that found, more troops were evacuated…