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california
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Group’s tours highlight pollution in West Oakland
California Watch’s Ali Winston writes that to increase awareness of both legacy and ongoing sources of toxins in their venerable…
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Calif. reluctant to boost Medi-Cal’s anti-fraud staff
California Watch’s Christina Jewett reports on the California Assembly’s lukewarm response to the assertion of Medi-Cal’s fraud busters that, with…
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Member news: New book; new Web site
“Open Government: Collaboration, Transparency, and Participation in Practice,” a new book published by O’Reilly media, was edited by AHCJ member…
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Calif. maternal death on rise, according to report
Citing investigators who wrote a yet-to-be-released report, Nathanael Johnson of California Watch reports that the “mortality rate of California women…
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California Watch serves up data, health stories
The new Center for Investigative Reporting-backed California Watch site is an ambitious and, by virtue of its commitment to providing…
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KQED profiles those who live with disease, injury
This month’s edition of Health Dialogues, part of KQED’s California Report, focuses on living with disease. In the report, KQED…
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Series examines life expectancy disparities
In their Contra Costa Times series “Shortened Lives,” Suzanne Bohan and Sandy Kleffman start by profiling three different people from…
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Learning from Calif.’s mental health parity law
On the Los Angeles Times Booster Shots blog, Shari Roan writes about a recent scholarly review of California’s mental health…
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Lopez finds glamour in LA’s marijuana community
Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez has released his latest dispatch from medical marijuana’s front lines. The Medical License page…
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AHRQ interviews Ornstein, talks medical errors
Robert Wachter, M.D., (bio), editor of AHRQ WebM&M (Morbidity and Mortality), interviewed AHCJ President Charles Ornstein, of ProPublica, for a…