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CDC
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OIG: CDC missed most conflicts of interest in 2007
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General’s latest report covers “CDC’s ethics program for special government…
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CDC: Nearly 1 percent of U.S. kids have autism
An average of one in 110 children have an autism spectrum disorder, according to a new study of the health…
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Hoban reports on uneven H1N1 death disclosure
WUNC reporter and AHCJ member Rose Hoban put together a story about uneven disclosure of H1N1 deaths by public health…
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CBS questions CDC’s H1N1 prevalence estimates
CBS’s Sharyl Attkisson reviewed state and federal data (collected through FOIA and other open records requests) and found that H1N1…
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OIG: Are we ready for a flu pandemic?
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General has released two reports assessing just how prepared Americans…
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FDA drug-monitoring system tricky, promising
Doctors Jerry Avorn and Sebastian Schneeweiss write in the New England Journal of Medicine that the Sentinel Network the FDA…
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Journalists attend two-day CDC flu briefing
AHCJ has sponsored 12 journalists to take part in a two-day workshop at the CDC about covering seasonal influenza and…
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Former CDC boss now ABC health/medical editor
Richard Besser, M.D., the acting director of the CDC during the first six months of 2009 (CDC bio), will become…
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New CDC tool tracks environmental health
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have created what they refer to as an online Environmental Public Health Tracking…
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New CDC site aims to reduce workplace obesity
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched a Web site called “LEAN Works” as part of a campaign…