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Children
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Ind. parents ‘abandon’ children so they can get mental health care
Reporting for The Times of Northwest Indiana, Marisa Kwiatkowski found that Indiana’s child mental health services are so lacking that,…
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Oral health care crisis in spotlight with documentary, web chat
Frontline and The Center for Public Integrity have investigated the flaws in the American oral health care system in a…
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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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Antipsychotic use booms among Canadian kids
Writing for The Vancouver Sun and Postmedia News, Sharon Kirkey and Pamela Fayerman, report that, in an environment where the…
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Follow up on $95 million just awarded to school-based clinics
Periodically, I get an email or press release from a well-intentioned organization telling me why I should be writing about…
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Reporter’s narrative illuminates little-researched birth defect
When Wisconsin State Journal reporter David Wahlberg investigated what appeared to be rural Wisconsin’s increase in gastroschisis, a rare birth…
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Battle against childhood obesity is complicated
Maureen O’Hagan and her colleagues at The Seattle Times have put together a sprawling package of stories on the fight…
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Program for disabled kids has unintended effects
Patricia Wen, of The Boston Globe, examines the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program for children and finds the program “has…
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Researchers examine long-term effects of vitamins, vaccines on children’s immune systems
For a 40-minute documentary broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and produced by Anthony Baxter, reporter Richard Phinney visited a small,…
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New health-related state laws for 2011
Many thanks to Melissa Preddy for pointing out, in a post on the Reynolds Center’s businessjournalism.org, the National Conference of…