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H1N1
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Journalists discuss reporting from the heart of a pandemic
Recently, New York Times health and science reporter Donald McNeil joined the National Journal‘s Maggie Fox, the Nieman Foundation’s Stefanie…
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Guidelines for releasing information in public health crisis still in the works
When North Carolina officials recently announced the death of a teenager as a result of the flu but gave out…
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PEJ: 2010 saw less coverage of health care
Every year, the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism breaks down news coverage by topic and medium, then…
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Lack of vaccination, awareness worsen UK flu season
The Guardian‘s Denis Campbell and Sarah Boseley report that a drop in vaccination rates and a lack of public awareness…
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Officials, journalists agree information key in public health crisis
When the H1N1 pandemic first hit in the fall or 2009, every sickness and every death was of great interest…
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FOI request for H1N1 documents still pending
Eleven months after she filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for…
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In reversal, Mich. agency releases H1N1 documents
Michigan’s Department of Community Health has reversed an earlier decision to withhold documents about how the state has spent money…
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Officials struggle with timing of outbreak alerts
The Redding (Calif.) Record Searchlight‘s Ryan Sabalow put together a local take on ongoing inconsistencies in how local health departments…
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Fluportal.org: Postmortem of a temporary resource
Fluportal.org, a Corporation for Public Broadcasting-funded site built to help public media cover H1N1 and related issues, has completed its…
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Canadian workshop examines H1N1 coverage
The H1N1 pandemic was a unique event, with developments unfolding quickly, leading to communication problems about the crisis, according to…