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Forum offers stats on well-being of elderly
AgingStats.gov is an often-overlooked federal clearinghouse of aging-related data from the Federal Interagency Forum on Age-Related Statistics. It focuses on…
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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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Reporter’s dumpster diving led to HIPAA deal
With a $1 million settlement, HHS and Rite Aid have closed the book on a HIPAA privacy case that began…
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Healthcare.gov coming July 1
KHN’s Phil Galewitz previews the July 1 launch of a federal website he says “will give consumers a list of…
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Tell us about your access to federal officials
Have you recently tried to get information from the federal government or arrange an interview with a federal official? AHCJ’s…
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HHS shows off tools marrying health, data
This morning’s HHS briefing about the new Community Health Data Initiative, part of the Open Government Initiative, covered a lot…
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Feds: We’re doing well against health fraud
Calling health care “a convoluted system that’s easy to game,” Kaiser Health News’ Andrew Villegas writes that despite recent federal…
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#AHCJ2010 early coverage roundup
Apart from the announcement of the FDA’s infusion pump regulation push, the biggest appearances out of Health Journalism 2010 in…
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CDC health overview: Diagnostic scans tripled
The CDC has released the 2009 version of Health, United States, their annual summary of health numbers and trends. It’s…
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Agency releases latest ‘Profile of Older Americans”
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration on Aging has released the 2009 version of “A Profile of…