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pandemic
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#AHCJ18 to explore what this flu season says about U.S. pandemic preparedness
Reporters covering the flu season know it has been one of the most severe in the past decade. As of…
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Veteran journalist offers advice on covering disease outbreaks
This year is starting off with one of the worst flu seasons in a decade. As of the week ended…
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NIH lifts ban on dangerous pathogen research
The National Institutes of Health recently announced it would renew funding research enabling scientists to alter pathogens to make them…
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Speakers offer perspective, story ideas on pandemic flu
Population explosion, ease of travel and factory farming of animals are all reasons that a flu pandemic – a fast-spreading,…
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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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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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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…
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BMJ wants raw data for all drug trials to be shared
Under the headline “We want raw data, now,” BMJ editor Fiona Godlee recounts the story of how BMJ had to…
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GAO: Flu-fighting plan needs better measures
The United States Government Accountability Office today released the catchily titled “Monitoring and Assessing the Status of the National Pandemic…