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Public health
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Reuters explains Big Food’s remarkable lobbying success
Investigating for Reuters, Duff Wilson and Janet Roberts analyzed lobbying records and found that, in the past few years, the…
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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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Reporter recounts fellowship visit to CDC
This is a guest post from Winnie Yu, a freelance journalist based in Voorheesville, N.Y. She was among this year’s…
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Guidelines for journalists, public health officials strive to avoid Contagion-like situation
In an effort to prevent some of the fictional events of the movie “Contagion” from happening, health officials and AHCJ…
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Health officials clashed over alerting public to fungal infection in wake of Joplin tornado
Following the devastating tornado in Joplin, Mo., county public health officials found themselves in conflict with state officials about alerting…
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Stories to be found in local poison control centers
Poison control centers narrowly escaped losing almost all federal funding this year and their appropriations are down, despite evidence that…
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LA Times op-ed explains need for guidelines on information in a public health emergency
In an op-ed in today’s Los Angeles Times, Felice J. Freyer and Charles Ornstein, members of AHCJ’s board of directors,…
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Health officials, journalists agree on standards for releasing information
New guidance addresses public health emergencies Public health officials and journalists now have guidance on what information should be made…
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Conference discusses reporting on disasters
While everyone’s attention was focused on some conference in Philadelphia, the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting and Boston University were…
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Program taps public lands to improve public health
This week, National Park Service brass took to California to push its new Healthy Parks, Healthy People initiative. Visitors walk…