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British article unleashes debate on science coverage
Highlighting good science journalism would contribute to improving coverage, according to Ed Yong, writing for Discover Magazine’s Not Exactly Rocket…
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Hospital sends ER wait times via text
Edward Hospital in Naperville, Ill., has taken the art of making ER wait times available to prospective patients to the…
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List reveals drugs U.S. consumers buy from Canada
Photo by pulsman via Flickr. On the Los Angeles Times‘ Booster Shots blog, Jeannine Stein has located the Canadian International…
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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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APHA: Transportation policies impact health
Transportation policies and public health are inextricably linked, according to a new report released by the American Public Health Association.…
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Briefing: Reporting on Health Policy going forward
A briefing with some top Washington, D.C.-based reporters on Thursday at 12:15 p.m. ET should help reporters and editors around…
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Workshop explored health needs of rural residents
Dennis Berens, president of the National Rural Health Association, called media coverage of Health Policy a failure – but not…
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Resources for reporting on health and the oil spill
The Disaster Information Management Research Center, part of the National Library of Medicine, has assembled information about oil spills and…
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Workshop explores special health needs of rural residents
More than 50 people attended the Rural Health Journalism Workshop 2010, part of the Association of Health Care Journalists' Midwest…
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AP takes on medical costs of overtreatment
The AP’s Lauran Neergaard has taken on medical overtreatment in America in the first two parts of a six-part series,…
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