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Speculation begins on new FDA, CDC leaders
Can an acting FDA commissioner make a difference? There is no clear answer, of course. Generally, such a role is…
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Fellows to spend a week studying at CDC
The first class of AHCJ-CDC Health Journalism Fellows will learn about public health issues at two Atlanta campuses of the…
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Academic docs collect money from manufacturers
In a two-day series, “Side Effects: Are doctor’s loyalties divided?,” John Fauber of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports on university…
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Journalists selected for AHCJ-CDC Health Journalism Fellowship Program
The Association of Health Care Journalists has announced the selection of the first class of AHCJ-CDC Health Journalism Fellows. The…
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Topics in the news: food safety, coal ash
Some resources that could be helpful in reporting on a couple of hot topics today: Peanut butter is suspected in…
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Study: Hospital quality rankings inconsistent
A study published in the November/December 2008 issue of Health Affairs finds that five consumer-oriented Web sites that rank hospital…
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Three health-care issues Obama, Congress will face
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer recently ran three stories about some of the health care challenges that President-elect Obama and…
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NEJM article critical of health reporting
In commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine, Susan Dentzer, the editor-in-chief of Health Affairs and an on-air analyst on…
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Some have doubts about Gupta as surgeon general
To say that choosing CNN’s Sanjay Gupta for U.S. surgeon general caught most people by surprise is an understatement. Sure,…
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Foundations’ role in Health Policy is changing
Some philanthropic foundations and think tanks in California are frustrated that efforts to finance studies and projects have done little…
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