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Stimulus initiative stirs up controversy
In the Los Angeles Times, Noam N. Levey reviews the controversy that broke out when President Obama included money in…
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Self-insured groups may encourage medical tourism
Joy Robertson looked into medical tourism and posted her findings on Ozarksfirst.com, the Web site of Springfield, Mo.-based stations KOLR…
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AHCJ member moves to Kaiser Health News
AHCJ member Mary Agnes Carey has been hired as a senior correspondent at Kaiser Health News, a nonprofit news service…
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Sites strive to make medical information accessible
SearchMedica This is a search engine with a difference: It returns only clinical information from about 1,000 sources. SearchMedica’s “About”…
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New Vegas center aims to cure Alzheimer’s
Marshall Allen of the Las Vegas Sun covered the planned opening of Cleveland Clinic Lou Revo Center for Brain Health.…
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TV report leads to $2.25 million HIPAA settlement
A report by Bob Segall of WTHR-Indianapolis prompted the federal investigation that led to CVS Pharmacy’s agreement to pay $2.25…
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Environment of enthusiasm at CDC strikes reporter
Modern Healthcare‘s Jessica Zigmond writes about the enthusiasm she encountered among public health experts at the CDC during the recent…
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AHCJ: Proposal would be blow to public access
Legislation introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on Feb. 3 “would constitute a blow to the public’s right to…
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AHCJ: Proposed legislation would be blow to public access
The Association of Health Care Journalists supports full and timely public access to the results of government-funded research. It believes…
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NCI’s cancer risk assessor leaves out minorities
In The New York Times, Roni Caryn Rabin took a look at the National Cancer Institute’s new online colorectal cancer…
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