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This data center is located in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and is operated by Google. The facility houses rows of exterior cooling and generator equipment along its southern side, supporting server operations inside the building. Council Bluffs has hosted a Google data center campus since 2007, one of the company's earliest large-scale server facility investments in the United States. The site sits near the Missouri River on the western edge of Iowa, adjacent to industrial and agricultural land. AI and public health

AI data centers impact public health. Here’s how to report the story

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Investigating health care: Essential public records

Quick guide to data and documents to look for when investigating health care, from Michael Berens of the Chicago Tribune.
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Twenty-one journalism groups decry HHS’s use of fake news reports

Twenty journalism organizations – representing more than 25,000 journalists – today joined the Association of Health Care Journalists in asking the…
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HIPAA Boot Camp: The Basics of HIPAA for Health Care Journalists

A presentation from AHCJ's 2003 national conference, by Jim Moynihan of McLure-Moynihan Inc.
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How to understand a 990

The 990 is a tax return for a tax-exempt organization. The same way you file a Form 1040 as an…

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