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Battles over water fluoridation spread across the country
As the election returns rolled in, armies of reporters across the country went to work exploring the fate of candidates…
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JAMA editor predicts embargoes will be up for discussion
This is a guest post by AHCJ board member and AP medical writer Carla K. Johnson, who leads AHCJ’s Chicago…
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American, Kenyan students to cover global health projects
An initiative at Boston University will attempt to “fill the void in developing-world health reporting” by using students from that…
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Finding information on medical costs
Cost is an important aspect of covering research, especially if you’re covering a study of a drug or medical device.…
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Life expectancy of less-educated Americans decreasing
Call it the life expectancy gap. While Americans with higher education degrees are living longer, white men and women without…
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Britain worries magazines in waiting rooms could spread disease
As an anxious patient, I would gladly seek the comfort of a dog-eared old copy of County Life in the…
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AHCJ member news: Books, awards and job changes
Luis Fabregas‘ new book, “A Transplant for Katy,” takes the reader behind the scenes of the transplant capital of the…
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Primer on Social Security
Bob Rosenblatt Entitlement reform. Everyone seems to think that it’s inevitable, now that the elections are over. Two big targets…
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Fla. reporter shares thoughts behind new blog on aging
In the latest installment of “Shared Wisdom” on the aging beat, Barbara Peters Smith of the Sarasota (Fla.) Herald-Tribune discusses…
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Watch funding, implementation and court cases as Health Policy moves forward
The election is over. Obamacare survived. So what’s the story in your state or community? Implementation. Or lack thereof. Joanne…
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