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AHCJ protests FDA surveillance of communication between reporters, scientists
Following a New York Times report that revealed the federal government secretly tracked communication sent by FDA scientists to “members…
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Dignity, quality of life, accessibility in assisted living worth a look
Thanks to the The Miami Herald and a few other publications, dangerous conditions in assisted-living facilities have come under a…
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Reporter explores difficult end-of-life questions through father’s death
Lisa Krieger It took months for Lisa Krieger to decide to write about her father’s death and minutes for readers…
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Health care blessing or blueprint for a scandal?
Frederik Joelving The risks and benefits – both physical and fiscal – of cancer screening have become a burning topic,…
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Ind. parents ‘abandon’ children so they can get mental health care
Reporting for The Times of Northwest Indiana, Marisa Kwiatkowski found that Indiana’s child mental health services are so lacking that,…
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Explaining the numbers behind the Medicaid expansion
One of the questions that I got from colleagues after AHCJ’s post-Supreme Court webcast was about the cutoff for expanded…
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Back up ‘trend’ stories with evidence and details
Every print journalist knows how difficult it is to write a lede that captures the spirit and subject of a…
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N.C. hospitals make big money while suing vulnerable patients for rising costs of care
In 2009, as the debate about health care reform picked up steam in Washington, D.C., an editor at The News…
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New jobs, awards and more: Get the latest news about AHCJ members
Jane E. Allen, a health reporter for ABCNews.com and member of the ABC News Medical Unit, won the 2011-12 Michael…
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President’s Corner: Renewing our reporting focus on the health aspects of Health Policy
This column, by AHCJ President Charles Ornstein, originally appeared in the Summer 2012 issue of HeatlhBeat. After months of suspense,…
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