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AHCJ weighs in on FCC broadcast transparency proposal
AHCJ is supporting a new effort to require broadcasters to report their funding sources online, because that would make it…
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‘Doc fix’ flies in the face of rewarding quality, not quantity, of treatment
One of the last things that Congress did before finally getting out of town a few days before Christmas was…
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AHCJ opposes taking taxpayer-funded research out of public’s reach
Congress should not roll back public access to taxpayer-funded research reports, AHCJ wrote in a letter to members of Congress.…
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Lopez columns on ailing dad spark discussions about end-of-life decisions
From his friendship with a cellist to his adventures with medical marijuana, Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez often draws…
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‘Aging’ joins Core Curriculum topics for journalists
CoreTopics: Essential coverage areas for health journalists Aging The Association of Health Care Journalists has rolled out another Core Curriculum…
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Kidney disease kills thousands in sugar cane fields
In The Center for Public Integrity’s iWatch News, Sasha Chavkin and Ronnie Greene write that, “Little noticed by the rest…
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Covering long-term care: Programs, data and questions to ask
Long-term care has been in the news with the October 2011 demise of the CLASS Act – the first attempt…
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What do reporters need to know about Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST)?
You’d think that advance directives signed by people with serious, life-threatening illnesses would ensure their treatment preferences or end-of-life wishes…
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Tip points reporter to troubled assisted-living facility
Mary Kate Malone The South Bend Tribune recently broke the news that state officials were considering yanking a license from…
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Boomerangst: Series helps explain what the aging of the boomers means
Reporters in Canada have done some pretty spectacular reporting on aging issues. The largest effort, Boomerangst, came from The Province…
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