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Reporter’s narrative illuminates little-researched birth defect
When Wisconsin State Journal reporter David Wahlberg investigated what appeared to be rural Wisconsin’s increase in gastroschisis, a rare birth…
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Tips on investigating health professionals and the boards that regulate them
It's likely you've read some of the stories about health professionals gone wrong in recent months. They include reports by…
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Reporter digs into nonprofit hospital CEO pay
At The Atlanta Journal-Constitution‘s M.B. Pell has assembled a look at CEO pay at local nonprofit hospitals. Pell hits hard…
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Journalist compares U.K. science writers, American health reporters
When the Association of British Science Writers announced the nominees for their 2011 Science Writers’ Awards, Guardian science blogger Martin…
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Regulations failed to slow cosmetic surgery deaths
Bob LaMendola and Sally Kestin, of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, report that regulations put in place a decade ago have…
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Reporters find heart devices skipped FDA’s more rigorous approval process
Deborah L. Shelton and Jason Grotto of the Chicago Tribune couldn’t help but wonder: How does a medical device get…
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Pushback against Medtronic’s Infuse hits boiling point
Medtronic’s ongoing woes with its blockbuster spine fusion product Infuse have been a staple of Covering Health for as long…
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Author sees need for more drug safety info for elderly
Writing a guest blog item for Scientific American, AHCJ member Laura Newman profiled the case of her mother to argue…
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Blame trucks, not just factories, for industrial pollution in Seattle
Spurred by a few recent studies, InvestigateWest’s Robert McClure and KCTS-Seattle’s Jenny Cunningham launched an investigation to figure out just…
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Reporters find heart devices skipped FDA’s more rigorous approval process
Deborah L. Shelton and Jason Grotto of the Chicago Tribune couldn't help but wonder: How does a medical device get…
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