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ProPublica’s Allen opens window into screening business
In an investigation co-published with his old friends at the Las Vegas Sun, ProPublica’s Marshall Allen offers a revealing investigation…
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Beat reporter uncovers FDA’s failure to take action about contaminated products
Shanoop and Sandra Kothari of Houston claim tainted alcohol prep wipes led to the death of their son, Harrison Kothari,…
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Obesity doctor calls journalists’ statistical knowledge into question
Yoni Freedhoff, M.D., founder of Ottawa’s Bariatric Medical Institute, writes about two studies about obesity and questions whether journalists are…
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Potential changes in regulation of medical devices would likely impact health care costs
As the medical device industry ramps up its campaign against further government regulation, Merrill Goozner takes stock of the regulatory…
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AHCJ gets contact list of senior HHS media officials
AHCJ now has an up-to-date list of the senior media officials at each division of the U.S. Department of Health…
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Jewish health issues, community are focus of new initiative
A new public health initiative in Northeast Ohio, the Jewish Community Health Initiative, hopes to take advantage of a cultural…
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Failing Fla. transplant program misled media, employees, patients
Writing in the The Florida Times-Union, reporter Jeremy Cox used public records requests to find that a kidney transplant program…
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Is reform adequately serving people in your area with pre-existing conditions?
This post is about high risk pools, so let’s get some confusing semantics out of the way. The Affordable Care…
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U.S. Department of Health & Human Services news media contacts
AHCJ now has an up-to-date list of the senior media officials at each division of the U.S. Department of Health…
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New jobs and honors for AHCJ members
Here’s the latest about AHCJ members, from the Spring 2011 issue of HealthBeat. If you have news please let us…
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