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Kenen suggests topics for regional, local Medicaid stories
My last blog post was on coverage of Medicaid, and we’ve just posted a tip sheet about it, pointing out…
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MJS finds attempts to improve infant mortality rates are fragmented
This year, a team at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel launched “Empty Cradles,” a yearlong reporting effort to find out why…
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Making sense – and stories – of Medicaid
Medicaid doesn’t get anywhere as much attention as Medicare. That’s nothing new – it’s been that way pretty much since…
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Covering Health Issues 6.0, coming soon to a mailbox near you*
*Assuming you’re an AHCJ member. If you aren’t a member, then keep in mind that a free copy of each…
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Interactive models make anatomy accessible
The body imaging folks over at GE Healthymagination have teamed with Healthline networks to put together Healthline BodyMaps, a user-friendly…
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Brief ‘pause’ in British government plans for National Health Service
The British Conservative-led coalition government is currently in the midst of a brief “pause” in its efforts to push through…
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Peck reports another questionable PR pitch
In the wake of the discussion over whether public relations folks should offer money to journalists to serve on focus…
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Educating the 21st century doctor
Dennis H. Novack, M.D., professor of medicine and associate dean of medical education at Drexel University College of Medicine, lays…
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PR rep says journalists’ stipend to attend Allergan event was misconstrued
An invitation to journalists to participate in an Allergan-hosted “Facial Aesthetics Advisory Panel” that included an offer of a $250…
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Reporter checks records, hits facility with news of looming closure
After picking up new tools and techniques at Health Journalism 2011, reporter Sarah Bruyn Jones returned to The Roanoke Times…
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