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Hospital association official confuses news reporting with lobbying
Blythe Bernhard and Jeremy Kohler have been writing in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about Missouri hospitals’ unwillingness to publicly disclose…
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EWA winners include health-related stories
The Education Writers Association announced the winners of the 2010 National Awards for Education Reporting yesterday. Since education and health…
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Finding balance between daily reporting, narratives
Still basking in the glow of her AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award, PLoS blogger and independent journalist Hillary Rosner returned…
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MedPage Today team gets 13 minutes with Sebelius
The folks over a MedPage Today only had 13 minutes to interview HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on video, but they…
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Diet soda and stroke: A reminder on reporting preliminary studies
Over at the NeuroLogica blog, Steven Novella, M.D., explores the absurdity of a poster presentation at the American Stroke Association…
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MSNBC: FDA had concerns 2 years before alcohol wipe outbreak, didn’t act
JoNel Aleccia and the folks at MSNBC.com have dug in deep on news of the FDA’s Jan. 5 recall of…
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Gates’ funding of journalism raises ethical questions
In our coverage of the Kaiser Family Foundation’s report on the present and future of the global health beat, we…
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Being precise about screening vs. diagnostic tests
Gary Schwitzer, AHCJ member and HealthNewsReview.org publisher, calls for more precise language when describing medical tests and to make a…
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AHCJ member publishes book on love, biochemistry
AHCJ member Victoria Costello’s new book, “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the Chemistry of Love,” is now on the market.…
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A new government in Ireland might bring health care change
Ireland is in the throes of an election campaign, and health care has been a campaign issue, though, nowhere near…
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