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CEO uses cookie to avoid speaking to reporters
This week’s equivalent of “Don’t touch my junk” just might be “I’m eating my cookie.” That was the response given…
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Boomers line up for Medicare Part D plans
In a Morning Edition piece, NPR’s Kelley Weiss manages to hit all the highlights of this year’s Medicare Part D…
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NICE loses power to control availability of drugs
U.K. Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has announced plans to strip the key powers from The National Institute for Health and…
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Agent Orange’s oft-overlooked American victims
We’ve mentioned reports on the health effects of Agent Orange in Vietnam and upon returning American soldiers. But there is…
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Welcome to the newest members of AHCJ
These journalists have joined AHCJ recently: Nancy Albritton, enterprise editor/east desk, The Associated Press, Quakertown, Pa. Amber Angelle, independent journalist,…
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Multimedia piece explores Philly’s medical history
“Now, why Philly?” That’s how the first stop begins on the interactive map for Marketplace’s “Philadelphia: The Birthplace of Healthcare”…
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Officials, journalists agree information key in public health crisis
When the H1N1 pandemic first hit in the fall or 2009, every sickness and every death was of great interest…
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New EHR error-reporting system to keep data confidential
EHRevent.org, a service that will allow health workers to report and track errors associated with electronic health records, has launched…
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Health officials, journalists agree information is key in public health crisis
When the H1N1 pandemic first hit in the fall or 2009, every sickness and every death was of great interest…
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Report on juvenile mental health courts earns award
AHCJ member Laurie Udesky’s writing was part of the winning entry in the weekly newspaper category of the Price Child…
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