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A world of vaccine requirements in one database
The country that requires its citizens to be vaccinated with the highest number of distinct antigens (Italy, 26) just happens…
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CPI to absorb Huffington Post Fund, health focus to continue
The New York Times‘ Tanzina Vega reports that two major news nonprofits, both regulars on this blog, are joining forces…
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“Never events” still happen sometimes
Photo by Garrett P. via Flickr MedPage Today’s Crystal Phend drew two key lessons from a recent paper on the…
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DoJ goes after Mich. Blue Cross on antitrust
Detroit Free Press reporters David Ashenfelter and Todd Spangler report that the Justice Department has filed an antitrust suit against…
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Patients “blood doping” to get into trials
Like professional sports, cancer trials can be competitive, for both patients and researchers. And, also like professional sports, the competitors…
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Drinking wine during a hospital stay
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette reporter Sherry Slater appears to have started a bit of a national conversation with her profile…
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DoD: No condolence letter if soldier committed suicide
Photo by Chris_Lott via Flickr Writing on the NPR health blog, Whitney Blair Wyckoff writes that while American soldiers who…
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Why California hospitals can charge so much
California hospitals, especially those in the Bay Area, seem to be able to set prices with impunity, a fact we…
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NLM workshop in Ohio tests waters for possible chapter
This post was contributed by AHCJ member Eileen Beal. On Oct. 9, health care journalists, a couple of journalism professors,…
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Using Census data for health reporting
The U.S. Census Bureau puts together a wealth of health-related information from its American Community Survey and decennial Census. You…
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