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Journalists, officials discuss information released in public health emergencies
Local, state and federal health officials from around the country will gather Friday with journalists to start developing guidelines on…
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Online health info matters because people act on it
Google health industry director Mary Ann Belliveau guest-posted on CNN’s health blog this week. Her main point? That after 15…
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Report cards and rankings for 227 HMOs
The National Committee for Quality Assurance, a nonprofit health plan accreditation organization, has unleashed its annual ranking of private health…
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A new wave of hospital consolidation looms
Nationally, the hospital consolidation craze has leveled off since its 2006 peak, but Kaiser Health News senior correspondent Julie Appleby,…
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Blogger quits U.S. News, citing sponsored links
Critical questions about online sponsored content, and the relationship between editorial control and hyperlinking, continue to be raised. The firewall…
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$95 million to figure out proper doses for kids
On The Wall Street Journal’s Health Blog, Katherine Hobson profiles the Pediatric Trials Network, a seven-year, NIH-funded effort to determine…
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CA docs recommend pot, but never see the patient
Once again, the the Redding Record Searchlight’s Ryan Sabalow has used his distance from the clinic booms in Southern California…
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Rules for journalists reporting on genetics
It appears that University of Minnesota biologist and blogger PZ Myers has finally seen a few too many “x gene…
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Health stories top Investigative Business Journalism awards
Health-related investigations (including one by an AHCJ member) snagged both top spots in the Barlett & Steele Awards for Investigative…
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California law re-seals some child abuse autopsies
On the California Watch blog, Ryan Gabrielson reports that the state has partially reversed a SB 39, the 2008 ruling…
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