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Mason wins NASW award for drug resistance series
AHCJ member and Associated Press reporter Margie Mason won the science reporting category of the National Association of Science Writers’…
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Welcome to the newest AHCJ members
These journalists have joined AHCJ recently: Monica Jensen, multimedia editor, SF Public Press; San Francisco (@monicajensen) Roger Sergel, medical coverage…
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Disciplined doc gets top rank in Google
In SF Weekly, Ashley Harrell investigated the disconnect between a local plastic surgeon’s record of “gross negligence” which left one…
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Gorman takes job with Scientific American
AHCJ member Christine Gorman (@cgorman) has been announced as a new editor at Scientific American, where she’ll work primarily on…
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Reporters urged to insist on response from federal agencies
When the FDA would offer only “no comment” on a notorious incident last summer, Felice J. Freyer, a medical writer…
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Hirsh files from ‘health journalist heaven’
For the past few days, Consumer Reports‘ Jamie Hirsh has been filing dispatches from what she calls “health journalist heaven,”…
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Pharmaceutical spending varies geographically
The New England Journal of Medicine has examined geographical variation in Medicare drug spending, an area the authors said previous…
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Reporters urged to insist on response from government agencies
FDA headquarters (Photo by thisisbossi via Flickr) When the FDA would offer only "no comment" on a notorious incident last…
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In addition to lives, checklists save money
Last year, Atul Gawande and company made a splash by showing what a profound clinical impact checklists made on patient…
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Aussie researchers find value in health reporters
In Croakey, Melissa Sweet explains a new study about coverage of avian flu by Australian media and how it demonstrates…
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