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2010 class of AHCJ-National Library of Medicine fellows chosen
Six journalists have been named to this year's class of AHCJ-National Library of Medicine fellows. The fellowship program was created…
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Endowment funds local health reporter
Let’s get the headline out of the way first: The Merced Sun-Star is hiring a health care reporter! Now, the…
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Article looks at evidence behind back surgery
In the Star Tribune, Janet Moore seeks to counter aggressive spinal surgery with equally aggressive journalism. It’s a comprehensive take…
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Investigating, localizing salmonella outbreak
As some of you may have noticed, there’s an egg recall going on. It all began when the CDC’s PulseNet…
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PTSD or personality disorder? It matters to soldiers
The AP’s Anne Flaherty has put together a story that illuminates the Army’s refusal to admit that it could have…
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Heisel’s ‘Doctors Behaving Badly’ goes viral
As anybody who follows the Reporting on Health blog knows, William Heisel’s virtual roadshow of physician background research has been…
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AHCJ adds access to data, online mapping as a benefit for members
AHCJ members will now get special access to data and mapping tools, thanks to an agreement the organization has made…
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Study: Foreign training doesn’t affect care
A Health Affairs study evaluating the relative quality of care provided by international medical graduates practicing in the United States…
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EPA changes would improve public access to data
A recent OMB Watch story covers the EPA’s latest attempt to leverage the Toxic Substances Control Act to make it…
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Concussion-related trauma masquerades as ALS
The New York Times‘ Alan Schwarz reports on what he says is “the first firm pathological indications that brain trauma…
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