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Vitamin D deficiency in the British Isles
The English language has at least 34 words for rain and another 12 for cloud or fog – 46 in all…
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Missouri data disclosure details infection fight
Missouri law requires hospitals to disclose infection rates for intensive care and certain surgeries. It doesn’t keep that data around…
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OECD health policy: New effort to privatize health care in England
The new coalition government in the United Kingdom is expected to resume the process of outsourcing of primary care and…
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OECD health policy: Seeking evidence for market reforms
Health ministers from 33 of the world’s richest countries, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), will meet in Paris on Oct.…
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England’s National Health Service: Liberation or devastation?
The British ConDem coalition government has unveiled plans for sweeping and controversial changes to the National Health Service in England[1],…
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UK hospitals fail to comply with safety alerts
Following medical errors and patient safety issues, the United Kingdom’s National Patient Safety Agency issues national safety alerts so that…
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Blogging the first day of AHCJ boot camp
The Columbia Daily Tribune‘s Jodie Jackson Jr., who is one of AHCJ’s Midwest Health Journalism Program Fellows, is blogging about…
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AHCJ welcomes 11 new members
These journalists joined AHCJ last week: Alan Cassels, independent journalist; Victoria, British Columbia (@AKECassels) Chuck Kurtz, staff writer, Sun Publications;…
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Globe photographer finds medical records in landfill
The Boston Globe‘s Liz Kowalczyk tells the story of how one of the paper’s staff photographers stumbled upon a massive…
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Why young docs shun practicing in rural America
For a look at the quotidian struggles facing young doctors who accepted federal loan aid in exchange for a three-to-five-year…
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