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Calif. dental care crisis could get worse
Laurie Udesky, writing for The New York Times, has found that that pediatric dental care in the state has reached…
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Package spotlights maternal health in 5 countries
The team at the Pulitzer Gateway (a site from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting) have turned their focus toward…
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Wisconsin’s low Medicaid fees create dental woes
The Wisconsin State Journal‘s David Wahlberg reports that access to adequate dental care is a major public health issue throughout…
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Lead poisoning hurts Detroit kids’ academics
Detroit Free Press reporters Tina Lam and Kristi Tanner-White report that data compiled by the city shows that “More than…
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CDC report includes state data on infections
The CDC has released a report detailing health-care-associated infections, specifically central line-associated bloodstream infections. This is the first such report…
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GAO evaluates youth concussion databases
In a recent report, the Goverment Accountability Office reviewed national efforts to track concussions in youth sports (highlights). The report…
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Covering high-risk insurance pools: Mike Shields
The federal government and states are scrambling to create temporary high-risk pools for the medically uninsurable by July 1. As…
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Covering high-risk insurance pools: Dave Hage
The federal government and states are scrambling to create temporary high-risk pools for the medically uninsurable by July 1. As…
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Center names 15 Vietnam Reporting Fellows
The Renaissance Journalism Center, at San Francisco State University, has selected a mix of “mainstream, ethnic and student journalists” for…
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How bad docs keep clean records
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch‘s Jeremy Kohler and Blythe Bernhard used the example of one litigious St. Louis psychiatrist to demonstrate…
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