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Medi-Cal officials’ travel linked to drug makers
Records and interviews show that “Three California officials who oversee billions of dollars in Medi-Cal prescription drug spending have failed…
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OPM: Don’t restrict our pharmacy contracts
“Nearly 30 percent of the government’s $39 billion health plan goes to cover prescription drugs,” writes Stephen Losey of Federal…
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Doctor/blogger: Can’t depend on science reporting
Val Jones, M.D., a blogger at Science-Based Medicine and president and CEO of a health education company, tees off on…
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Reading lists for health care journalists
In her column for Generations Beat Online, AHCJ member Eileen Beal offers a reading list for health journalists and focuses…
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Group’s tours highlight pollution in West Oakland
California Watch’s Ali Winston writes that to increase awareness of both legacy and ongoing sources of toxins in their venerable…
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Coincidence leads to remarkable transplant story
Last month, Salt Lake Tribune reporter Heather May was following a family as they waited for the liver donation that…
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Health care summit streaming live
President Barack Obama is hosting a bipartisan meeting to discuss health care reform. The meeting, from 10 a.m. until 4…
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Health and education: Two intersecting beats
Almost everywhere on the education beat, from the state policy level to inside classrooms, health issues abound. Cover education long…
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Selden Ring finalists explored nurses, caregivers
Two stories about caregivers were finalists for the 2010 Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting: “When Caregivers Harm,” a collaboration…
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Analysis reveals who hired health care lobbyists
The Center for Public Integrity has put together an interesting analysis and graph of what interests were lobbying on health…
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