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Reports on cold-weather morbidity, mortality
Always one to stay on top of the latest news trends, Poynter’s Al Tompkins takes on the extremely cold weather…
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Report looks at disclosure of adverse events
Adverse events that harm patients are publicly reported unevenly, according to a report from the inspector general for the Department…
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Residents put dispute with Bronx hospital online
Interns and residents at St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx are attempting to formally organize in response to what they …
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Compromised care: What Chicago Tribune reporters learned about felons in nursing homes
Photo via Flickr by ulrichkarljoho. Chicago Tribune reporters David Jackson and Gary Marx, in a three-month investigation into the policies…
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FDA documents for most-popular drugs not online
Nancy Watzman, writing for the Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group, has found that, because the Food and Drug Administration only makes…
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Agency releases latest ‘Profile of Older Americans”
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration on Aging has released the 2009 version of “A Profile of…
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NYT’s Schwarz discusses football concussion beat
For the Columbia Journalism Review, Brent Cunningham talked to The New York Times‘ Alan Schwarz about his work as the…
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National Radon Action Month: What you need to know
The Environmental Protection Agency has proclaimed January to be National Radon Action Month. What do you and your readers need…
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Experts say tuberculosis poses a nearly silent threat
Hear "tuberculosis" and think Brontë sisters? Consumption? The developing world? Think again: According to a panel of experts at a…
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Federal EMR budget slashed, switchover delayed?
Fred Schulte and Emma Schwartz have put together the latest installment in the Huffington Post Investigative Fund’s ongoing look at…
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