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Survey: Nation lacking in epidemiologists
Nearly 1,500 more epidemiologists are needed nationwide to sufficiently carry out public health duties, according to a survey of state…
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Medicaid kids more likely to get antipsychotics
New York Times reporter Duff Wilson reports on federally funded research that has revealed that children covered by Medicaid are…
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Panel recommends FDA restrict MRI scan drugs
An advisory panel has “recommended Tuesday that the Food and Drug Administration effectively ban, for patients with severe kidney disease,…
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Series examines life expectancy disparities
In their Contra Costa Times series “Shortened Lives,” Suzanne Bohan and Sandy Kleffman start by profiling three different people from…
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‘Pill Mill’ series turns focus on rogue doctors
The Palm Beach Post‘s Michael LaForgia has put together a spicy profile of rogue Florida pain management doctors. While Florida…
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Parikh: Celebs’ medical advice should be tempered
Writing for Slate, Rahul Parikh chronicles the damage done by medical advice-dispensing celebrities then, acknowledging their influence and staying power,…
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J-S: No reform measure will get majority support
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel‘s Guy Boulton breaks down polling data and political strategy to demonstrate that, while a large majority of…
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BMJ wants raw data for all drug trials to be shared
Under the headline “We want raw data, now,” BMJ editor Fiona Godlee recounts the story of how BMJ had to…
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HHS releases FOIA report in less-than-ideal format
Bob Garfield of WNYC’s “On the Media” talked to John Wonderlich, policy director at the Sunlight Foundation, about last week’s…
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GAO: Flu-fighting plan needs better measures
The United States Government Accountability Office today released the catchily titled “Monitoring and Assessing the Status of the National Pandemic…
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