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Health journalists cite uneven disclosure of H1N1 deaths across country
An informal poll of AHCJ members from across the country, as well as a review of press releases and news…
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Major journalism groups demand agency end newsgathering constraints
Eleven major journalism organizations, representing thousands of journalists, are demanding the U.S. Food and Drug Administration end requirements that journalists…
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Recognizing World AIDS Day
In honor of the 22nd annual World AIDS Day, we’ve rounded up a few interesting and useful resources and recent…
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Bankruptcy: Health insurance for the desperate
In The New York Times, reporter Kevin Sack visits Nashville, Tenn. to tell stories from the front lines of health…
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Senate, reporters return to the Health Policy bill
As the Senate gets back to work on health care reform, some reporters have taken a a good look at…
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Calif. adopts strict rehab rules for medical workers
ProPublica reporters Tracy Weber and Charles Ornstein have filed a report (Los Angeles Times version, ProPublica version) on the fallout…
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Hospital’s struggle illustrates health IT woes
The University of California San Francisco Medical Center has written off more than a third of the $50 million it…
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HHS blog intended as forum about health IT
The first post on the new Health IT Buzz blog has generated more than 50 comments since it was posted…
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Rounding up some of the latest health coverage
With good topics for the blog flooding in and a short holiday week to get them all posted, I’m taking…
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Can Americans learn that less may be better?
AHCJ member Laura Newman, the About.com guide to urology, writes about whether consumers will embrace the message that “‘less is…
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