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Outgoing president presents state of the association, notes transition with pride
This will be my last HealthBeat column. After five years as president of AHCJ, it's time to turn the gavel…
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Heisel: H1N1 reporters should get out the test tubes
Antidote’s William Heisel recommends that journalists looking to dive deeper in H1N1 issues pull out their test tubes, put on…
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Journalists selected for 2009-10 AHCJ-CDC Health Journalism Fellowships
AHCJ has announced the selection of the second class of AHCJ-CDC Health Journalism Fellows. The 10 journalists will spend a…
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Texas Tribune’s launch has health data, stories
As you may have noticed, the much-anticipated nonprofit news site Texas Tribune launched today. From the start, the venture is…
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Hensley cast as ‘Johnny Appleseed’ in profile
Medical Marketing & Media’s Matthew Arnold profiled AHCJ member Scott Hensley, of the NPR Health Blog, calling him “digital health…
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Times crafts strong reminder of screening’s dangers
Sarah-Kate Templeton, in The Times of London, tells the story of one victim of medical screening and overtreatment, wrapping that…
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Prisons to get H1N1 vaccines before everyone else?
Poynter’s Al Tompkins, always quick to seize on an interesting emerging story, rounds up reports that inmates are getting H1N1…
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Tech journalists question future of embargoes
At last week’s “Embargo 2010: An Industry Conversation on Future Rules of Media Engagement,” tech journalists convened to discuss the…
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We have public options now. Are they any good?
ProPublica’s Sabrina Shankman reviews America’s existing “public options” for health care, finding mixed results and limited utility. In addition to…
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Benjamin: Leaving patients ‘bittersweet’
The U.S. Senate has confirmed Regina M. Benjamin, M.D., M.B.A., to be surgeon general, the Department of Health and Human…
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