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CBS questions CDC’s H1N1 prevalence estimates
CBS’s Sharyl Attkisson reviewed state and federal data (collected through FOIA and other open records requests) and found that H1N1…
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Cancer society’s messages on screening conflict
The New York Times‘ Gina Kolata reports that the American Cancer Society, a longtime defender of early detection and cancer…
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They gave us Part D, now protect it from reform
ProPublica’s Olga Pierce reports that at least 25 of the folks who helped push through pharma-friendly Medicare Part D six…
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InvestigateWest receives $40,000 grant
InvestigateWest, a nonprofit investigative journalism site based in Seattle, has received a $40,000 grant from the Bullitt Foundation. AHCJ members…
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Sources and resources for journalists covering aging
AHCJ member Eileen Beal, an independent journalist who has covered aging issues since the late 1990s, compiled this list of…
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Aging in the 21st Century: Presentations and Tip sheets
These presentations and tip sheets were prepared for the Aging in the 21st Century workshop in October 2009. Topics include:…
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Problems Faced by Ethnic Minority Elders
In this tip sheet, prepared for the"Aging in the 21st Century" workshop, Conchy Bretos, of MIA Consulting, offers a case…
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AHCJ lodges protest over handling of embargo
The Association of Health Care Journalists has followed up on concerns about how an embargo was handled earlier this month…
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Feds take Columbia to task over decade-old study
The run of intriguing health journalism from the Huffington Post Investigative Fund continues this week, as Jeanne Lenzer and Shannon…
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AHCJ objects to federal agencies’ handling of story embargo
The Association of Health Care Journalists sent letters this week to several federal agencies and a medical journal objecting to…
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