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Reinhardt calls for price research/transparency
Princeton health economist Uwe Reinhardt – the keynote speaker at Health Journalism 2009 – spoke to U.S. News & World…
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Ex-Hill honchos make lobbying roundtrip
You can’t tell the health-care lobbyists without a program. So The Washington Post, working with data from the Center for…
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NPR series follows the money on Health Policy
A new NPR series, Dollar Politics, looks to, both figuratively and literally, turn the camera away from the politicians up…
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New CDC site aims to reduce workplace obesity
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched a Web site called “LEAN Works” as part of a campaign…
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Health Policy czar was director at troubled firms
Fred Schulte, with the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University, reviewed government documents to find that Nancy-Ann DeParle, director of…
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FDA rethinks ‘black box’ warning
Quitting smoking, always nerve-racking, may prove even tougher in the wake of a Food and Drug Administration decision to require…
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Report: $25,000 buys access to Post’s health reporters
Mike Allen of Politico.com reports that The Washington Post is offering off-the-record access to its reporters, for a price. A…
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Series on drug sales wins national Murrow award
AHCJ member Kelley Weiss of Capital Public Radio in Sacramento has won a national Edward R. Murrow Award from the…
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Journal spotlights science journalism
The latest issue of Nature explores the present and future of the relationship between media and science. Coverage includes balanced…
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Reporters: Obama’s town-hall-style health care reform meeting ‘tightly controlled’
At 1:15 ET, President Obama is scheduled to answer questions about health care reform at a live, online town-hall-style meeting.…
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