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Obama’s AMA talk streamed live
CNN will live stream President Obama’s speech to the American Medical Association at 12:15 p.m. ET. To see it, visit…
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Where’s the money for Health Policy?
If there ever was a time to remind health journalists to follow the money, it’s now. President Obama is back…
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Story examines risks, rewards for medical tourists
In a recent story for The Arizona Republic, Ginger Rough paints a clear picture of the advantages and disadvantages of…
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CDC assembles rogues gallery of food bugs
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention can use as much Latin as it wants to put a fancy face…
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Study examines who gets health info online
A new Pew Internet report examines the role of Internet usage and social networking in the search for health-care information…
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Calif. nonprofit’s conflicts of interest ‘inherent’
Los Angeles Times reporter Alan Zarembo found unusually high executive pay and a tangle of additional compensation (ranging from rent…
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WHO declares H1N1 influenza pandemic
Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization announced today that the influenza pandemic alert has been raised from from…
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Obama adds AMA to health-care tour
Next week President Obama will become the first commander in chief to speak directly to the doctors of the American…
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CJR: Unmask AMA’s push to steer reform, please
In the Columbia Journalism Review, Trudy Lieberman, president of AHCJ’s board of directors, notes that the mighty American Medical Association…
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Why health costs in McAllen, Texas, resonate
Let’s just say right from the start that Atul Gawande’s recent story in The New Yorker about runaway health costs…
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