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FDA looks at letting some sunshine in
Ever wonder how the Food and Drug Administration decides to approve a drug or handle reports of side effects? You’re…
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For some hospitals, tax breaks outstrip charity care
A story by Boston Globe reporters Scott Allen and Marcella Bombardieri questions the provision of nonprofit status for hospitals and…
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Brain damage caused by football is cumulative
The Philadelphia Daily News has released “Deadly Aftershocks,” an in-depth look at the effect of the day-to-day bumps and knocks…
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Three AHCJ members win NAM awards
Chris King, Rong Xiaoqing, and Sunita Sohrabji are among the winners of the 2009 National Ethnic Media Awards, sponsored by…
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Boulton, Wahlberg named Kaiser Media Fellows
AHCJ members Guy Boulton, a business reporter covering health care and health insurance for The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and David…
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Cancer data fly and reporters struggle to keep up
For health journalists, the annual meeting of the American Association of Clinical Oncology poses a double-barreled challenge: How to cope…
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Galewitz takes job with Kaiser Health News
Phil Galewitz, a health writer at The Palm Beach Post, will join Kaiser Health News as a correspondent on June…
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Two communities, two tales of health care costs
In The New Yorker, Atul Gawande, M.D., looks at how the United States can contain the rising cost of health…
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Swine flu vaccine might be ready this fall
If all goes well, a vaccine against the H1N1 flu virus could be available for widespread use by October. The…
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Hospitals avoid reporting disciplined docs
The nonprofit group Public Citizen has released a report showing that hospitals nationwide are taking advantage of loopholes to avoid…
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