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Survey shows ‘battered’ health journalists press on
Health care journalists cited newsroom cutbacks, lack of time for research and travel and fewer opportunities for training at their…
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Private food auditors didn’t stop outbreaks
Michael Moss and Andrew Martin of The New York Times reviewed several major recent outbreaks of foodborne illness and discovered…
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OMB director testifies about health care reform
C-SPAN is streaming testimony by Peter Orszag, director of the Office of Management and Budget, before the Senate Finance Committee…
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Politics trumped FDA scientists’ objections
The Wall Street Journal‘s Alicia Mundy chronicles how political lobbying can overcome scientists’ objections and influence the FDA approval process.…
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Health a factor in report card on homeless kids
The National Center on Family Homelessness has released a report card on child homelessness, with an estimate that more than…
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COBRA: Under-covered and misunderstood?
In the Columbia Journalism Review, Trudy Lieberman, president of AHCJ’s board of directors, reviewed recent media coverage of the federal…
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AHCJ extends discount on conference registration
AHCJ’s early-bird registration rate for Health Journalism 2009 – one of the best deals in journalism training – will be…
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Underinsured face higher bills, bankruptcy
In Time, Karen Tumulty used the story of her brother’s kidney problems and resulting medical bills to look into the…
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Seven Texas schools seek tier-one status
Holly K. Hacker of The Dallas Morning News has a story about Texas universities seeking to be “tier-one” institutions. As…
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Covering Obama’s stance on stem cell research
President Barack Obama is expected today to overturn the Bush-era policy that restricted federal funding of embryonic stem cell research.…
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