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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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Harvard med students challenge conflicts of interest
In The New York Times, Duff Wilson reports on the efforts of more than 200 Harvard Medical School students and…
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Doctors rebel against online patient reviews
Associated Press Medical Writer Lindsey Tanner reports that almost 2,000 doctors have signed up for a service providing waivers barring…
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Globe section eliminated; Post staff joins team
Call this the case of the disappearing health section. One of the nation’s biggest and best-known dailies – The Boston Globe…
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Salmonella outbreak may linger for 2 years
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution‘s Craig Schneider reports that, because of the long shelf-life of peanut products and the difficulty and complexity…
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Today’s White House health summit to be webcast
USA Today reports that the White House Forum on Health Policy, scheduled to start at 1 p.m. ET today, will…
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Resurgent bedbugs spread through Chicago
Almost eradicated by DDT in the ’50s, bedbugs – annoying, biting pests not shown to carry disease – seem to…
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