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Monitoring the Pulse of Health Care Journalism
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Point of View: One researcher’s take on rushed reporting
Michael Bracken, professor of epidemiology at Yale University, shares his thoughts about health journalism. Bracken is co-author of a study…
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Rats! Animal studies poor predictor of human effect
Almost everyday, newspapers and television stations tout the result of animal studies published in major and minor medical and science…
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‘Sick’ mixes health policy history, short narratives for chilling picture
Jonathan Cohn, author of “Sick: The Untold Story of America’s Health Care Crisis – and the People Who Pay the…
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How we did it: Uncovering mystery deaths in state mental hospitals
Alan Judd and Andy Miller of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution write about how they reported a series about deaths in Georgia's…
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NIH releases FOIA case log
The National Institutes of Health has released its aggregated FOIA Case Log for all the NIH institutes for 2005-07. It…
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Epidemiological consultations: When the Army consults on serious medical situations
The U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine recently released a printed list of its Epidemiological Consultation (EPICON)…
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Tools for covering hospitals: Financial documents
This tip sheet, from Karl Stark of The Philadelphia Inquirer, details five financial documents to review on your local nonprofit…
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Inspection reports reveal deficiencies in assisted-living care
Ziva Branstetter of The Tulsa World recently reported a series of articles about assisted-living centers. She found that the public…
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Disaster coverage: Is your newsroom prepared?
In light of the bridge collapse in Minneapolis, this might be a good time to review the role of health…
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Drug safety regulation and the Prescription Drug User Fee Act
The Washington, D.C., chapter heard a lively and informative panel discussion on the reauthorization of the Prescription Drug User Fee…
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