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1 event,Journalists and journalism educators are invited to a Maynard Institute webinar on identifying and reporting on structural inequities in health and education. Reporters interested in going beyond everyday reporting on health and education will learn how to identify, research and analyze the far-reaching impacts of structural inequities. Journalists Sally Lehrman and Venise Wagner will discuss different story approaches and provide resources and tools. |
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1 event,The American Academy of Nursing’s Raise the Voice initiative will publicize a task force’s recommendations and how they require sensitive, but critical, public conversations regarding the need for advanced care planning and decision-making. |
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1 event,Journalists are invited to participate in a conference call with officials from the Health Resources and Services Administration about the future of the Public Use File of the National Practitioners Data Bank. Reporters have used that file for years to document lax oversight of disciplined doctors but HRSA has pulled the file offline. For background on the issue, please read our coverage. |
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1 event,Vaccination science, policy, and ethics will be the focus of a public symposium taking place as part of the Institute of Medicine’s 41st annual meeting. The event will feature keynote addresses by Anthony Lake, executive director, United Nations Children’s Fund, and Seth Berkley, chief executive officer, Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization. Sessions will explore vaccination’s history, ethical challenges, current science, and future hurdles, as well as the state of immunization practices and needs in African nations. |
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Roberta Baskin and Don White from HHS OIG Public Affairs staff will be on hand. The event will wrap up by 7:45 p.m. but all are invited after for food and drink at the nearby Laughing Man Tavern. |
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1 event,The FDA faces substantial challenges as it seeks to satisfy the expectation of the public for safe food and safe and effective medical products. These challenges include the wide array and virtually infinite number of products for which FDA has regulatory responsibility and the finite resources available to monitor them. The agency’s former chief counsel will discuss regulatory problem solving, focusing on the “why” and “how” of product regulation. |
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