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4 events,Scientists and clinicians in the human genetics field will present their latest research findings at the 60th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics. The meeting is open to media and webcasts will be available for reporters who cannot attend the meeting. Full instructions on getting media access to the event are posted.
How Scientific Journals and Societies Use Embargoes to Manipulate the Flow of Scientific Information
How Scientific Journals and Societies Use Embargoes to Manipulate the Flow of Scientific Information
Ivan Oransky, M.D., an AHCJ board member and executive editor of Reuters Health, will visit the University of Wisconsin-Madison as biomedical writer in residence. He will meet with students, visit classes and give a public talk entitled "This Talk Is Not Embargoed: How Scientific Journals and Societies Use Embargoes to Manipulate the Flow of Scientific Information." The Journal of the American Medical Association will hold a briefing to introducing its aging theme issue. The research to be presented will include work on disabilities, falls and chronic conditions in aging populations. |
3 events,Join the Association of Health Care Journalists' Washington, D.C., chapter to mingle with top officials from the Food and Drug Administration's public affairs and press office. Learn more about finding story ideas and where to go for answers to questions and important details. All health care journalists/science writers welcome. |
3 events,The theme of this year's 138th Annual Meeting & Exposition is "Social Justice: A Public Health Imperative" and it will feature an opening session with Dr. Cornel West and Dr. Bill Jenkins sharing their insights on race, class and social justice and its effect on public health in America, as well as a summit on health reform and a closing session that will focus on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 and their implications for the health system at the local, state and federal level. Credentialed working journalists will be provided complimentary press registration to cover the meeting. |
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3 events,Learn techniques and tools for getting the inside story on pharmaceuticals, medical devices, hospitals, and for keeping up with regulatory and legal activity from award-winning, veteran investigative reporters Duff Wilson, of The New York Times, and Charles Ornstein, AHCJ's president and a senior reporter at ProPublica. |
2 events,Ten days after the midterm elections, the Alliance for Health Reform will take a look at how things shook out, and how they'll affect health care reform. |
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3 events,Cco-sponsored by World Health Organization and Pan American Health Organization, the World Mental Health Conference will focus on reducing mental health disparities worldwide and improving mental health care. Researchers, public health practitioners, activists, educators, law enforcement personnel and others will share findings, ideas, and innovative approaches in the field of mental health. It is co-sponsored by World Health Organization and Pan American Health Organization. Its main focus is to remove stigma surrounding mental illness and to promote positive mental health around the world. |
2 events,Pediatricians and pediatric nurses will learn about immunization recommendations for HPV, influenza, pneumococcal and other key vaccinations in the pediatric practice. Other discussions will include strategies for improving vaccination rates, guidelines for the prevention and management of outpatient infections and more. |
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2 events,This Institute of Medicine report looks at the future of HIV/AIDs in Africa, both in terms of the future spread and character of the disease and in terms of prevention and treatment. |
3 events,The National Rural Health Association presents this event to focus on rural multiracial and multicultural health issues for health care providers to the rural population. Highlights included Camara P. Jones, M.D., Ph.D., the CDC's research director on social determinants of health and equity, on how inequality can make people sick, as well as a panel discussion to increase awareness of the implications of Arizona law SB1070 on health care access and economic impact. This workshop will help journalists see through the numbers behind big stories in health and medicine. A panel of leading statisticians, with wide experience of working with the media, will offer plenty of real-life examples, practical tips and searching questions to ask when reporting on a health story. The session will be repeated morning and afternoon, and there is no charge. |
2 events,Eleven AHCJ-CDC Health Journalism Fellows will spend a week studying public health issues at two CDC campuses. They will attend attend sessions on epidemiology, global disease prevention efforts, pandemic flu preparedness, climate change, vaccine safety, obesity, autism and more. The visit includes a tour of the CDC director's National Emergency Operations Center, the chance to meet new sources on policy and research and information about how to tap the agency's resources to produce better stories. |
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