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<p>Here’s what we’re reading today:</p> <p><strong>Hawking Health Reform:</strong> Actor Andy Griffith, best known for Matlock and The Andy Griffith Show, has been hired by the federal government <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iL5vrJzaGazCoG8K0Qc6E… pitch seniors on the merits of health reform</a>. A national ad will air on the Weather Channel, Hallmark and other channels older folks like. (Thanks to <a href="http://gawker.com/">Gawker</a> for this one).</p>
<p>Here’s what we’re reading today:</p> <p><strong>Transplant:</strong> Kudos to Reuters Health reporter Frederik Joelving for exposing a New York Post story about alleged “Bronx wife-killer” Joey Concepcion getting a liver transplant <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE66R38620100728">as flat-out wrong</a>. Will heads roll at the Post? The Village Voice has a <a href="http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2010/07/the_new_yor… wrap-up</a> – with some unanswered questions – on the fiasco.</p>
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<p>Here’s what we’re reading (and watching) today:</p> <p><strong>Generics:</strong> Veteran journalist Merrill Goozner (whose <a href="http://www.gooznews.com/">GoozNews blog</a> should be on your regular reading list) reports on a study showing how <a href="http://www.gooznews.com/node/3396">Medicaid could switch more patients to generics</a> to save money. Many of Medicaid’s 45 million recipients are still using brand name drugs long after generics become available. What’s happening in your state’s Medicaid program?</p>
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<p>Reporting on the social and health effects of urban violence without falling victim to stereotypes or clichés is just plain hard. In <a href="../../../../../../../../blogs/covering-urban-violence-public-health-problem">Thursday’s post</a>, I looked at some of the history and context for looking at violence as a public health issue. In this post, some veteran journalists share their tips for reporting on violence and the communities where it is pervasive.</p>
<p><strong>J&J Woes:</strong> After recalls more than 100 million bottles of Tylenol and other popular medicines made by Johnson & Johnson, the feds inspect another J &J plant that makes over-the-counter heartburn meds, <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/22/AR20100… Washington Post reports</a>.
<p>Emergency room doctor <a href="http://www.nonviolenceandsocialjustice.org/About-Us/Team-Bios/36/#corbi… Corbin</a> was tired of stitching up the same gang members over and over, only to send them back out to Philadelphia’s most violent streets. So he did something novel: he started talking to them. He challenged his own assumptions. And he helped to start <a href="http://www.nonviolenceandsocialjustice.org/Healing-Hurt-People/29/">Hea… Hurt People</a>, a program that links young people treated in the ER for intentional injuries to social workers and mental health professionals.
<p>Here’s what we’re reading (and listening to) today:</p> <p><strong>Rural Health:</strong> KQED’s Health Dialogues program focuses on <a href="http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201007222000">rural health issues</a> including long distances to health care, lack of specialists and poverty.</p> <p><strong>Anthrax:</strong> Who knew you could contract anthrax by <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5928a3.htm?s_cid=mm5928a3_e"… on an animal-skin skin drum</a>? Some folks at a New Hampshire drumming circle found out the hard way.</p>
<p>Here’s what we’re reading (and listening to) today:</p> <p><strong>Embargo Break:</strong> Did the Financial Times break a journal embargo in reporting the tenofovir microbicide story coming out of the Vienna HIV/AIDS conference? Ivan Oransky says yes <a href="http://embargowatch.wordpress.com/2010/07/19/financial-times-breaks-sci… at his blog Embargo Watch</a>.</p>