March 29, 2009
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March 25, 2009
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When the Peanut Corporation of America recalled thousands of peanut butter products in January for fear they were tainted with salmonella, news... more
March 23, 2009
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The transaction was quick.
In the parking lot of a pastry shop, a patient handed Dr. Kachun ClementYeung $400. Yeung handed the patient a prescription for 800 milligrams of OxyContin. It... more
March 20, 2009
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Justina Wang at the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle tackled a topic that seems to scare most local publications: food safety.
With each food poisoning scare, local reporters cover what's... more
March 18, 2009
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We seem to be gripped by a national state of shock at the news that Nadya Suleman, a single mother with no job and six children, was able to have eight embryos implanted in... more
March 16, 2009
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Health care reporters know how rarely hospitals suspend a doctor's privileges. Those rights are granted and revoked by other doctors, and doctors are loathe to set a precedent by saying a botched... more
March 11, 2009
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One would think that everything that could possibly be said about lead poisoning has been printed, broadcast and e-mailed around the globe countless times.
March 09, 2009
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Sometimes, all a doctor with a checkered past wants is some peace and quiet.
Dr. Paul William Anderson had a little trouble with a medical malpractice lawsuit in Nebraska. The Medical Board... more
March 05, 2009
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Update: Dr. Gupta removed himself from the list of candidates on March 5, telling CNN's Larry King, "I think for me it really came down to a sense of timing more than anything else. This... more
February 27, 2009
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When more than half of American families sampled in a recent poll say they're skimping on medical care to save money, that's a story by any measure - and one that's easy to localize. A new... more
February 26, 2009
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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's $100 million grant to the International Partnership for... more
January 28, 2009
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While reading New York Times health reporter Tara Parker-Pope's recent ... more
October 02, 2008
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Journalists are using geographic information software (GIS) to map data for stories and graphics about toxic health threats, prescription medicine abuse and EMS response times. Here are more ideas... more
February 12, 2004
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How access to death certificates helped one reporter get crucial medical details right in covering the potentially preventable death of a hiker.
