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
January 28, 2009
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| SCHIP is back on the table!
Let the wrangling begin.
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.
December 17, 2002
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| COVID-19 has put the spotlight on health care data like no other public health crisis. One of the untold stories certainly to emerge is how electronic health record (EHR) systems held up during the... more