Did 82-year-old Harry Taylor die from heart disease or from a preventable accident in his nursing home? His death certificate provides some tantalizing clues.
A coroner in Pennsylvania has decided that a man who was shot to death by police officers actually wanted to die. Wait, what?
Hospital execs in Northern California leak private patient records to the media. Why? Because the patient dared talk to a reporter.
It was difficult to narrow Antidote’s list of favorite health stories from 2011 down to just 10. Here is the first batch.
Investigative reporter Terri Langford — a self-described Medicare "rookie" — details how she reported her Houston Chronicle series on how private ambulance companies are gaming the Medicare system.
With the help of an online “reputation management” firm, some dentists and doctors are trying to shut down patient voices on Yelp and other review sites. Here’s how one patient-journalist pushed back.
To show the value of making death records public, I'm asking health writers nationwide to join my quest to request death certificates from all 50 states.
The FDA finally cracked down on billboard marketing campaigns that portray Lap-Band surgery as risk-free. Two reporters and a public health official from Los Angeles deserve some of the credit for the FDA's move.
When is a story important enough to warrant reporting on a cause of death? Do the deaths of famous people open an opportunity to raise public awareness about medical errors or other health threats? What about the person next door?
Medicare is taking steps to make its database public to health insurers and other groups. Why aren't journalists included?
