Are many journalists so attuned to the study of lifestyle factors fueling the rise of cancer, heart disease and diabetes that infectious disease flew under the radar?
Reyna Wences is undocumented and has no health insurance. She had a bicycle accident last September, was hit by a car and ended up in hospital. Read more to find out how she copes with it.
Herd Immunity: Let's Put Innovators in Fighting MRSA and Healthcare-Associated Infections on the Map
Let's give credit to the folks who are trying to eliminate healthcare-associated infections in hospitals by putting them on the Herd Immunity map.
The long held belief that we should not be allowed to buy or sell pieces of our own bodies is changing. What does that mean for the future of organ donation?
Consumers Union takes up my challenge to help put hospital-acquired infections on the map — literally.Â
Hospitals across the country are using near-total discretion in the way they disclose infections that occur as a result of surgeries, cause over 8,000 deaths annually in the U.S., and cost an additional $10 billion per year to the healthcare system, a new study underscoring the need for public reporting standards has found.
We know more about cows at remote ranches than drug-resistant infections in thousands of healthcare facilities nationwide. So what should be done? Here are some ideas from Health Watch USA and the CDC.
Why do people in Montana know more about their cows than their healthcare-acquired infections like MRSA? And what does that mean for patient safety?
The Open Notebook's Pitch Database gives freelance health journalists great examples and lessons to help them get their stories into magazines.
