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Initiative to help reporters cover European health
AHCJ has launched an effort to help reporters understand and cover health issues in Europe. This new resource includes a series of web pages devoted to European issues and resources, as well as a...
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The real challenge for Italian health care
Changes are on tap for the Italian health care system. Standard health care costs will be defined, which means determining the amount necessary to keep Italians healthy, starting with what “virtuous...
View ArticleAussie researchers find value in health reporters
In Croakey, Melissa Sweet explains a new study about coverage of avian flu by Australian media and how it demonstrates the benefits of using specialized beat reporters to cover health stories. The...
View ArticleIs America’s high health spending linked to short lifespans?
The United States lags behind other developed nations in life expectancy, yet spends far more on health care than any other nation. This is not news. Now if someone could definitively tell us why, that...
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GAO evaluates FDA’s overseas inspectors
A couple of new GAO reports are seeking to shed some light on the FDA’s overseas regulatory efforts. The first is part overview, part progress report (52-page PDF). It’ll answer your basic questions....
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Professor: Research, training can improve South African health journalism
In discussing a large grant his university has received and the center for health journalism that it will fund, South African professor Guy Berger (bio) has unleashed a scathing critique of African...
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Barlett & Steele uncover chaos, peril of global drug industry
In Vanity Fair, Donald Barlett and James Steele have devoted more than 6,000 words to chronicling the gaping holes in the global pharmaceutical industry, particularly as pertains to the globalization...
View ArticleGoing international for dental care: Questions patients should ask
Hundreds of thousands of Americans are traveling abroad each year for health care services. Many factors are helping to drive the medical tourism trend, including the aging of the baby boom generation,...
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Looking at the ‘adventure’ philanthropy of dental professionals
Photo courtesy of Bart Roach Sara Schilling of the Tri-City Herald in Kennewick, Wash., recently caught up with a local dentist who channels his wanderlust into helping others. His name is Bart Roach....
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International panel formed as resource for journalists
Six AHCJ members are part of a new international effort to share information about how other countries’ health systems work. The Panel of International Journalists was the brainchild of former AHCJ...
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For context, add global dimension to your reporting
Trudy Lieberman Veteran health care journalist Trudy Lieberman says that she’s long observed that U.S. health reporters are reluctant to reach out globally to inform their reporting. She points out...
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International group shares concerns about disconnect between dental, medical...
Photo: World Bank Photo Collection via Flickr Back in 2000, then-Surgeon General David Satcher warned in his landmark “Oral Health in America” report about the nation’s “silent epidemic” of oral...
View ArticleAussie researchers find value in health reporters
In Croakey, Melissa Sweet explains a new study about coverage of avian flu by Australian media and how it demonstrates the benefits of using specialized beat reporters to cover health stories. The...
View ArticleIs America’s high health spending linked to short lifespans?
The United States lags behind other developed nations in life expectancy, yet spends far more on health care than any other nation. This is not news. Now if someone could definitively tell us why, that...
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GAO evaluates FDA’s overseas inspectors
A couple of new GAO reports are seeking to shed some light on the FDA’s overseas regulatory efforts. The first is part overview, part progress report (52-page PDF). It’ll answer your basic questions....
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Professor: Research, training can improve South African health journalism
In discussing a large grant his university has received and the center for health journalism that it will fund, South African professor Guy Berger (bio) has unleashed a scathing critique of African...
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Barlett & Steele uncover chaos, peril of global drug industry
In Vanity Fair, Donald Barlett and James Steele have devoted more than 6,000 words to chronicling the gaping holes in the global pharmaceutical industry, particularly as pertains to the globalization...
View ArticleGoing international for dental care: Questions patients should ask
Hundreds of thousands of Americans are traveling abroad each year for health care services. Many factors are helping to drive the medical tourism trend, including the aging of the baby boom generation,...
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Looking at the ‘adventure’ philanthropy of dental professionals
Photo courtesy of Bart Roach Sara Schilling of the Tri-City Herald in Kennewick, Wash., recently caught up with a local dentist who channels his wanderlust into helping others. His name is Bart Roach....
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International panel formed as resource for journalists
Six AHCJ members are part of a new international effort to share information about how other countries’ health systems work. The Panel of International Journalists was the brainchild of former AHCJ...
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