The FLu Items about Pandemic Flu 333 The Flu 2012-02-08T17:39:42 Science Guy barry.david.adams@gmail.com Covering Health See who has joined AHCJ recently 2012-02-08T17:38:33 Please welcome AHCJ’s newest members. All new members are welcome to stop by this post’s comment section to introduce themselves. Julia Belluz, associate editor/blogger, Medical Post, Toronto (@juliaoftoronto) Dian Cai, student, University of Georgia, Athens, Ga. (@DianCaiUGA) Valerie Canady, reporter, Mental Health Weekly, Johnston, R.I. (@mhwnewsletter) Esther Chapman, independent journalist, Sacramento, Calif. Michele ... 745ddd1d29c430c434aba3aa2a1c3fba H5N1 Bolivia: Hemorrhagic fever, dengue trigger alarm 2012-02-08T17:02:01 9e40b66a7890d36655fc8a8378129a40 H5N1 India: H5N1 culling in 8 wards of Bhubaneswar 2012-02-08T16:47:25 73ccb019e597bc288dab4e346eb1b887 H5N1 WHO: Update on the latest H5N1 case in Vietnam 2012-02-08T15:53:08 9935ecdd0150620140ea81f74dcb223f H5N1 Hong Kong: 2 travellers treated for dengue fever 2012-02-08T15:46:02 b18467024e09b0c633615777dda33098 H5N1 Cambodia: TB rate drops sharply 2012-02-08T15:40:38 d6696149fa01bb82b620a8b1068b7ce5 H5N1 Zimbabwe: Majority living with HIV/Aids are in unions 2012-02-08T15:33:27 d2afe9fd1fc479e6a2f3f40cbe7ae121 H5N1 US: MSU researcher finds link to H5N1 bird flu 2012-02-08T15:21:28 381c2509430cfdd47970ac3bbdc9e06f Latest Medical News from Bio-Medicine.Org Breastfeeding can reduce risk of childhood obesity 2012-02-08T15:07:44 AURORA, Colo. (Feb. 8, 2012) Children of diabetic pregnancies have a greater risk of childhood obesity, but new research from the Colorado School of Public Health shows breastfeeding can reduce this threat. Epidemiologist Tessa Crume, Ph.D., MSPH, and fellow researchers tracked 94 children of diabetic pregnancies and 399 of non-diabetic pregnancies from birth to age 13. They evaluated the... 58166e25172d511bc91ac545a1e72df9 H5N1 Pakistan: Action plan to prevent outbreak of dengue in Punjab 2012-02-08T05:12:31 f70a3928779d8bae0a38834d7ffd966a Covering Health Controversy over breast implants spreads across Europe 2012-02-08T01:37:05 In the wake of the discovery that a leading international manufacturer was found to be using industrial-grade silicone in its breast implants, questions have emerged about the regulatory process that allowed the implants and who is responsible for removing the substandard implants from women who spent thousands to get them. [caption ... 6307bf2df2dc4c05d1d64ea87aa4357d H5N1 WHO: Preliminary consultation on H5N1 research issues 2012-02-08T01:33:20 d78aa68e0c4fe4b46f26e9c3b5f26b77 H5N1 H5N1 controversy: Video clips from before the NYAS debate 2012-02-08T00:45:36 d4bede37eaa6025c3c3411b78e9a400b H5N1 Rescuers search for missing after Philippine quake 2012-02-08T00:32:38 56e8319f7c9549ca199d99d47e64cad3 H5N1 Cholera epidemic kills 4 people in DR Congo's Bas-Congo province 2012-02-08T00:25:34 f34681544db6061ba96eaed32b3da1f2 H5N1 Fiji: Hospital records 3 lepto cases 2012-02-08T00:11:36 c2d794c37e11f47db083ed67dde9e6cc H5N1 Brazil: Dengue cases in Rio rise over 40% in a week 2012-02-07T23:10:53 daa3b1dff5f19b171d029a9d0582f844 H5N1 Who really knows about cholera in Haiti? 2012-02-07T19:38:25 31dbdf805270d2e1a999eb859cbe6e70 H5N1 Indonesia: Suspected H5N1 death 2012-02-07T15:33:34 98bcd6080ebd601cc0f0238dd69917ee H5N1 China: Tracking imported dengue 2012-02-07T15:22:55 41e8b1758fd7a6f0334cb951a76548e4 H5N1 Egypt: Revolution a factor in spread of H5N1? 2012-02-07T15:02:12 941aebed57622cec5cf5a21897b8a196 H5N1 Philippines earthquake toll rises to at least 15 2012-02-07T05:40:28 98ec2ac7061f21fa97d3955e204d718d H5N1 Paraguay: 94 confirmed dengue cases so far this year 2012-02-07T04:42:50 38c750c86f59816a900327073f3791f7 Covering Health Project follows the race to make bagged salad safer 2012-02-06T19:51:13 The latest investigation by California HealthCare Foundation Center for Health Reporting's Deborah Schoch will make you think twice before ripping into a sack of spring mix, but her work about the myriad food safety challenges posed by bagged salads examines the industry's struggle to develop technology powerful enough to overcome ... 76e7dfc8d916b3d35d9b2266e0eb2ef1 Covering Health Poet’s piece on bias against elderly people serves as reminder to reporters 2012-02-06T19:51:11 Anyone writing about older people with any seriousness will eventually confront the phenomenon known as "ageism." The great gerontologist Dr. Robert Butler, the first director of the National Institute on Aging, coined this term in 1968 to refer to prejudice against older people fueled by stereotypes about aging that often lead ... 7d19496a695636426a935f09035384aa Latest Medical News from Bio-Medicine.Org Does Abortion in First Trimester Raise Risk of Mental Ills' Return? 2012-02-06T10:08:46 By Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Feb. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Women with a history of mental illness do not seem to be at increased risk of readmission to a psychiatric hospital after having an abortion in their first trimester, a new study suggests. The findings, which appear in the February issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry , support several previous stu... 0db56d67b60eec02d0ab8c54ad259e29 Covering Health Study: Good press releases contribute to good health journalism 2012-02-04T00:28:25 Thanks to Gary Schwitzer for drawing attention to a study, published in BMJ, which analyzes the impact medical journal press releases have on actual press coverage of studies. The authors begin with a somewhat gratifying hypothesis, writing that "Although it is easy to blame journalists for poor quality reporting, problems with ... b01236ef2a076fdb5ccc3fa925add92a Covering Health Programming errors led to overdoses with pain-medicine pumps 2012-02-03T16:27:58 Building off a state health department report showing that, as The Morning Call's Tim Darragh wrote, "Nurses at St. Luke's Hospital three times in 2010 and 2011 improperly programmed patient-controlled pumps to deliver pain medication, causing patients to overdose themselves," Darragh dug deep into each incident, uncovering patient details and ... 35cacb09b6016052fb4cf4741126736c Covering Health Experts offer story ideas for covering health reform 2012-02-03T00:25:36 More than 30 attendees heard local experts sketch the particular challenges and issues presented by the Affordable Care Act in California in the latest "Implementing health reform in the states" panel, hosted by AHCJ's San Francisco Bay Area chapter on Wednesday night at the San Francisco Chronicle. The panel, one of ... 1cf53b94afc10e80f9e0b9eb8d21965a Covering Health Recognizing best health journalism can be inspiring 2012-02-02T03:16:34 One of the best things about working at AHCJ is the chance to see the broad range of really strong coverage our members produce. Whether I'm reading stories about the ways money influences how medicine is practiced, uncovering the mistreatment of vulnerable people, looking at how pollution is affecting public health ... 39a0b6f3742beff369fa20d32575d096 Covering Health Leaded aviation fuel a threat to public health, children 2012-02-01T16:29:15 KUOW's John Ryan used federal data and a few key sources to delve deep into issues surrounding one of the few remaining sources of airborne lead in the United States, a leaded aviation fuel known as "avgas." In the process, he reveals damage that even low levels of lead exposure ... f572464ce8732fd3910422e479ad1ba6 Covering Health Investigation delves into Wash.’s prescription drug problem 2012-02-01T00:26:41 Everything time we think prescription drug abuse stories have peaked, something comes along to push the story further. This time, InvestigateWest's Carol Smith sets herself apart by starting from square one and clearly explaining the origins and dimensions of Washington's particularly nasty drug issues, tracing back each facet of the ... 0f83553bbee8c83b5b392c926a399726 Mexico news, all the latest and breaking Mexico news including the swine flu outbreak Swine flu death toll hits nine in Mexico as cases almost double 2012-01-23T06:21:40 Nine people have died from an outbreak of swine flu in Mexico, with the number of cases almost doubling in a week. 7ded718ce791a16ecce12b6b36a615ac H5N1 20 Covering Health 10 Latest Medical News from Bio-Medicine.Org 2 Mexico news, all the latest and breaking Mexico news including the swine flu outbreak 1