The Affordable Care Act and cost of contraception
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email Under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, private health plans must cover birth control methods that are approved by the Food and Drug…
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Vaping and tobacco in the news: How media coverage affects public perceptions
…(CSR) initiatives. Tobacco industry CSR initiatives are projects — philanthropic or otherwise — undertaken “to shape public and policymaker understandings about tobacco control and the industry,” according to the authors…
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How she did it: Reporter finds millions of hidden reports of medical device injuries
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email Annually, the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy awards the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting to a stellar investigative report that has had…
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How they did it: Mississippi Today and The Marshall Project uncover debtors prisons in Mississippi
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email Annually, the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy awards the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting to a stellar investigative report that has had…
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Google searches for abortion pills spiked after the May leak of SCOTUS draft opinion on Roe v. Wade
…health policy research. Since the Food and Drug Administration approved the drugs in 2000, half of abortions at 8 weeks gestation or less have been medication abortions, according to KFF….
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Global investigative journalism collaborations: Insights on a new media paradigm
…School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, “Anatomy of a Global Investigation: Collaborative, Data-Driven, Without Borders,” explores the increasing need for, and impact of, collaborations among news outlets. Authored by…
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Economic costs of excessive alcohol consumption in the United States
…estimate the true economic costs for that year. Participating researchers were from institutions such as Mathematica Policy Research, the National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors and the…
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Education and disadvantaged children: Research roundup
…teacher qualifications.” “Housing Costs, Zoning, and Access to High-Scoring Schools” Rothwell, J. Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings, April 2012, 1-31. Findings: “An analysis of national and metropolitan data on…
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Eight questions to ask when interpreting academic studies: A primer for media
…Food and Drug Administration. Due to issues of cost, logistics and ethics, RCTs are fairly uncommon for other purposes. Example: “Short-Term Soy Isoflavone Intervention in Patients with Localized Prostate Cancer”…
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Plastics, human health and environmental impacts: The road ahead
…in the United States. While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves the use of bisephenol A (BPA) for most food applications, in July 2012 the FDA amended its regulations…
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