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USDA, CDC, Interior must collaborate to block imports of risky live animals

By Julie Vorman

The U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Homeland Security, Interior, and Health and Human Services need to work together to close regulatory ga

After the whistle blows

By Sarah Laskow

Christopher De Rosa, a top scientist at the Centers for Disease Control, is still serving as a scapegoat for leaders at the organization, ju

Tentative security definition confuses health care providers, privacy groups

By Kimberly Leonard

When must health providers tell patients that their personal information was breached? Rule pending.
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ANALYSIS: How our health care system cripples small business

By Wendell Potter

Small business innovation is being stifled by a health care system that send our 'best and brightest' to large corporations

ANALYSIS: Great Scott! Florida governor limits health care choices for state employees

By Wendell Potter

Florida Gov. Rick Scott criticized 'Obamacare'; now he's cutting health care choices for Florida state employees

PhRMA's envoys

By M. Asif Ismail

Former ambassador lobbies Canadians on drug imports to U.S.
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Inkling of concern: Chemicals in tattoo inks face scrutiny

By Brett Israel

New research finds chemicals in tattoo inks: Including some toxic metals, and one of the most potent skin carcinogens

Excerpts from this story referencing "Medicine":

"… id Shanna Swan, a reproductive epidemiologist at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York who studied the effects of phthalates on infant boys.Phthalate …"

"… , said Geoffrey Kabat, an epidemiologist at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, N.Y.That's because getting a tattoo still is considered a ri …"

A crawling issue: Head lice treatments worse than the pest itself?

By Jeremy Borden

Parents routinely use dangerous pesticides to treat their children for head lice

FDA failure to ensure drug safety

By The Center for Public Integrity

Vioxx dangers raise questions about FDA's ability to monitor drugs

Excerpts from this story referencing "Medicine":

"… ency’s record on safety issues. A 2007 report issued by the Institute of Medicine, a center under the National Academies, blamed the FDA’s problems on “ …"

45 million Americans without health insurance

By The Center for Public Integrity

Both parties agree system is broken, but proposed solutions differ sharply

Excerpts from this story referencing "Medicine":

"… 130 billion each year, according to The National Academies’ Institute of Medicine.Follow-up:Throughout his presidential campaign, Barack Obama promised to e …"

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