March 2014 Archive
Pentagon Overhauls Effort to Identify its Missing
The restructuring promises to address many of the problems laid out in a recent ProPublica and NPR investigation.
California Considers Bill to Protect Temp Workers
California bill would hold companies legally responsible for wage and safety violations committed by their subcontractors and temp agencies.
Judging Obamacare: How Do We Know If It’s a Success or Failure?
Sign-ups are supposed to formally end today, and attention is shifting from marketing to measuring whether the law is meetings its goals.
Reporting Recipe: Dollars for Docs
With more data on relationships between doctors and drug companies soon to be released, here are some ways journalists can use this information.
Interns Are Now Protected Against Sexual Harassment in NYC
Does this latest development to protect unpaid interns in New York point to a greater trend?
So You’ve Become a Patient Safety Statistic – Now What?
Six recommended steps to take if you've suffered harm in a medical facility.
A Reading List on the Hobby Lobby Cases
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments on the religious exemption cases. Here’s how to get up to speed.
Double Dip: Doctors Paid to Advise, Promote Drug Companies That Fund Their Research
Research has been seen as less objectionable than other forms of interactions with drug companies, but 10 percent of researchers have multiple ties among the nine companies ProPublica analyzed. That raises questions about doctors’ impartiality.
Privacy Tools: Mask Your Location
A person’s location can be hugely revealing. Here are some tips on how to mask the information your computer and phone transmit automatically.
Smoking Mad: Tobacco Users Caught Up in Insurer’s Obamacare 'Glitch'
After signing up for coverage and disclosing they were smokers, about 100 New Hampshire consumers, including Terry Wetherby, find their new Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield policies canceled because they were charged incorrect “non-smoker” rates.
During Final Obamacare Push, Conservative Author Sees Little to Celebrate
Fellow at American Enterprise Institute faults steps by the Obama administration to delay parts of the Affordable Care Act, saying they amount to dismantling the program in ways that will make it harder to sustain.
French, Germans Return Fallen GI After Pentagon Gives Up
For more than 50 years, Army PFC Lawrence S. Gordon was mistakenly interred as a German soldier in a cemetery in France. Then European officials did what the U.S. military would not, exhumed and identified him with DNA.
In Healthcare Suit Against Catholic Bishops, the Specter of an Early Defeat
The ACLU’s case against the U.S. Bishops Conference – heralded by some as a bold legal stroke – could be thwarted on procedural grounds.
Ad Endorsing da Vinci Robot Violated U of Illinois Policies, Review Finds
When surgical team members endorsed the robot in an ad, controversy ensued. An internal review finds no ill intent, but says policies were violated, calls for clearer rules.
A Stillborn Child, A Charge of Murder and the Disputed Case Law on 'Fetal Harm'
Rennie Gibbs, a 16 year old in Mississippi when she gave birth to a stillborn child, is facing life in prison for taking cocaine during her pregnancy. Hers is among a burgeoning number of cases in which women are prosecuted for allegedly endangering their unborn children.
A Conceptual Model for Interactive Databases in News
As part of a conference about archiving news applications, a group of journalists developed a framework to understand how interactive databases -- sometimes called news applications -- are made.
