Oransky on H1N1, pandemic, vaccination and 1976
AHCJ board member Ivan Oransky appeared on Brian Lehrer Live to discuss H1N1. The relevant segment starts at about 38:50 into the show. Among the issues discussed: Why H1N1 is a “pandemic,” what that...
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Oransky: Medical study embargoes serve whom?
Embargoes, a fairly frequent topic of discussion on Covering Health, seem to bring out strong feelings in some people. In one recent example allegedly involving embargoes, TheStreet.com’s Adam...
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Oransky: Find sources with outside perspective
AHCJ Treasurer Ivan Oransky, M.D., who’s also the executive editor of Reuters Health and a teacher at NYU, stopped by Ed Yong’s “Not Exactly Rocket Science” blog to offer his tips for finding sources...
View ArticlePolicy lets many see study but restricts reporting
On his new blog, Embargo Watch, Ivan Oransky, M.D., writes about an embargo policy that restricts journalists from writing about papers even when they are widely available to doctors, medical schools...
View ArticleNon-disclosure agreements and embargoes converge
Some people unwind by watching birds. Or bays. Ivan Oransky, M.D., executive editor of Reuters Health and AHCJ’s treasurer, is different. He watches embargoes (And retractions). And it’s in his...
View ArticleBlogger quits U.S. News, citing sponsored links
Critical questions about online sponsored content, and the relationship between editorial control and hyperlinking, continue to be raised. The firewall between advertising and editorial has been...
View ArticleAdding context to embargo-driven journalism
Over at the Nieman Journalism Lab, Matthew Battles latches onto John Rennie’s column about the future of science journalism, then talks to Ed Yong and AHCJ’s own treasurer, Ivan Oransky, M.D., about...
View ArticleJournalist compares U.K. science writers, American health reporters
When the Association of British Science Writers announced the nominees for their 2011 Science Writers’ Awards, Guardian science blogger Martin Robbins noted a familiar pattern. Of the 12 places on the...
View ArticleWhere health and journalism education meet
Writing for U.S. News and World Report, Menachem Wecker examines the proliferation of health-focused programs at journalism schools across the country, many of which are affiliated with medical schools...
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New AHCJ board seated for 2012-13
Scott Hensley, NPR’s Shots blog writer and editor, joins five incumbents in being seated on the Association of Health Care Journalists’ 2012-13 board of directors. Scott Hensley Incumbents starting a...
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AHCJ president joins Medscape as vice president, editorial
Ivan Oransky Ivan Oransky, M.D., president of the Association of Health Care Journalists’ board of directors, has joined Medscape as vice president, editorial. Oransky, who is a Distinguished Writer in...
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