The IRE Resource Center is a major research library containing more than 23,250 investigative stories — both print and broadcast. Add to that more than 3,000 tipsheets from our national conferences on how to cover specific beats or do specific stories and you have a resource that no reporter or editor should be without. These stories and tipsheets are searchable online or by contacting the Resource Center directly (573-882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org) where a researcher can help you pinpoint what you need. Browse or search the tipsheet section of our library below. Logged-in members can view the tipsheets free online:
Search results for "CDC" ...
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On the Beat: Documents for Public Health Investigations
Young lists several story ideas for those covering the public health beat with pertinent resources for each.
Tags: vaccinations; immunization registry; swimming pool closures; pest control; notifiable disease database; death certificate; FDA Warnings; CDC public health images
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Resources for health topics
Richards highlights data on health topics including mortality, prescription drugs and hospital performance.
Tags: Centers for Disease Control; mortality; National Bureau of Economic Research; National Center for Health Statistics (CDC); international classification of diseases; coroner; medical examiner; autopsy report; Drug Enforcement Agency; controlled substance task force; ARCOS; Automation of reports and Consolidated Orders System; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid services; HCUPnet
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Investigating Outbreaks
Layton details how to cover foodborne illness outbreaks on the fly. Included along with details of where you gather information, Layton provides a detailed list of helpful resources - from consumer groups to subject experts.
Tags: health; foodborne illness; FDA; Food and Drug Administration; CDC; Centers for Disease Control; 483 report; food safety
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Oral Health Tipsheets
Eyre lists web resources for covering issues of oral health. Included are sources used for expert insight.
Tags: oral health; CDC; National Oral Health Surveillance System: Medicaid Dental contacts; Medicaid's Early Periodic Screening tables; Oral Health America; Children's Dental Health Project
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Investigating Public Health Agencies & Programs
The author discusses how to investigate public health agencies. She includes advice for reporting in crisis situations, as well as story ideas for enterprise pieces about the agencies. The tipsheet includes sources for covering notifiable diseases in your area, bioterrorism funds, lab safety, and lab animal welfare.
Tags: public health; local government; state government; CDC; MMWR; story ideas; beat reporting
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Federal Databases
This tipsheet lists ten little-known but very useful federal databases. Nixon explains what data is kept in each one, the format it is available in and how to find it. The list includes data from the EPA and the CDC.
Tags: CPDF; Central Personnel Data File; Equal Opportunity Employment Commission; INS; single audit database; NFIRS
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"Using data to uncover workplace dangers and abuses"
This tipsheet provides tips on how to find data from agencies, and what to do if agencies won't give you data. It also includes information about analyzing data sets. The tipsheet also includes a list of important data sources, with links to their websites and descriptions of the data they might have. Additionally, this tipsheet has resources from the U.S. Department of Labor and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health websites that includes a list of their available statistics and data sets.
Tags: U.S. Department of Labor; Injuries; Illnesses; Fatalities; record keeping; NIOSH; respirators and personal protective equipment; agency; workers' compensation; Centers for Disease Control; CDC; OSHA; licensing agencies; Health departments; environmental health standards; institutional health standards; public health hazards
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CDC 101
This comprehensive tipsheet covers numerous aspects of the Center for Disease Control. McKenna discusses a brief history of the organization, what the organization's main role is, and tips on covering it.
Tags: health; CDC; government agencies; SARS; Ebola; first responder; research; disease; illness; Department of health and human services; World Health Organization
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Sources and tips on nuclear, biological and chemical weapons threats
Threats from weapons of mass destruction are more pronounced than ever. Eisler describes some of the threats from nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. He also includes a hefty list of government, NGO, and academia sources on the subjects.
Tags: nuclear weapons; dirty bombs; radiological weapons; nuclear regulatory commission; Department of Energy; National Nuclear Security Administration; department of defense; Defense threat reduction information analysis center; nonproliferation; disarmament; IAEA; United Nations; nuclear energy institute; Russia; germs; anthrax; smallpox; nerve agents; sarin; VX; mustard gas; Chemical Weapons Convention; CDC; infectious diseases; global green
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Investigative food story sources
A presentation on web sites to research when investigating food related stories that deal with food safety and food illnesses.
Tags: FDA; USDA; CDC; food supply