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Pia Christensen reviews several recent news stories involving journalists' access — or lack of access — to nominally public information about issues relating to public health, and how media organizations and courts are responding: "Whether it involves public health data from Florida, evidence in a federal criminal case or embargoes and favored access at a federal agency, it’s clear that journalists are facing obstacles in ensuring the public’s access to information."