Barbara Feder Ostrov

<p>More controversy over Avastin, trimming Medicare's behemoth budget, and a Nobel Prize tragedy, plus more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>At the recent <a href="http://www.health2con.com/">Health 2.0 conference</a> in San Francisco, it was easy to get wrapped up in discussions of APIs and EMRs and data utility layers. But there's plenty of interesting stuff happening in the world of consumer health content, too.</p>

<p>Smoking as a blue-collar habit, health insurance for moms-to-be, Rick Perry's health record in Texas and more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>Tainted melons and beef renew attention to food safety, paying more for healh insurance, six must-read health policy studies and more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>A labor conflict intensifies with a patient's death during a nursing strike, a new map tracks antibiotic resistance, and unsustainable cancer treatment costs, plus more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>Under U.S. health reform, we’re supposed to need more physician assistants, nursing aides and other paraprofessionals to serve an influx of newly insured patients. But are the private, for-profit colleges who train nearly a third of these workers up to the task? Not necessarily.</p>

<p>Children's hospitals and McDonald's, a new home for MRSA, measles on the rise and more from our Daily Briefing. <strong></strong></p>

<p>Say goodbye to your Primatene Mist, more health insurance coverage for young adults, good news for children's health and more in our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>Who's interested in opening a new community health clinic in your area? An obscure list of new health reform grants to more than 100 nonprofits around the nation offers some clues. This is a great way to report on health reform's rollout locally.</p>

<p>Brutal conditions send Amazon warehouse workers to ER, linking diabetes and dementia, Michelle Bachmann's vaccine damage and more from our Daily Briefing.</p>