Barbara Feder Ostrov

<p>Falsified nursing home records, the links between animal and human health, and a faltering whooping cough vaccine, plus more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>No whooping cough booster shot, no school, Medicaid woes and more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>Are any hospitals in your community going bankrupt? You might want to scrutinize their real reasons for filing Chapter 11 or Chapter 7.</p>

<p>Deep cuts ahead for California's Medicaid program, good news on lung cancer, and an Alzheimer's shocker from Pat Robertson, plus more from our Daily Briefing.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Science and medicine blogger Orac weighs in on the new pandemic movie "Contagion," and alternative medicine bloggers in both movie and real life don't fare too well.</p>

<p>Doctors, guns and free speech; a new way to combat obesity in Michigan; and an unlikely health reform coalition, plus more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>Rising numbers of uninsured, a new listeria outbreak, and an emergency room vending machine for prescriptions, plus more in our Daily Briefing.&nbsp;</p>

<p>A national plan will address the enormous costs of Alzheimer's, dental health cutbacks in California, another ground turkey recall and more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>The recent public health warnings to be on guard for West Nile virus in the wake of hurricane-turned-tropical storm Irene made me wonder: is there a link between hurricanes and other big storms and the mosquito-borne disease?&nbsp; <span><br /></span></p>

<p>A legal victory for health reform, troubles for Allergan's Lap-Band, and methamphetamine's decline, plus more from our Daily Briefing.</p>