Barbara Feder Ostrov

<p>Graphic new cigarette warning labels, robbing banks for health care, doctor pay and silicone breast implants — plus more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>A "road diet" for Southern California communities, hospital overuse of double CT scans, news about food allergies and more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>Childhood diseases rise along with vaccine exemptions, comic strips and medicine, the benefits of private hospital rooms and more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>Health programs' fate uncertain as California governor vetoes lawmakers' budget, Medicaid under fire and warnings about the hCG diet, plus more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>Senior day centers jeopardized in California, lower life expectancies for some American women and most-wanted health fraud fugitives, plus more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>Montel Williams opens a medical marijuana clinic in Sacramento, Louisville's bid to prevent obesity and new sunscreen guidelines plus more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>A massive U.S. study of children's health gets underwway, cockroaches and asthma, ambulance diversions and more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>The long-awaited Federal Communications Commission report on American journalism, Information Needs of Communities, paints a poignant picture of the decline of health journalism at the nation’s newspapers.</p>

<p>Finally, Germany's E. coli mystery solved, new Medicaid protections for gay couples, parents' vaccine worries and more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>Studying the health of people who live near polluted rail yards, a California medical school in jeopardy, health reform court battle and more in our Daily Briefing. <strong></strong></p>