Barbara Feder Ostrov

<p>Do you want to better report on drug addiction and treatment? Avoid having Slate’s Jack Shafer feature your work in his Stupid Drug Story of the Week feature? Then follow these 15 tips from veteran journalist Maia Szalavitz.</p>

<p>Clean cars could mean less asthma, a link between bedbugs and MRSA, a prescription for yoga and more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>Too many colonoscopies, budget deficits bog down California's health reform rollout and a rare case of bubonic plague, plus more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>Here are tips on getting ready to cover health reform's rollout in your community.</p>

<p><strong></strong>Banning chocolate milk in schools, a newspaper's searing assisted living investigation and more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>The high cost of environmentally-linked disease in children, a new interactive map for finding "food deserts" and more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>Why is health care in California's prisons still so inadequate after a court order and billions of dollars in spending? Answers and more in our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>Whooping cough is still a major concern for California kids, tainted tomatoes are recalled, and more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>Why are U.S. asthma rates going up when pollution and smoking are on their way down? Answers and more in our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>Budget cuts to senior day care programs means many will be forced into expensive nursing homes. Plus more from our Daily Briefing</p>