Insights

The Reporting on Health Collaborative heard earlier this week that Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Bakersfield, was going to meet with the head of the Centers for Disease Control and then issue a statement. Is that itself worth a story?

We are looking for contributors in an attempt to explore male circumcision in all its pros and cons. A new study reveals that circumcision affects the type of bacteria that live on the male sexual organ, which could explain why circumcised men have a reduced risk of contracting HIV.

Use your health reporting skills in any of the positions listed on Career GPS this week.

Jose Arreola’s parents told him at age five that he couldn’t speak Spanish in public, and couldn’t tell anyone where the family was from, or his mom and dad could be taken away....

We should be happy to have our death records become part of the public record after we die. It’s good for scientific research. It’s good for genealogical research. It’s good for journalism, too, as the Hartford Courant points out.

As Monday’s events developed in Boston and the number of questions, injuries and unverified headlines rose, USC journalism professor Robert Hernandez was Tweeting about new multimedia tools and how they can assist the spread of information.

I had never heard of Dr. Bharat Aggarwal before last week. Nor had I heard the term “meritless thuggery.” Now the two phrases are bouncing around in my head like a Tegan and Sara song.

Extend your job search to include communication specialist positions within the health field.

One way in which health reporters can be useful right now is to seek guidance from mental health experts on coping with trauma. So what types of advice and observations have media outlets offered so far? Here's a sampling.