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A compelling patient or researcher makes a story engaging; concrete statistics make a story valid. Data, however, aren’t always clear-cut, and experts disagree on interpreting and applying it. Statistics on gun violence and how to reduce it fall prey to the same dichotomy.

The number of school-based health centers has been growing in California for more than a decade, and the Affordable Care Act has boosted their funding. Some students served by these clinics also enthusiastically support them.

Sophia, 44, works up to 40 hours per week at a Mexican restaurant in Gurnee, Ill., making $10 an hour. With every paycheck, she said, $136 goes to payroll taxes, $62 of which goes to Social Security and Medicare. But as an undocumented immigrant, she will never receive those entitlements.

When an insurance company decides to deny coverage for a particular drug, it is easy for the pharmaceutical company to suddenly become David fighting Goliath.

If you cover health and aren’t writing about the impact the aging population has on a nation’s fiscal, as well as physical, well-being, you could be missing some good stories.

Reporters naturally want to focus on newly published research or a new announcement at a conference, but by focusing on one idea, it may present a drug or device as unique when in fact it is just a minor tweak on an old approach or no advancement at all.

In Latino households, where family is a priority and multiple generations live under one roof, children face unique challenges in providing care for their aging relatives.

FOXNNEWS.com is looking for a health section news editor/writer.

You'd think with all the traffic they have that Metro would provide some type of announcements about detours, service outages, and the like. Without them, it's a bit like traveling while wearing a blindfold. A solution is available.

Fathers exonerated of child abuse are on a streak lately, after years of pain and struggle for the families involved.