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<p>Normally I would salivate over a workshop titled "Let Me Be Clear: Science Journalism in the Age of the Genome and Twitter." But then my building excitement and anticipation was doused by a real buzz kill in the middle of the sponsor logos.</p>

<p>For health media professionals with a knack for generating healthy living content geared toward online audiences, NBC Universal offers an opportunity with iVillage. Also, our Southern California members might want to check out some current openings around Orange County. Or, if you're interested in health journalism fellowships, workshops, awards and other opportunities, you can find the most updated information.</p>

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

<p>Kansas City Star reporter Alan Bavley was just doing his job. In response to his watchdog stories on medical malpractice, federal officials yanked public portions of a national doctor database offline and threatened him with fines. Now, journalists are pushing back.</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>Journalism students bring international health stories home to Seattle: here's what you can learn from them about localizing global health issues.</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>Alan Bavley at the Kansas City Star found an opening in Missouri state law, drove a truck into it and loaded it up with facts for his story on Kansas and Missouri doctors who had histories of alleged malpractice, yet whose medical board records were spotless.</p>