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<p>Andrew Wakefield — creator of one of the greatest&nbsp;scares in medical history — had many accomplices in misleading the world about a link between vaccines and autism. Many in the media helped him spread his intellectual poison. Celebrities rallied behind his fake cause. And the scientific community helped keep the hoax alive by citing his work as if it were legitimate.</p>

<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><div>When I was selected to be part of The California Endowment Health Journalism Fellowship program back in June 2010, I had three story ideas I wanted to develop for my fellowship projects. They involved three major health problems affecting the Latino community in the United States: health disparities of Latino women, diabetes and obesity among Mexican immigrants and Latinos affected by HIV/AIDS.</div></div>

<p>Did Arizona's mental health system fail alleged Tucson shooter Jared Loughner? Plus more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>Homicide humbled, orange juice investigated and 2012 health policy predicted, plus more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p><p><em>This is one in a series of articles, running between Thanksgiving and January, examining the relationship between housing loss and death in San Francisco. Check out the previous articles in the series,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/gurley/detail?entry_id=77054&quot; target="

<p>In the wake of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' recovery, attention turns to traumatic brain injuries. Plus more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>Last week Antidote introduced you to Dr. Steven Balt, the rare physician to have the courage to open up about his personal experiences with the physician discipline system. The <a href="../../../../../../../../blogs/qa-dr-steven-balt-part-1-separating-personal-struggles-clinical-success">first part of our interview</a> was posted last week. The last part is below. <strong></strong><strong></strong></p>

<p>Tom Paulson was one of 140 employees who lost their jobs when the <em>Seattle Post-Intelligencer</em> newspaper went online-only in March, 2009. This week at Career GPS, Paulson expands on what it means to restart a career and what gets gained and lost in the process.</p>

<p>Does our drinking water have too much fluoride in it? Answers and more in our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>When I wrote in 2009 about <a href="../../../../../../../../blogs/doctors-addictions-left-hanging-diversion-program-dies" target="_blank">the death of the Medical Board of California’s diversion program</a>, some medical board staffers expressed disbelief that I would say anything nice about a program that had been so controversial.</p>