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<p>Doctors at some universities are still getting lucrative speaking gigs from Big Pharma, and more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>State medical boards are Ellis Islands for doctors. Doctors licensed in another state or fresh out of medical school have to pass muster with the board before being allowed to see patients in that state. If they have a history of problems in other states, the medical board can tell them to look for work elsewhere. One of the most common reasons states cite for disciplining a doctor, in Antidote’s experience, is discipline by another state.</p>

<p>This week, Schorr talks with <em>Career GPS</em> about his sustainable model for getting in-depth health information to the people who need it and explains why you don't have to work for traditional media outlets to do good work.</p>

<p>For your Friday reading, here's what's not to miss in today's&nbsp;<em>Daily Briefing.</em></p>

<p>Could Chinese drywall scrap be responsible for health problems linked to American-made drywall? Answers and more in our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>Health care, education, politics, and pride take a back seat when you have no shelter.</p>

<p>How did William Hamman, the United Airlines pilot <a href="http://www.freep.com/article/20101214/NEWS06/12140350/1318/-Fake-doc-ha… faked being a cardiologist</a>, get away with it? By speaking with authority and knowing that nobody was going to bother to fact-check his résumé, including the Wisconsin Medical Examining Board.</p>

<p>Does the HIV "cure" recently reported in Germany live up to the hype it's getting? Answers and more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<div class="articleparagraph"><p>Reporter's note:</p><p>One year ago from yesterday, 11-year-old Chandler Nash Elliott hung himself while his father was at work. We received a press release about the suicide over the fax. Like most news agencies, we do not report on suicides unless they are in a public place or the deceased is a public figure.</p><p>I told my colleagues -- and we all agreed -- that this would not make the news unless the family approached us, wanting to tell the boy's story.</p><p>The next morning, that's exactly what happened.</p></div>

<p><a href="http://twitter.com/jonathanwatts">Jonathan Watts</a> has had a dream assignment, in many ways. He has been able to watch China transform itself into a true economic superpower and has detailed the resulting environmental and societal problems in his stories for the Guardian in London.</p>