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Forget organic food. Can Americans even afford a healthy diet? Yes — with some important policy changes.

Our Reporting on Health Collaborative found that valley fever causes more deaths than Hantavirus, hepatitis A, whooping cough and salmonella poisoning combined, yet all of these conditions are more widely known.

An influential claim that a quarter of Americans suffer from chronic pain doesn't seem to have been scrutinized by peer scientists. Why not?

UCLA Children's Discovery and Innovation Institute is seeking a data-savvy PR candidate! Plus more job listings and opportunities.

So, organic food isn't really more nutritious than food grown with pesticides, according to a new study. Wait, what?...

What's wrong with creating a secret system for physicians to undergo addiction treatment without any impact on their licenses?

Amid the worst West Nile virus season in years, what's an acceptable level of risk for aerial insecticide spraying?

Guest blogger Dr. Steven Passik says the idea of one pain therapy working for most people is simply absurd. So why does our healthcare system seem to demand it?

ACTION, Global Health Advocacy Partnership is looking for ambitious communicators and writers with a passion for global health!

Since GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney named Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) as his running mate, Medicare and plans to reform the program has dominated headlines....