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The Alliance for Health Reform in Washington, DC is looking for a communications manager to help them connect in new ways with reporters and users on their website.

Insurers are cooperating to fight fraud, three cured of HIV, more early elective births, a cheap way to test for food pathogens and more from our Daily Briefing.

What if the real answer to runaway health care costs isn’t to be found in the legislative boxing rings of Washington, but rather in something as seemingly simple as curbing our sugar intake?

The media and researchers alike often cite that pain affects 75-150 million Americans. Taken in isolation, it could be true. Haven’t we all been affected by pain? But these stats are being used to define the “phenomenon of chronic pain,” not just any pain at any time. So, are 150 million Americans –

It’s too soon to say, but Accountable Care Organizations appear to be on the right side of several key health care trends. CareMore's Chief Medical Officer Ken Kim talks to the 2012 National Health Journalism Fellows.

The energy burnt by hunters and desk jockeys is the same, new revelations on thalidomide, strategies for disease prevention and more from our Daily Briefing.

A recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that primary care medical homes may actually increase operating costs, instead of producing the cost savings touted by their proponents. This study, I think, is a cautionary tale as health reform moves ahead.

Former National Health Journalism Fellow Kate Long suggests it takes much more than a Facebook update and fleeting volley of Tweets to turn a reporting project into a catalyst for meaningful change.

For the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2011 was the year of infant mortality. An enterprise reporting project of impressive dimensions, the paper drilled down by zip code looking for the cause of high infant deaths rates and how they could be stemmed.