Insights

You learn a lot when you spend months reporting on a given issue or community, as our fellows can attest. Whether you’re embarking on a big new story or seeking to go deeper on a given issue, it pays to learn from those who’ve already put in the shoe leather and crunched the data. In these essays and columns, our community of journalists steps back from the notebooks and tape to reflect on key lessons, highlight urgent themes, and offer sage advice on the essential health stories of the day. 

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By James Salwitz

Today would have been easier if I did not give a damn. Easier if suffering was not real. Much easier, if I did not care. ...

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By Sue Luttner

Did the writers at "Silent Witness" know that their Helen Karamides character was such a close match for Dr. Waney Squier (except, of course, for the parts about the suicide, the alcoholism, and the theft of infant brains)?

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By Nathanael Johnson

An big increase in CT scanning, the potential for Supreme Court fallout, the human microbiome mapped, cancer survivors increase and more from our Daily Briefing.