Insights

<p>When I pitched my idea for the&nbsp; National Journalism Fellowship, I was excited about exploring the role that medical breakthroughs in the nation’s elite laboratories would — or would not — have on health care disparities.</p>

<p>Missed Coachella Live? Health journalists have their own version this week at the Association of Health Care Journalists Conference in Atlanta. Here's a preview.</p>

<p>A "disappeared" food safety investigation, fines for polluting school buses, new sports medicine advances and more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>In an era of “modern” medicine, it sometimes seems as if many of the biggies have been knocked out compared to centuries past. The previously untreatable has become treatable and in many cases preventable. With knowledge can come lower societal costs as well as health care cost containment.</p>

<p>A scandalous situation involving a health care district in one of California’s most affluent regions raises the question: how are these taxpayer-supported agencies spending — or hoarding — their money?</p>

<p>There are still a few days left to apply for this year's National Health Journalism Fellowship, Hunt Fund Grant and Packard Foundation Grant, and check out our health media job listings!</p>

<p>Romneycare no "budget-buster," good news for sleep-deprived moms, the economics of medical tourism and more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

Do you have trouble seeing words on your computer monitor? Are your eyes tired and gritty? You may have digital eye strain, a condition that makes writing harder. Follow these seven tips to make your eyes feel better and get you back in the writing groove.

<p>Why is the Vermont Department of Health hiding behind the HIPAA privacy law to keep secret the autopsy of a hiker who froze to death?</p>

<p>Surrogate markers may not tell the whole story - and we explain why in our latest entry to our online toolkit.</p>