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<p>A journal editor responds to criticisms about controversial research that linked infant deaths to fallout from Japan's earthquake-damaged Fukushima nuclear plant.</p>

<p>Investigative reporter Terri Langford — a self-described Medicare "rookie" — details how she reported her Houston Chronicle series on how private ambulance companies are gaming the Medicare system.&nbsp;</p>

<p>I had been researching pieces of the topic of my National Health Journalism Fellowship project, the challenges to healthy eating for low-income Bostonians, for more than a year before I started. Here's what I learned, from challenges to surprises.</p>

<p>The press release made a startling claim: researchers had linked radioactive fallout from the Fukushima nuclear disaster to 14,000 deaths in the United States, with infants hardest hit. How can journalists evaluate the credibility of such a claim?</p>

<p>A Democratic claim about Medicare, huge appetite for generic Lipitor, and the loss of public health jobs, plus more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>Just because something is published in a major journal or in a news release from a major medical center, it doesn't mean it's set in stone.</p>

<p>Kim Jong Il's cause of death, a hospital boom's effect on consumers, building a better mammogram and more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>Journalists from big name organizations better move over. The notebook or microphone next to you at medical conferences is now likely to be in the hand of someone living with the diagnosis being discussed.</p>

<p>With the help of an online “reputation management” firm, some dentists and doctors are trying to shut down patient voices on Yelp and other review sites. Here’s how one patient-journalist pushed back.</p>

<p>Partners in Health seeks a writer/editor with print and online experience to help further its mission to provide health care to underserved communities worldwide. Plus, get ready for the early bird deadline for Association of Health Care Journalists' Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism.</p>