Insights

<p>Two researchers are calling for removal of severely obese kids from their homes to “protective custody” in the foster care system. There's a better solution.</p>

<p>James O'Keefe's "exposé" of Medicaid workers, the high cost of family caregivers and good news for statins, plus more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>We start the week in the <em>Daily Briefing</em> with a salty story, global health and the CIA in Pakistan, and ideas for writing about AIDS.</p>

<p>Learn more about the key role two St. Louis Post-Dispatch journalists played in a new state law giving Missouri's medical board some real power to protect patients.</p>

<p>Consider this: Mobile phones have created the broadest platform for people to engage with media ever. So if journalists aren't using mobile technology to engage with their audiences, are they missing a huge opportunity to connect efficiently and effectively?</p>

<p>Health experts still debate whether wearing hospital scrubs outside the hospital can increase patients' infection risk. Could an Ottawa hospital be the perfect site to investigate that question?</p>

<p>This week: The Healthy Living section of the Huffington Post seeks a Health News Editor. Also highlighted are opportunities at various online outlets. And as always, we've included the most updated information on upcoming grants, fellowships and educational opportunities.</p>

<p><strong></strong>A new reporting project will focus on community health challenges facing predominantly Latino communities in Chicago and the Midwest.</p>

<p>Check out our upcoming webinars on how to build your own "health reporting survival kit" and embedding multimedia content on your blog or website!</p>

<p>Why should journalists or the public have to cite a state or federal law to request public documents produced by a public agency with public money?</p>