Insights

<p>America has trash pickers, too. A visit to a recycling facility in San Jose, California, suggests numerous health and workplace safety stories for journalists to explore in their communities.</p>

<p>I'm on the phone with journalist Mark Johnson and he is rummaging through his desk. He's recently won the Pulitzer Prize and is now sharing his list of health and science references. Last week, Johnson's reporter partner,&nbsp;Kathleen Gallagher, talked to&nbsp;Career GPS&nbsp;about her career be

<p>Should the California Medical Board make a public case for more money? Yes, William Heisel says, noting that it costs doctors more to protect the few bad doctors in their midst from punishment than it does to help maintain the state’s system of medical rules and guidelines.</p>

<p>The high cost of environmentally-linked disease in children, a new interactive map for finding "food deserts" and more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>Why is health care in California's prisons still so inadequate after a court order and billions of dollars in spending? Answers and more in our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>Most Americans know what's killing us. Stop smoking, eat better, exercise, and wear your seatbelt — just those four simple steps, alone, could save hundreds of thousands of lives every year. Here are 10 ways to help people hear that message.</p>

<p>I had the opportunity to go behind the scenes of ABC's The View this week. I was a guest on what turned out to be a historic news day: The morning after the President announced Osama Bin Laden had been killed in a daring raid. When I had heard the news the night before I thought my segment, discussing my new book, The Web-Savvy Patient, would be bumped.</p>

<p>Whooping cough is still a major concern for California kids, tainted tomatoes are recalled, and more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>A regional reporter investigates a health insurer's repeated denials of diagnostic tests — and triggers a federal investigation. William Heisel interviews Jonathan Starkey of the Wilmington News Journal.</p>

<p>Why are U.S. asthma rates going up when pollution and smoking are on their way down? Answers and more in our Daily Briefing.</p>