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<p>Nursing homes in California have reaped $880 million in new funding from a 2004 state law designed to help them hire more caregivers and boost wages. But many homes did just the opposite.</p>

<p>Unwilling to accept a permanent ban on vaginal birth after Cesarean (VBAC) in Florida's birth centers, a coalition challenging the rule argues that Florida’s <a href="http://ahca.myflorida.com/PublicMeetingNotices.shtml">Agency for Health Care Administration</a> is overstepping its bounds by intervening in the activities of licensed healthcare providers and by overriding the "informed consent" standard for patients. See full story <a href="http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2010/04/12/challenge-florida-vbac-in…;

<p>People go to the doctor to get better, but sometimes patients get new infections when they step inside a hospital. One hospital is trying to improve health by design.</p>

<p>Southern Arizona children are suffering from adult afflictions — and doctors blame it on a troubling surge in childhood obesity.</p>

<p>In a four-part series, Uriel Posada investigated health disparities confronting the Hispanic community in the United States.&nbsp;</p> <p><em>En una serie de cuatro partes, Uriel Posada investigo las disparidades de salud en la comunidad hispana en los Estados Unidos.</em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><em> </em></p> <p><em>Part 1: What is the Current Situation in the Hispanic Community?&nbsp;</em></p> <p><em><em>Parte 1: Cual es la situacion actual en la comunidad hispana?</em></em></p> <p><em><br /></em></p> <p><em>Part 2: Health Disparities and the Hispanic Culture</em></p>

<p>Bianca and Michael Alexander examine the lack of healthy food options around Chicago and what that means for residents' health.</p>