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<p>A look at the progress and potential pitfalls in California's $3 billion stem cell research program.</p>
<p>Hiran Ratnayake published the following three stories on nursing in Delaware:</p> <p><a href="#Nursing gap" target="_self">The nursing gap</a></p> <p><a href="#Spanish" target="_self">Delaware short of nurses who speak Spanish</a></p> <p><a href="#Practice trains" target="_self">Practice trains nurses to work with Spanish-speaking patients</a></p> <p><a href="#Classrooms" target="_self">Would-be nurses can't find enough classrooms</a></p>
<p>Mary Agnes Carey wrote her fellowship project story about community health care patients needing specialty care.</p>
<p>In hopes of reducing the national cost of health care, the Congressional Budget Office will produce a report with options to help save money. </p>
<p><em>These stories on the challenges of managing diabetes were reported with the assistance of the USC Annenberg/California Endowment Health Journalism Fellowships, administered by the USC Annenberg School for Communication. The Express-News and KWEX-TV were selected by the program in 2008 to repo
<p><strong>SURVIVING DIABETES</strong> <br /><em>These stories on the challenges of managing diabetes were reported with the assistance of the USC Annenberg/California Endowment Health Journalism Fellowships, administered by the USC Annenberg School for Communication. The Express-News and KWEX-TV were selected by the program in 2008 to report on diabetes and obesity, with a particular focus on the impact on Hispanic communities. </em></p>
<p>The world’s best-selling drugs lower cholesterol, reduce heartburn and treat depression. Pharmaceutical companies rake in tens of billions of dollars a year (Lipitor alone brought in $13.6 billion in global sales in 2006) by reaching millions of patients in the and others abroad. Meanwhile, patients with rare diseases and lesser known conditions wait on better treatments as companies find ways to make a profit on their drugs.
<p>My four-part series, a project of the <a href="/fellowships/seminars/national-health-journalism">2008 National Health Journalism Fellowship</a>, won first place for minority issue reporting in the state's Society of Professional Journalists contest. It examined the cultural factors which prevent Navajos from receiving cancer treatment through western medicine and the "patient navigators" who are trying to bridge the divide.</p>
