I cover health for the Capital Times, Madison, Wisconsin's progressive web daily and newsweekly. I've also reported for Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, Parenting, and other publications. Health is a fairly new beat for me, and I love its mix of politics, policy, and people stories. I've also worked in the trenches as a nurses aide in a busy city hospital.
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<p>Through three separate stories I will delve into some of Wisconsin's most poignant health disparities, including infant mortality rates that are worse than those in some third-world countries, one Madison African-American community's grassroots campaign to combat smoking through photodocumentation and support groups, and the lack of health care faced by many Latino dairy workers, who now help prop up the state's farming industry.