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Sanitation and Disease Concerns Linked to U.S. Pork

You know things are bad in the pork industry when the whistleblowers aren't animal rights activists but the government itself. In May, the US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Office of the Inspector General exposed extreme sanitation and humane violations in 30 swine slaughterhouses it visited.

Live Animal Charities Are Ill Conceived; Increase Suffering

Every holiday season, glossy brochures from Heifer International arrive in US mailboxes tempting people to send the gift of live animals to people in poor countries. Photos show happy kids hugging happy animals and assure givers the animals will provide meat, milk, eggs and wool in perpetuity. Wrong

Daily Briefing: BPA-Free Sippy Cups, Contraception Politics and Fire Retardants

A new strategy to cripple Obamacare, a legal loss for contraception critics, EPA to review fire retardant toxicity and more from our Daily Briefing.

Daily Briefing: Health Apps, Medicaid Costs and Elderly Mental Health

The cost of insuring the uninsured, preparing for aging baby boomers, genetically modified mosquitoes, chemical regulations and more from our Daily Briefing.

A Renewed Focus on Alzheimer's Dementia

Pills prices, agricultural antibiotics, Medicare politics, fracking and more from our Daily Briefing.

Big Gulps For Little Leagues: Should Coca-Cola Feel Guilty For Funding Youth Sports?

How culpable is an international food conglomerate for the waistlines of kids in your neighborhood?

Career Profile: Lessons in Joy from Jeff Kelly Lowenstein

Finding and doing meaningful work can be challenging, but in 2012, let's try to focus on the joys of being a journalist.

Agile Storytelling: the Brian Boyer Way

Agile project management is built around flexibility, quick decision-making and an ability to make course corrections when confronted with new ideas and new information. Agile reporting approaches news gathering as a two-way conversation with the audience.

Samuel Loewenberg: Making a Living Covering Global Health

Global health journalist Sam Loewenberg is passionate about his work. But if you really want to get a rise out of him, ask him to talk about how media organizations treat freelance journalists trying to do serious journalism.  

Short of Cash, States Cut Back on HIV/AIDS Drugs for the Poor

States cut back on HIV/AIDS drugs for the poor, Nevada's smoking ban lowers heart attacks and stroke, and a Medicaid success story, plus more in our Daily Briefing.

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