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Herd Immunity: Let's Put Innovators in Fighting MRSA and Healthcare-Associated Infections on the Map

Let's give credit to the folks who are trying to eliminate healthcare-associated infections in hospitals by putting them on the Herd Immunity map.

Fixin' Up Hoopa: A Community's Struggle with Addiction – Part 1

Journalists Allie Hostler and Jacob Simas examine how people on the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation are dealing with rampant methamphetamine addiction.

Bill to Ban Sports Drinks in Middle and High Schools Stalls In Committee

Efforts by California health advocates to ban the sale of sugary sports drinks during the school day on middle and high school campuses were recently thwarted.

Daily Briefing: Nearly Half of All Veterans Seeking Medical Assistance

Radioactive tuna, DSM controversy, online patient's groups and more from our Daily Briefing.

Debunking Children's Health News: Q&A with Momma Data Blogger Polly Palumbo

Psychologist and mom Polly Palumbo didn't just get mad when she read irresponsible media coverage of children's health issues — she started debunking it in her blog, Momma Data.

Apology as Cure: Finding the Secret Ingredients to Make "Sorry" Really Work

Three more questions you should pursue based on the debate over the SorryWorks! program, which protects doctors who apologize for medical errors that harm patients.

Part two of project on urban Native American health focuses on war on diabetes

Native Americans have the highest diabetes rate among all racial and ethnic groups in America and offer a preview of where the rest of the country is headed. They also have found ways to keep the disease at bay.

Moments of Failure: An Oncologist's Perspective

An oncologist offers his perspective on medical errors. The driving force is fear and guilt: fear for the mistakes you might make, guilt for the mistakes you already made.

For HIV/AIDS patients, stress management is a significant factor in successful treatment

Living with HIV or AIDS can be an unyielding source of stress that is not easily handled alone. It takes support, activism and a strong determination to not only survive, but thrive with a disease that takes a heavy mental, physical and emotional toll.

South L.A. Black churches grapple with HIV, AIDS

When HIV/AIDS was thought of as a White, gay disease, it was often the suffering of Black patients that helped the world realize that it could affect anyone. Today, African-Americans remain the racial group most acutely affected by the epidemic.

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