Key stories focused on issues in the news, including food safety and Health Policy, but they also chronicled little-known aspects with the potential to affect consumers. For instance, Aleccia outlined how the deadly salmonella outbreak in peanut products might have been resolved faster, except for a hodgepodge of state laws and practices that fail to require precise laboratory confirmation. She chronicled the growing shortage of primary care doctors, with a focus on the elderly doctors who are unable to retire because there are no replacements. She raised awareness about ciguatera fish poisoning, a potentially deadly and under-reported food-borne illness becoming more common in the United States. And she explained how skyrocketing air ambulance fees are leaving even insured patients with astronomical bills.
See the archived stories and the questionnaire about how they were written.