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	2012 DECEMBER Dec. 31, 2012 Hillary Clinton's Hospitalization Sheds Light on Blood Clot Causes, Treatments Days after a fainting spell in her home, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was hospitalized when doctors discovered she had a blood clot between her skull and brain. Ray Suarez talks to Dr. Gholam Motamedi of MedStar Georgetown University Hospital about blood clot causes, risks and potential treatments.

	Dec. 31, 2012 How the Health Reform Law Supports Gun Rights Did you know the Affordable Care Act stands up for gun rights? Under the health reform law, insurance companies are barred from denying coverage or raising premiums on members because of gun use. Find out what else the law has to say about guns here.

	Dec. 28, 2012 How Health Reform Could Change Your Coverage in 2013 It's been a big year for the Affordable Care Act, but 2013 stands to be even bigger. What changes can you expect as officials prepare for a massive expansion of the Medicaid program, the construction of online health insurance exchanges and the upcoming rollout of new taxes tied to the law?

	Dec. 26, 2012 California Law That Aspires to Improve Mental Health Raises Coercion Concerns In the wake of several recent shootings, politicians and commentators have called for improved mental health screening and treatment. Spencer Michels reports on a program in California called "Laura's Law," an unfunded mandate that has proven difficult to implement and has drawn concern about involuntary treatment for patients.

	Dec. 26, 2012 Poll: What Are Your Thoughts on the Debate Over Routine Mammograms? document.

	Dec. 25, 2012 Full Implementation a Ways Off, 2013 Will Be Pivotal for Affordable Care Act Americans won't see the full effect of the Affordable Care Act until 2014, when uninsured people will be eligible for new coverage or get insurance subsidies. But before that can happen, states must decide how they want to make that system happen and if they want federal assistance. Ray Suarez talks to NPR's Julie Rovner.

	Dec. 25, 2012 Are Annual Mammograms Necessary? Physicians Debate Tool's Prevention Capability Annual mammograms have been seen as an important screening tool: They are very effective in helping find small, slow-growing cancers. But how good are they at finding fatal tumors? Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser reports on a recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine that has reignited the debate.

	Dec. 25, 2012 How Effective Are Routine Mammograms at Delaying Death? Dr. Barnett Kramer, director of the National Cancer Institute's Division of Cancer Prevention, explains the scientific basis for arguments for and against having women over the age of 40 get regular mammograms.

	Dec. 25, 2012 Commentary: Why Yearly Mammograms Can Be Harmful Dr. Archie Bleyer, co-author of a recent New England Journal of Medicine report showing mass overdiagnosis of breast cancer, describes why he believes yearly mammograms can cause more harm than good.

	Dec. 25, 2012 Commentary: Why Mammograms Are So Crucial Dr. Sandra Swain, president of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, describes why she believes yearly mammograms continue to be so important for most women 40 or older.

	Dec. 25, 2012 Are Routine Mammograms Worth the Risk? The debate over whether women should get regular mammograms flared back up in recent days after the New England Journal of Medicine published a new report on the subject.

	Dec. 20, 2012 'I Have Seen My Death': How the World Discovered the X-Ray Next time you're nervous for a CT scan or MRI, just imagine how Anna Bertha Ludwig must have felt before the first X-ray 117 years ago this week. "I have seen my death," she famously said. Here, Dr. Howard Markel explains how that famous moment is still impacting today's medicine.

	Dec. 19, 2012 After Newtown Shootings, Questions About Mental Health Insurance Coverage Insurance coverage for mental health treatment has long been spotty. More than a quarter of U.S. adults have a diagnosable mental health problem in any given year, but fewer than half receive treatment. Here's your primer on what U.S. law says about coverage for mental health.

	Dec. 18, 2012 Why Diagnosing Adam Lanza Is a Problem Authorities are wrestling to understand what drove Adam Lanza to massacre 20 children and their guardians. While details of his mental state are unclear, many have said Lanza may have suffered from a mental illness like schizophrenia or a disorder like Asperger's. But the problem is these diagnoses are speculation.

	Dec. 17, 2012 Kids Need Sense of Normalcy, Reassurance They Are Not Alone in Time of Crisis As parents around the country nervously dropped their children off at school the week after a mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school, Jeffrey Brown talks to psychaistrist Dr. Nancy Rappaport and psychologist Amy Smith about what to say and what not to say to children in times of crisis, and the importance of routine.

	Dec. 17, 2012 Food for 9 Billion: Four Steps Toward a Climate-Friendly Diet In the next installment of the "Food for 9 Billion" series, Jon Miller of Homelands Productions visits Baltimore to explore how food producers are dealing with climate change. Roni Neff of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, wrote this guest blog containing tips on making more environmentally friendly meals.

	Dec. 17, 2012 Making an Environmentally Friendly Meal Some Baltimore-based researchers and chefs are looking into how people's diets can be more environmentally friendly.

	Dec. 14, 2012 Map: Is Your State Building A Health Exchange? States have until Dec. 14 to decide whether they will build their own health insurance marketplaces -- known as exchanges. But most states had already made their intentions clear. Check your state's status here.

	Dec. 13, 2012 Scientists Say Bottoms Up to Find the Connection Between Genes and Addiction Scientists have not found one master alcoholism gene in DNA but rather several that may affect a person's susceptibility. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien goes under the influence to examine the genetic science behind alcoholism and other addictions, and how the answers point to great challenges in curing substance abuse.

	Dec. 13, 2012 Lawmakers Consider Raising Medicare Age of Eligibility as Budget Compromise Attempting to find a compromise for a budget deal, President Obama indicated he would be open to a GOP proposal to raise the Medicare eligibility age for future retirees from 65 to 67. Ray Suarez talks to Center for American Progress president Neera Tanden and Tevi Troy of the Hudson Institute, who debate the potential impact.

	Dec. 13, 2012 What's the Best Way to Control Medicare Costs? If you could make only one change to Medicare to control costs, what would it be? Read how some of the nation's top health policy analysts would answer that question here.

	Dec. 13, 2012 How Infections Can Trigger Cancer In North America, only one in 25 cancers can be blamed on infectious agents. In developing countries, it's one of every four cancers, according to a recent study in the medical journal The Lancet Oncology.

	Dec. 12, 2012 Fighting Cholera, A Dose at a Time As the death toll from cholera continues to mount in Haiti, results from a successful pilot project to vaccinate 100,000 Haitians for cholera are providing some hope for Haitians and international health officials. This story continues NewsHour's coverage about on-going efforts to treat cholera and improve sanitation in Haiti.

	Dec. 12, 2012 In India, A Secret Weapon Against Cancer: Vinegar Since the invention of the Pap smear, deaths from cervical cancer in the United States have plummeted. In India, a simpler test is being performed that may achieve similar results. The secret ingredient: common household vinegar.

	Dec. 11, 2012 Living With Breast Cancer Where Treatment Is Scarce Cancer care is a new concept in many countries such as Haiti. With the poor dealing with all sorts of other health problems, there has been little interest in cancer treatment among local and international health experts and organizations, which often makes treatment difficult or nonexistent. PRI's Joanne Silberner reports.

	Dec. 10, 2012 Cancer's New Battleground: The Developing World While America has been "waging war on cancer" for more than 40 years, a greater number of people die from cancer in low- and middle-income countries than from TB, HIV/AIDS and malaria combined. PRI investigates the political, cultural, and logistical obstacles that make tackling cancer so difficult across most of the globe.

	Dec. 7, 2012 How to Alleviate the Royal Pain of Morning Sickness News that Britain's Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, were expecting broke when the duchess was admitted to the hospital for acute morning sickness. Learn more about this condition that affects 60,000 women every year.

	Dec. 6, 2012 How the 'Fiscal Cliff' Could Impact Health Care If the nation goes over the "fiscal cliff," a wide array of health care programs -- from Medicare to cancer research to veterans' health care benefits -- could be impacted. Here's your guide.

	Dec. 3, 2012 New Study Links Athletes' Repetitive Head Injuries to Degenerative Brain Disease A newly-published four-year study at Boston University, which examined the brains of deceased athletes, links repetitive head injuries to a degenerative brain disease called Chronic Traumatic Encephalopaty. Jeffrey Brown talks to Dr. Ann McKee, one of the lead researchers, and ESPN's Mark Fainaru-Wada about the current evidence.



	NOVEMBER Nov. 30, 2012 2012 World AIDS Day: Strides Taken Towards Cure, But Daunting Hurdles Remain In 2012, 34 million people are living with AIDS worldwide. That's both good news and bad news. Ray Suarez talks to National Institutes of Health's Dr. Anthony Fauci about accomplishments by the medical and public health communities to address HIV/AIDS and what must be done in the future to continue curtailing transmission.

	Nov. 30, 2012 In 'How to Survive a Plague,' Film Looks Back at First AIDS Activists In a new documentary, "How to Survive a Plague," filmmaker David France re-examines the in-your-face brand of AIDS activism that forced the nation to pay attention in the early days of the epidemic and eventually convinced the federal government to speed the approval of life-saving drugs.

	Nov. 30, 2012 Is the World Any Closer to Ending AIDS? An AIDS-free generation? Sounds hopeful enough, but if the latest HIV catchphrase has you gazing optimistically at today's youth, you might want to look a bit further down the line.

	Nov. 30, 2012 Promoting Safe Sex With Posters on World AIDS Day Originally developed for public health campaigns to promote HIV testing, safe sex, and better knowledge of the virus and disease, Dr. Atwater began collecting the posters for their social and cultural importance. After years of collecting from all over the world, he donated all the posters to the University of Rochester.

	Nov. 30, 2012 AIDS Posters Call on Public to Act AIDS awareness posters were part of domestic and international public health campaigns to promote HIV testing, safe sex and better knowledge of the virus and disease. Here is a sample of the 6200 posters physician Edward Atwater collected that are now housed at the University of Rochester.

	Nov. 29, 2012 To Encourage Kids' Health, Pediatricians Add Reading to Essential Check-Up List National literacy program Reach Out and Read reaches kids in a place where they are almost guaranteed to visit: the doctor's office. Special correspondent John Merrow meets a new breed of pediatrician -- part doctor, part teacher -- who help parents share books with their children to improve and encourage cognitive development.

	Nov. 28, 2012 Profile: Scharpf Seeks Affordable Solutions to Women's Hygiene Harvard Business School and Kennedy School of Government graduate Elizabeth Scharpf, 35, appears confident with a warm smile. These attributes no doubt come in handy when Scharpf travels the world to raise awareness about a subject that most people don't often discuss: menstruation.

	Nov. 27, 2012 Young People Make Up More Than a Quarter of New HIV Cases in the U.S. Of the 50,000 new HIV infections in the U.S. each year, more than one in four affect young people ages 13 to 24, more than half of whom don't know they're infected. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Science magazine's Jon Cohen about this continuing epidemic and the cultural hurdles that make talking about sex and protection difficult.

	Nov. 23, 2012 Advocates Of Medical Marijuana Face Another Hurdle: Insurance Coverage There are 18 states now that have legalized medical marijuana, but for patients who use the drug to help alleviate chronic pain and nausea and stimulate appetite, legalization is only part of the battle. Health insurance rarely if ever covers its use and some patients spend hundreds of dollars a month or more on the drug.

	Nov. 21, 2012 Does Turkey Really Make You Tired? Is turkey the sole culprit behind our drowsy spells after Thanksgiving dinner? Or are other side dishes in on the act, too? We turn to Dr. Howard Markel of the University of Michigan for some answers ahead of this year's holiday meal.

	Nov. 20, 2012 New Health Reform Rules Revealed by Obama Administration Long-awaited details on how insurers can structure health benefits and premiums for policies that will cover tens of millions of Americans starting in 2014 were released by the Obama administration Tuesday.

	Nov. 15, 2012 Can Sleep Make You Smarter? Sleep deprivation can cause serious health and cognitive problems in humans. In short, it can make us fat, sick and stupid. But why do humans need so much sleep? Science correspondent Miles O'Brien talks to scientists on the cutting edge of sleep research and asks if there's any way humans might evolve into getting by with less.

	Nov. 15, 2012 Health Reform Deadline Looms for States With a federal deadline looming Friday, eight states remained undecided about whether to build state-based online insurance markets designed to help millions of people buy health coverage starting next October.

	Nov. 14, 2012 In One Family's Tragic Meningitis Story, Support for More Policing of Pharmacies Diana Reed, a 56-year-old Tennessee woman who was caretaker for her husband Wayne, died suddenly of fungal meningitis after receiving tainted steroids for neck pain. Cases like Reed's have put regulatory oversight on compounding pharmacies into question, with the FDA saying it needs more authority to help keep consumers safe.

	Nov. 14, 2012 Live Chat: CDC Answers Your Meningitis Questions What are your questions about meningitis? Two members from the CDC will answer during a live chat on Thursday at 1 pm ET.

	Nov. 14, 2012 Families Mourn Sudden Loss of Loved Ones From Meningitis Deaths They all said the same thing: There was just something about Diana Reed that made her unforgettable. And although the 56-year-old Brentwood, Tenn., woman died suddenly from fungal meningitis on Oct. 3, she lives on through those who knew her.

	Nov. 14, 2012 Meningitis: Top 10 Things CDC Says You Should Know With the death toll from the fungal meningitis outbreak hitting 32 -- and with two congressional hearings on the matter taking place this week -- the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wants you to remember 10 easy bullet points about this surprisingly complex disease. Here's your cheat sheet.

	Nov. 14, 2012 A Day in the Life of Diabetes November is American Diabetes Month. To recognize it, the American Diabetes Association has launched the "A Day in the Life of Diabetes" initiative to show the growing impact diabetes has on American families and communities and to highlight how those with the disease live with it every day.

	Nov. 13, 2012 In 'The Suicide Plan,' Frontline Explores Hidden World of Assisted Suicide In "The Suicide Plan," PBS's Frontline takes viewers inside the surprisingly coordinated underground world of assisted suicide in America. Here, producer Miri Navasky previews the film, which is set to air Tuesday evening.

	Nov. 9, 2012 Obama Administration Delays Deadline for Key Piece of Health Reform The Obama administration on Friday gave states more time to submit plans to set up state-based health insurance exchanges, a concession to the reality that many states had delayed planning until they saw who won the presidential election.

	Nov. 8, 2012 To Encourage Kids' Health, Pediatricians Add Reading to Essential Check-Up List National literacy program Reach Out and Read reaches kids in a place where they are almost guaranteed to visit: the doctor's office. Special correspondent John Merrow meets a new breed of pediatrician -- part doctor, part teacher -- who help parents share books with their children to improve and encourage cognitive development.

	Nov. 7, 2012 President's Win Is Reprieve For Health Reform Law President Barack Obama's victory cements the Affordable Care Act, expanding coverage to millions but leaving weighty questions about how to pay for it and other care to be delivered to an increasingly unhealthy, aging population.

	Nov. 6, 2012 Election Will Likely Decide Future of Affordable Care Act A victory for President Obama on Tuesday would seal the health care reform law's future and continue its attempts at reform that even Republicans admit would be difficult or impossible to reverse. A President-elect Romney would immediately be pressured to keep parts of the law and be specific about what he would replace it with.

	Nov. 5, 2012 'The President Is Ill': How Health Has Impacted the U.S. Presidency President Barack Obama and GOP challenger Mitt Romney have both received clear bills of health from their doctors, but that's not always been the case for those seeking to fill the Oval Office. Here's a look at some of the lesser-known moments of health crisis within America's first family.

	Nov. 5, 2012 If Ann Romney Is Next First Lady, What Would That Mean for M.S.? To many of the Americans living with multiple sclerosis, Ann Romney is a voice of power who understands their daily struggles. If Mitt Romney wins Tuesday's election, what would it mean for the United States to have a first lady with M.S.?

	Nov. 1, 2012 How Next President Could Change Health Law On the presidential campaign trail, Mitt Romney has repeatedly called for repeal of the 2010 health law and President Obama has vowed to implement it. Yet both men could face obstacles. Here's a look at how both men might change the health law if they win Tuesday's election.



	OCTOBER Oct. 31, 2012 China's Chances of Kicking a Growing Smoking Habit When China's top politicians gather early next month to pick the country's new leaders, one issue likely to be missing from the agenda is the single largest killer of Chinese people -- smoking. But could upcoming leadership changes help curb the national addiction?

	Oct. 26, 2012 Waste in U.S. Health Care: Your First-Hand Accounts According to the Institute of Medicine, about 30 percent of U.S. health care spending (about $750 billion) was wasted in 2009 on unnecessary services, excessive administrative costs, fraud and other problems. How have you been impacted? Share your stories here.

	Oct. 25, 2012 Should Hospitals Eliminate Waiting Rooms? At Virginia Mason Medical Center, waiting rooms are now seen as little more than dressed-up waste, crowded with Internet access, fish tanks, coffee machines and cubes of office staff keeping people waiting. Can U.S. hospital systems become more cost-efficient by simply eliminating them?

	Oct. 24, 2012 Rooting Out Waste in Health Care by Taking Cue From Toyota Assembly Lines When the Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle was losing money for the first time in its history, CEO Dr. Gary Kaplan turned to an unlikely place for help: giant automaker Toyota. Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser reports on the hospital's success in lowering costs and improving health outcomes.

	Oct. 24, 2012 What the U.S. Could Buy With Wasted Health Care Money Thirty cents of every dollar spent on U.S. health care -- a total of $750 billion -- was wasted in 2009 on unnecessary services, excessive administrative costs, fraud and other problems, according to the Institute of Medicine. It's enough to cover every uninsured American six times over. What else could it buy?

	Oct. 24, 2012 Seven Factors Driving Up Your Health Care Costs The United States spends more on health care services than any other country, exceeding $2.6 trillion, or about 18 percent of gross domestic product. Here are seven ways you or your medical providers play a role.

	Oct. 23, 2012 How to Make Your Hospital Stay Safer and Cheaper: A Checklist In "The Patient's Checklist," Elizabeth Bailey describes the steps patients can take to avoid some of the most common (and potentially deadly) medical mistakes in the hospital. The themes throughout: Pay attention, ask questions, and never assume that any hospital is error-free.

	Oct. 22, 2012 Health Costs: How the U.S. Compares With Other Countries The U.S. spends more than two-and-a-half times more on health care per person than most developed nations in the world, including relatively rich European countries like France, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Is it worth it? If not, how do other countries control their health costs? Here's your primer.

	Oct. 19, 2012 Freezing Human Eggs for In Vitro Fertilization No Longer Experimental Procedure Freezing eggs for infertility treatments is no longer considered 'experimental,' meaning that more insurance plans can cover the procedure. Margaret Warner talks to Shady Grove Fertility Center's Dr. Eric Widra and Center for Genetics and Society's Marcy Darnovsky for two differing views on the medical and ethical implications.

	Oct. 16, 2012 More Drugs May Have Been Tainted, Linked to Meningitis Outbreak More sick patients raise concerns of the spreading effect of a New England compounding company's tainted medicine, which has caused meningitis in several people. Judy Woodruff talks to USA Today's Dan Vergano about the public health effort to warn doctors, as well as the regulatory authority of the FDA.

	Oct. 16, 2012 Debate Guide: Where the Candidates Stand on Health Care Health care has been one of the top issues on voters' minds throughout the presidential campaign. Where do the nominees stand on controlling costs, improving access to care and preserving Medicare benefits for seniors? Compare their positions in this interactive chart.

	Oct. 12, 2012 How Will the Health Law Impact Coverage for Immigrants? Non-citizens are three times more likely to be uninsured than U.S.-born residents, although they represent only 20 percent of the nation's total uninsured. How will the health care reform law will impact this population? Here's your primer.

	Oct. 8, 2012 Stem Cell Scientists Gurdon and Yamanaka Win Nobel Prize in Medicine England's Sir John Gurdon and Dr. Shinya Yamanaka from Japan share the 2012 Nobel Prize in medicine for work on stem cells, revealing that mature cells can be reverted into primitive cells. Ray Suarez talks to Harvard Stem Cell Institute's Dr. David Scadden, who explains the implications and applications for stem cell medicine.

	Oct. 8, 2012 Tainted Steroid Drugs Caused Deadly Meningitis Outbreak In Nine States More than 100 cases of a rare form of meningitis have been traced to a tainted batch of steroid injections. Jeffrey Brown talks to Dr. John Jernigan of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for more on the investigation, and to Boston University's Kevin Outterson on the difficulties for the FDA to prevent outbreaks.

	Oct. 5, 2012 In Africa, MTV Series 'Shuga' Promotes HIV Prevention Among Youth Love. Sex. Money. This is the stuff hit television shows are made of. Add stellar production, a good-looking cast, a strong plot and a setting in a cosmopolitan city -- namely Nairobi -- and you get "Shuga," the MTV show that took Africa by storm while weaving messages of sexual health and HIV prevention among African youth.

	Oct. 3, 2012 Medicaid: Your Questions Answered President Obama and Mitt Romney will commit a segment of Wednesday's debate to the topic of health care.

	Oct. 3, 2012 New Scan Improves Time Frame for Diagnosing Genetic Diseases in Newborns A new strategy helps doctors cut the diagnosis time for genetic diseases in infants from weeks to days, greatly increasing the chances of being able to offer sick babies some kind of treatment. Margaret Warner talks to Dr. Stephen Kingsmore, who led the research team at Children's Mercy Hospitals in Kansas City.

	Oct. 3, 2012 New Rapid Test Can Diagnose Baby's Genetic Disorder in Days It takes several weeks to diagnose genetic diseases in newborns, and in some cases, that's simply too long. A team at Kansas City's Children's Mercy Hospital has developed software cuts the diagnosis time from weeks to two days, enabling immediate treatment.

	Oct. 1, 2012 Primer: How Will The Election Change Medicaid? The future of Medicaid -- the state-federal workhorse of the nation's health system that provides health coverage to the poorest and sickest Americans -- hangs in the balance on Election Day. What impact could the candidates' two very different visions have on the program? Here's your primer.

	Oct. 1, 2012 What's at Stake in the Candidates' Different Visions for Medicaid The firestorm over how to make Medicare more sustainable has consumed the health care debate this election season, but Medicaid, its counterpart for low-income, disabled and elderly Americans, actually covers more people. Hari Sreenivasan looks at how the candidates' two drastically different proposals offer reform.



	SEPTEMBER Sept. 24, 2012 A PBS Documentary Asks Why is U.S. Health Care So Expensive? "Money and Medicine," a documentary set to air Sept. 25 on PBS, investigates some of the most notorious factors in driving U.S. health care costs. Ray Suarez speaks with director Roger Weisberg about how some of those costs are moving the nation toward financial crisis while still producing relatively mediocre medical results.

	Sept. 24, 2012 First Comprehensive Genetic Analysis of Breast Cancer Could Change Treatment Research published by Nature shows there are four distinct types of breast cancer and that genetic changes occurring as cancer cells spread are vastly different for each type. Judy Woodruff talks to National Cancer Institute's Dr. Harold Varmus for more on what the research could mean for treatment in the future.

	Sept. 21, 2012 Would Medicare Competition Help Contain Costs? Paul Ryan says his proposal to overhaul Medicare would use market competition to tame costs. Medicare Part D and the health program for federal employees already use this approach. Is the competitive model working?

	Sept. 20, 2012 Synthetic Street Drug Camouflaged as Bath Salts Has Dangerous, Bizarre Effects It's a trendy street drug which is cheap, readily available and lethal. And it has dangerous and bizarre side effects including paranoia, agitation, violence and hallucinations. Judy Woodruff talk to Virginia Commonwealth University's Louis de Felice about the uptick in abuse of bath salts as a recreational drug.

	Sept. 20, 2012 Bath Salts: The Drug That Never Lets Go Researchers are beginning to understand more about what makes the collection of street drugs known as "bath salts" so uniquely potent, long lasting and dangerous.

	Sept. 17, 2012 Military Not Doing Enough to Curb Alcohol, Drug Abuse, IOM Concludes Many treatment and prevention approaches to alcoholism and drug abuse within the military are outdated and in dire need of overhaul, according to a report released Monday by the prestigious Institute of Medicine.

	Sept. 17, 2012 Medicare Patients Aren't Getting Sicker or Older, But Doctors Are Charging More The Center for Public Integrity investigated how Medicare billing changed over the past decade and found doctors were billing at much higher rates. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Center for Public Integrity's Fred Schulte to understand why doctors are 'upcoding' more and why electronic medical records could be driving higher prices.

	Sept. 14, 2012 What Would the Automatic Budget Cuts Mean for Medicare? Medicare providers would see reductions of about $11 billion beginning in January as part of series of automatic spending cuts set to begin next year unless Congress acts to halt them, according to estimates released Friday by the White House Office of Management and Budget.

	Sept. 12, 2012 More Americans Insured: What's Behind the Numbers? For the first time since the recession began, the number of Americans without health insurance dropped in 2011. Here's why.

	Sept. 11, 2012 Making Sen$e of Health Care: Competing Claims on Campaign Trail About Reform Paul Solman compares and contrasts "Obamacare" policy with health care reform proposals from Mitt Romney. Economists on both sides of the political debate discuss increasing efficiency, technological innovation, market competition and vouchers.

	Sept. 11, 2012 Health Premiums Rising More Slowly in Sluggish Economy, Study Finds Health insurance premiums rose 4 percent for family coverage this year, well below last year's increase, a survey released Tuesday shows. Analysts attribute slowed growth to people using less health care as a result of higher deductibles and the continuing weak economy.

	Sept. 10, 2012 From the Halls of Worrall Elementary School, News by Students with Asperger's News has an agenda at Worrall Elementary School in Broomall, Pa., where students with Asperger's syndrome 'go live' in their own broadcast each year. Their teachers say it's one of the best ways for students to learn to speak clearly, work together, build confidence, and gain fame all at once. Betty Ann Bowser reports.

	Sept. 5, 2012 Health Reform Plays Starring Role In First Night Of Convention Several speakers cited the 2010 health law as a signature achievement of the Obama administration Tuesday night at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. This video sample includes mother Stacey Lihn, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro and first lady Michelle Obama.



	AUGUST Aug. 31, 2012 Primer: Obama v. Ryan On Controlling Medicare Spending How would Rep. Paul Ryan's ideas for reforming Medicare differ President Obama's? Proposals for altering the popular program are in the spotlight as both parties hold their national conventions. Here's your primer.

	Aug. 29, 2012 News Wrap: President Obama Targets Romney on Health Care During Tour of Colleges In a campaign visit to the University of Virginia, President Obama attacked Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney for not caring about Americans' health care. Also, three NATO troops were shot and killed today in Afghanistan in another incident of "insider violence" -- the culprit was a man in an Afghan army uniform.

	Aug. 24, 2012 Whooping Cough Outbreak: CDC Answers Your Questions After this week's NewsHour series on the resurgence of whooping cough, you had questions --- lots of them. Here with your answers is Dr. Tom Clark, a medical epidemiologist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

	Aug. 24, 2012 Reporting Live ... With Asperger's ... From Worrall Elementary School News has an agenda in Broomall, Pa., where students with Asperger's syndrome 'go live' in their own broadcast each year. Their teachers say it's one of the best ways for students to learn to speak clearly, work together, build confidence ... and become celebrities all at once.

	Aug. 23, 2012 Indoor Tanning Industry Promotes Sun Beds' Health Benefits Over Risks In the U.S., indoor tanning is a nearly $5 billion per year industry, providing a backbone for close to 19,000 small businesses. With so much money at stake, the industry uses aggressive tactics and questionable market practices to downplay, even discredit, the health risks of tanning beds.

	Aug. 22, 2012 As Whooping Cough Rebounds in U.S., Infants at Greatest Risk As the worst whooping cough outbreak in more than half a century grips the U.S., health officials are saying that most adults and teens are woefully under-vaccinated. Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowers explores what's behind the resurgence and its potential consequence for those who can't be vaccinated: newborns.

	Aug. 22, 2012 To Vaccinate or Not? Whooping Cough Outbreak Stirs Debate As whooping cough cases spike throughout the U.S., some old questions are circulating: Is it irresponsible not to vaccinate children? Or might vaccines be contributing to the outbreak in a roundabout way? Here, two mothers discuss their very different beliefs.

	Aug. 22, 2012 Whooping Cough Can Kill: One Mother's Story of Loss In the days after giving birth to a healthy baby girl, Chelsey Charles not only discovered she had whooping cough, but that she had passed it to her baby. Just 27 days later, little Kaliah died. Hear her tell the story here.

	Aug. 21, 2012 Whooping Cough Outbreak: Top 10 Things You Should Know The worst whooping cough outbreak in more than half a century is currently gripping the United States. Where is striking hardest? How can you protect your family? Here are the top 10 things you should know.

	Aug. 20, 2012 Where 'Smoke-Free' Isn't the Norm: Global Tobacco Use Booms in Developing World The British medical journal The Lancet studied 14 developing nations and found that nearly half of men and 11 percent of women in those countries use tobacco, mostly smoke products. Jeffrey Brown talks to State University of New York at Buffalo's Gary Giovino about why some cultures don't specifically encourage quitting.

	Aug. 17, 2012 Primer: How Paul Ryan's Plan Would Change Medicaid Mitt Romney's choice of Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate has brought renewed focus on Ryan's proposal to overhaul Medicare. But how would Ryan's plan to reduce federal spending change Medicaid? Here's your primer.

	Aug. 16, 2012 Texas Employs Aerial Spraying to Combat West Nile Virus Emergency A current epidemic of West Nile virus has claimed the lives of 26 people in the U.S., 10 in Texas alone. In Dallas and the surrounding county, authorities have declared a state of emergency. Jeffrey Brown talks to Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Kristy Murray about the outbreak and how the state targets infected mosquitoes.

	Aug. 16, 2012 Dallas Mayor Declares State of Emergency After West Nile Outbreak Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings explains his concerns over aerial spraying to fight virus-infected mosquitos and why the city is particularly susceptible to West Nile.

	Aug. 16, 2012 Primer: How Paul Ryan Proposes To Change Medicare Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney's choice for vice president, has provoked consternation from Democrats and anxiety among some congressional Republicans with his proposals to reshape Medicare. Here's your primer on his ideas and how they compare with the president's.

	Aug. 7, 2012 Some Plans Deny Pregnancy Coverage for Dependent Children The health care overhaul provides a safety net for young adult children, who can now stay on their parents' health plans until they reach age 26. But it doesn't guarantee that their parents' plan will cover a common medical condition that many young women face: pregnancy.

	Aug. 1, 2012 Affordable Care Act Benefits Begin Roll Out, Including Women's Preventative Care Some benefits outlined in the Affordable Care Act begin this week, including preventative services for women. Covered benefits include OB-GYN visits, HIV and other STD testing and birth control. Margaret Warner talks to NPR's Julie Rovner about the latest updates regarding health care reform.



	JULY July 27, 2012 AIDS Conference Ends With Hopes for Cure High, But Short of 'Victory Lap' The International AIDS Conference in Washington wrapped Friday with a new phrase on the lips of many: "functional cure." But just how close is the world to an AIDS-free generation? Ray Suarez discusses the gaps between aspirations and hard realities to cure AIDS with Science magazine's Jon Cohen and GlobalPost's John Donnelly.

	July 26, 2012 Finding An HIV Cure: A Glance at the Ranging Research Studies Science magazine's Jon Cohen speaks with Jackie Judd of the Kaiser Family Foundation about about the 'treatment cascade' and about research aimed at finding a cure for HIV.

	July 26, 2012 At ADA Anniversary, Disabled Workers Still Struggle More with Unemployment Twenty-two years after George H.W. Bush signed the American Disability Act into law, questions remain on whether the law prevents hiring discrimination of disabled workers. Judy Woodruff talks to U.S. Business Leadership Network's Jill Houghton and Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) about efforts to employ more disabled people.

	July 25, 2012 Worst Place to Receive HIV Treatment? Science magazine's Jon Cohen speaks with Jackie Judd of the Kaiser Family Foundation about preliminary science that may show why East Africans could be at a disadvantage when being treated for HIV.

	July 24, 2012 Should 'Poor Countries' Be Doing More to Finance Their HIV Fights? Science Magazine reporter Jon Cohen speaks with the Kaiser Family Foundation's Jackie Judd about a call today for a new approach to financing the global HIV/AIDS epidemic.

	July 24, 2012 Elton John on AIDS: Compassion Is Part of the Cure Elton John spoke to AIDS advocates from around the world as the keynote speaker for this year's International AIDS Conference. Gwen Ifill talks to Sir John about his new book, "Love is The Cure," and his approach in helping fight the AIDS epidemic, which focuses on compassion, dignity and love.

	July 24, 2012 Tuesday on the NewsHour: Elton John Elton John faced a very different kind of crowd this week. Instead of thousands of screaming fans, he addressed U.S. senators, international health workers and advocates about an issue close to his heart: the AIDS epidemic.

	July 23, 2012 Big AIDS News Coming This Week? Study May Suggest 'Cure' Is Close Science magazine reporter Jon Cohen speaks with the Kaiser Family Foundation's Jackie Judd about the willingness of scientists to discuss the possibility of a "cure" for HIV/AIDS. Here, Cohen highlights a report that will be released later this week that may fuel that conversation.

	July 23, 2012 Watch AIDS Conference Coverage Live Watch live throughout the week as world leaders discuss where the world stands in the fight against HIV and what needs to happen politically, socially and medically for this to become "the beginning of the end" of the epidemic.

	July 20, 2012 AIDS Conference Returns to U.S. For First Time Since 1990 Ray Suarez talks to Dr. Diane Havlir, U.S. Co-Chair of AIDS 2012 and Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and Joseph Elias, Global Village Coordinator, about the AIDS Conference being held in Washington D.C. and how the gathering hopes they can 'begin to end the AIDS epidemic.'

	July 20, 2012 California Activists Want Smart Meters Banned, Claim They're Bad for Health Within the next three years, it is expected that nearly 65 million homes in the U.S. will have wireless smart meters. But some California environmentalists, liberals, Tea Party supporters and other activists are not enthused by this. At the heart of the debate is whether smart meters can cause illness. Spencer Michels reports.

	July 20, 2012 How Smart Are Smart Meters? For the past few years, activists of various stripes -- environmentalists, liberals, some tea party folks, and others -- have been protesting the installation of smart meters in Northern California and elsewhere.

	July 20, 2012 HIV Stigma Lingers as Churches Battle Epidemic In two very different places -- Zimbabwe and Washington, D.C. -- Christian pastors have taken a leading role in the fight against HIV. But in both, some are wondering whether they should be doing more to help reduce the stigma.

	July 19, 2012 In Washington, a Focus on Testing and Fighting Stigma in the Fight Against HIV AIDS is not a foreign sickness to the residents of Washington, D.C. According to U.N. statistics, the HIV infection rate there is higher than five countries in Africa. Ray Suarez assesses the challenges in testing for HIV and treating AIDS in the nation's capital.

	July 19, 2012 Infection Rates Down, Drug Access Up and Optimism High Before AIDS Conference Some 25,000 scientists, political leaders, and advocates are expected to gather in Washington, D.C., next week for the world's largest AIDS meeting. Gwen Ifill talks with UNAIDS' Michel Sidibe about the successes and continuing challenges to treat and prevent HIV and AIDS.

	July 19, 2012 HIV Behind Bars: How Prisons and Jails Are Battling an Epidemic In two very different places - Washington, D.C., and Bulawayo, Zimbabwe - correctional facilities are facing remarkably similar challenges containing the HIV/AIDS epidemic and treating its victims.

	July 18, 2012 New Documentary Explores Challenge to Public Hospitals in Serving Uninsured Jeffrey Brown previews "The Waiting Room," a documentary that goes behind the scenes of an Oakland hospital's fight to survive in the recession and juggle patient needs that range from basic to life-threatening. Director Peter Nicks set out to profile a community but ended up with a larger story about health care in the U.S.

	July 18, 2012 The Forgotten Orphans: From D.C. to Zimbabwe One is the capital of United States, the other an impoverished nation in sub-Saharan Africa. In both places, children who lost their parents to the HIV/AIDS epidemic struggle against similar challenges.

	July 11, 2012 In Symbolic Vote, House Republicans Move to Repeal Health Care Law Republicans in the House on Wednesday voted to overturn the health care reform law recently upheld by the Supreme Court. For an overview of where the controversy stands in the states -- where governors have ramped up support and opposition to the law -- Gwen Ifill speaks with reporters from Nevada, Texas and Washington, D.C.

	July 11, 2012 Judy's Notebook: Washington's Health Care Disconnect Now that we're in the middle of what may be the hottest summer ever in Washington, some of us who live in the nation's capital have persuaded ourselves - if only for a moment - that we're in sync with the rest of the country.

	July 10, 2012 AIDS in Black America: 'We Can Win this Battle' Frontline examines the high rates of AIDS among African Americans and the rise of the virus among heterosexual women in the new documentary, "ENDGAME: AIDS in Black America." Gwen Ifill interviews Phill Willson, director of the Los Angeles-based Black AIDS Institute.

	July 10, 2012 How Does the HIV/AIDS Rate in D.C. Compare? As the nation's capital prepares for the International AIDS Conference July 22-27, the PBS NewsHour and GlobalPost have teamed up to trace how new medical breakthroughs and methodologies being employed in southern Africa are creating a 'turning point' in the effort to curb HIV infection rates.

	July 9, 2012 Deadly Black Lung Disease Rises Among Coal Miners Despite legislation meant to enact safety practices to prevent coal miners from getting black lung disease, workers are still being exposed to high levels of dust. Hari Sreenivasan talks to NPR reporter Howard Berkes about his investigation into the increased cases of the disease.

	July 9, 2012 Concierge Medicine: Greater Access for a Fee Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser looks at a new health care trend called concierge medicine that involves offering specialized care for those who can afford the price tag.

	July 9, 2012 Black Lung Cases Surge in United States Black lung is back. A joint investigation by NPR and the Center for Public Integrity has found that incidence of the disease has doubled in the last decade. Evidence also suggests the mining industry and federal regulators have known for more than two decades that coal miners were breathing excessive amounts of coal mine dust.

	July 5, 2012 Arguments Brew at State Level Over Medicaid Expansion Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser takes a closer look at the arguments over Medicaid expansion and the states that want to opt out rather than take federal money.

	July 5, 2012 How the Medicaid Expansion Could Impact Your State Now that the Medicaid expansion under the health care reform law is optional for states, officials throughout the country are pledging to boycott that part of the Affordable Care Act. If your state opts out, how many people could be affected? Check out our interactive map.

	July 5, 2012 Could Current Medicaid Recipients Lose Coverage From Supreme Court Ruling? Tonight on the PBS NewsHour, our Health Unit takes a look at what's becoming a controversial part of the federal health care reform law: the expansion of Medicaid to cover up to 17 million uninsured adults.

	July 5, 2012 Why a U.S. Circumcision Push Failed in Swaziland In the country with the highest HIV infection rate in the world, a U.S. effort to circumcise 80 percent of all men aged 15 to 49 in a year ended with roughly a quarter undergoing the procedure. What went wrong?

	July 4, 2012 Now Approved By FDA, At-Home Testing for HIV Virus May Save Lives The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved the first over-the-counter HIV test, which will soon allow Americans to learn whether they're infected with the virus in the privacy of their homes. Gwen Ifill discusses how the test works and its potential impact with Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health.

	July 3, 2012 How Will the Health Care Law Work? Americans Ask, We Answer Susan Dentzer of the journal Health Affairs answers specific questions about the health care law from Americans visiting the National Mall. Among the questions, what will the law mean for small businesses, how soon can someone with pre-existing conditions buy coverage and how will the law get funded?

	July 3, 2012 Health Reform Views: Most Ordinary Americans Not Budging Word has it that Chief Justice John Roberts may have switched views to uphold the health care law, but that doesn't mean most other Americans are budging from their initial opinions. We want to hear yours. Which of these reactions most reflects your own?

	July 2, 2012 Chief Justice Roberts' Key Role in Health Care Ruling Jeffrey Brown talks to Laurence Tribe, a professor at Harvard Law School who had Chief Justice John Roberts and President Obama as students, and David Rivkin, who represented the states that challenged the health care law, about what the Supreme Court's landmark health care ruling means and its broader impacts.

	July 2, 2012 In Wake of Health Reform Decision, Medicaid Expansion in the Crosshairs Some state officials who oppose the Affordable Care Act are embracing the Supreme Court's ruling that they can opt out of the Medicaid expansion. And if a number of key states decide to do so, the consequences could be big.

	July 2, 2012 Supreme Court's Health Care Ruling Dominates Debate, Shapes Election Reports that Chief Justice John Roberts switched his vote to uphold President Obama's health care law aside, what remains clear is that last week's Supreme Court decision will reverberate on the campaign trail, shaping the outcomes of elections on Nov. 6 and beyond.



	JUNE June 29, 2012 Has the Health Care Ruling Upped the Ante for Election Contenders? Ray Suarez talks to Democratic Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley and Romney campaign adviser Tevi Troy about how the election campaigns will use the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Obama administration's health care law.

	June 29, 2012 Supreme Court Ruling Moves to Campaign Trail "It should be pretty clear by now that I didn't do this because it was good politics," President Obama said Thursday, using the Supreme Court's blessing of his signature legislation to re-frame the health care debate in terms of how Americans can be helped by the law.

	June 28, 2012 While Dems Celebrate Health Care Decision, GOP Leaders Threaten Repeal The Supreme Court's ruling on the Affordable Care Act reverberated on the campaign trail Thursday. Judy Woodruff talks to politics editor Christina Bellantoni about how will it play out this election year.

	June 28, 2012 From 'Hallelujah' to 'Sadness,' Health Care Stakeholders React Ray Suarez gets some reaction on the Supreme Court's ruling from Ron Pollack, founding executive director of Families USA; Karen Ignagni, president of America's Health Insurance Plans; Dr. Donald Palmisano, a physician and an attorney; and Bill McCollum, a former congressman and Florida attorney general.

	June 28, 2012 In Real Health Care Terms, What Does the Court Decision Mean for Citizens? Susan Dentzer, editor in chief of the journal Health Affairs and an analyst for the NewsHour gives an overview of the possible implications of the high court's ruling.

	June 28, 2012 Rep. Hoyer and Sen. Cornyn React to the Ruling For a policy perspective, Judy Woodruff speaks with Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, about the Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act.

	June 28, 2012 Health Care Reform: Decision Day Live Coverage In a decision that changed the course of American health care for years to come, the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday morning decided to uphold the individual insurance requirement of the Affordable Care Act.

	June 28, 2012 How American Health Care Could Be Shaped By Supreme Court's Decision Two years, three months and five days. That's how long it's been since the first health care reform lawsuits were filed.

	June 28, 2012 News Outlets Don't All Get Ruling Right A rush to quickly report the Supreme Court's decision on President Barack Obama's health care law on Thursday tripped up some news organizations that got it wrong and had to quickly correct themselves.

	June 28, 2012 Chat Live With Gwen Ifill at 1 p.m. ET Gwen Ifill, senior correspondent for the PBS NewsHour and moderator and managing editor of Washington Week, will be taking your questions on Thursday's Supreme Court decision and all things political in her Vote 2012 live chat, hosted by Washington Week With Gwen Ifill and National Journal.

	June 28, 2012 ANALYSIS: What the Supreme Court Decision Means The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the health care reform law's so-called individual mandate should be allowed to stand but the justices also voted to set limits on the the planned expansion of Medicaid. What does that mean for the Obama administration's efforts to create nearly universal health coverage?

	June 28, 2012 Supreme Court Rules Health Care Reform Mandate Can Stand Tom Goldstein of SCOTUS blog: The bottom line: the entire ACA is upheld, with the exception that the federal government's power to terminate states' Medicaid funds is narrowly read.

	June 28, 2012 Watch Live Coverage Of Today's Supreme Court Decisions Here The PBS NewsHour is featuring SCOTUSblog's live coverage of today's decisions.

	June 28, 2012 Long Wait Over as Court Weighs in on Health Care Reform Law The Supreme Court Thursday is expected to issue arguably the most anticipated decision since 2000's Bush v. Gore when it rules on the challenge to President Obama's health care overhaul, with the outcome having far-reaching consequences for the upcoming election, health policy and the limits of congressional authority.

	June 27, 2012 Primer: Supreme Court's Health Reform Ruling Expected Thursday The "best-kept secret in Washington" is about to go public. Three months after the Supreme Court's hearings on the health care reform law, the justices are expected to announce their decision Thursday at 10 a.m. Here's your primer.

	June 27, 2012 As Health Care Decision Looms, Even Insurance Issues Are Bigger in Texas They say everything is bigger in Texas, and the problem of the uninsured is no exception. The Houston metropolitan area has one of the highest rates of uninsured people in America, and a health safety net imploding under the demands of too many people and too few resources.

	June 27, 2012 Of Health Care, Haircuts and Broccoli A routine haircut turns into a donnybrook when a beauty salon of women from both the left and right all start preaching to each other about the evils of the federal health care reform law, known as the Affordable Care Act.

	June 22, 2012 What's at Stake for Your Insurance as Supreme Court Weighs Health Reform? The Supreme Court's decision to uphold or strike down the health law could bolster -- or undo -- the most far-reaching changes ever legislated affecting the insurance industry and its customers. Here's an overview of how the ruling could affect your insurance plan.

	June 21, 2012 What's at Stake for Medicaid as Supreme Court Weighs Health Reform? The future of the nation's largest health insurance program -- Medicaid -- hangs in the balance of the Supreme Court's decision on the 2010 health law. The state-federal program which covers 60 million poor and disabled people would be greatly expanded under the law -- or could be jeopardized entirely without it.

	June 20, 2012 What's at Stake for Seniors as Supreme Court Weighs Health Reform? If the Supreme Court strikes down the health care reform law, about 49 million Medicare patients could lose a variety of benefits that have already kicked in, including prescription savings, preventive services and wellness visits.

	June 19, 2012 What's at Stake for Women as Court Weighs Health Reform? A provision in the 2010 health care law requiring contraceptive coverage for women without copays has gotten most of the press. But much more is at stake for women if the Supreme Court overturns the health care law. Here's an overview.

	June 19, 2012 Anticipation Grows for Health Care, Immigration Verdicts in High Court Monday morning came and went, and again the Supreme Court issued no decisions on the two cases that will define this year's term: immigration in Arizona and national health care reform.

	June 18, 2012 What's at Stake for Industry, Patients as Supreme Court Weighs Health Reform? Since the health care law passed two years ago, government, states, insurers, doctors and hospitals have been building a complex scaffolding to extend insurance to 30 million more Americans. What would happen to those groups if the Supreme Court strikes down all or part of the law?

	June 15, 2012 A Consumer's Guide to the Health Care Reform Law A Supreme Court decision is expected within the next two weeks on challenges to the 2010 federal health law. Parts of the law have already been implemented but the bulk of it won't take effect until 2014. Here's your guide to some of the key provisions that apply to consumers.

	June 15, 2012 Research Takes Some 'Pop' Out of Pop Warner Football Pop Warner Football -- the umbrella organization that oversees many kids' tackle football teams across the nation -- issued new rules on Thursday, concerned about the health effects of hard hits on young athletes' brains.

	June 15, 2012 In Monarch Butterflies, Scientists Find Link Between Migration and Disease Butterflies and bats reveal clues about spread of infectious disease. Miles O'Brien reports.

	June 14, 2012 'We Were Here' Revisits San Francisco's AIDS Epidemic of Early '80s A PBS "Independent Len" documentary, "We Were Here," recalls the largely gay Castro District of San Francisco of the 1980s and chronicles the early days of the AIDS epidemic. Spencer Michels speaks with the filmmaker David Weissman.

	June 14, 2012 A New Genetic Map That Could Make Your Skin Crawl Very little has been known about the trillions of bacteria and other microorganisms in our bodies. But now, scientists with the Human Microbiome Project have completed the first microbial map of healthy humans. Jeffrey Brown speaks with Dr. Eric Green, director of the National Human Genome Research Institute.

	June 14, 2012 'We Were Here' Recalls a Tough Era for San Francisco's Gay Community "We Were Here," a documentary scheduled to air on PBS this week, tells the stories of four men and one woman -- young in the 1970s, now middle aged -- who lived through the horror of those years.

	June 13, 2012 Report: Health Costs Will Climb to Nearly One-Fifth of GDP Actuaries from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services estimate that health spending will account for 19.6 percent of the gross domestic product in 2021, up from 17.9 percent in 2010.

	June 12, 2012 Groups Fighting HIV in D.C. Find Lessons in Africa Part Two: Washington's HIV infection rates are comparable to many African countries, which have provided critical insight into the epidemic.

	June 11, 2012 'Good for Health': Some Reforms Will Stay Regardless of Supreme Court Decision UnitedHealthcare, one of the country's largest health insurers, said Monday it would keep several provisions of the federal health reform law intact, whether the Supreme Court rejects it or not. Ray Suarez and Health Affairs editor Susan Dentzer discuss how the court's impending decision will affect Americans' health care.

	June 11, 2012 Activists Question Obama's AIDS Plan Part One: Many perceive a disconnect between big promises and a properly funded, well-defined plan.

	June 11, 2012 What D.C. is Learning from Africa in the Fight Against AIDS As the U.S. capital prepares for the International AIDS Conference in July, the PBS NewsHour and GlobalPost have teamed up for a series examining how strategies being employed in Africa are creating a "turning point" in the effort to lower HIV infection rates and are now being used in some U.S. cities, including Washington, D.C.

	June 8, 2012 In El Salvador, Tooth Decay Epidemic Blamed on Junk Food, Lack of Information From El Salvador, graduates of the Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism -- producer Roberto Daza and correspondent Carl Nasman -- report on an epidemic of tooth decay across the countryside, blamed largely on junk food, soda and a lack of education about dental care.

	June 8, 2012 Health Care Reform: The Comic Book When you think about what makes for good material for comic books, probably isn't the first thing to spring to mind. That didn't stop MIT economist Jonathan Gruber. He talks with health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser about why such a complex topic is perfect for a comic book.

	June 7, 2012 Should Sugary Drinks Be Taxed Like Cigarettes? Calif. City Considering Idea As New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposes banning extra-large sugar drinks from public venues, the city of Richmond, Calif., may be poised to go further than any other government in the U.S. with a new tax on soda. Correspondent Spencer Michels reports on a controversial public health campaign to combat obesity and diabetes.

	June 7, 2012 Taxes on Unhealthy Foods Gain Traction in Europe While the movement to tax soft drinks in the United States is still in the debate stage, things are moving faster in Europe, where countries are imposing taxes on soft drinks and other unhealthy foods.

	June 6, 2012 Study: Standard Treatment Ineffective for Kids With Obesity-Linked Diabetes Nearly one out of every three children born in 2000 will develop diabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Those numbers are prompting a series of efforts to combat obesity. Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser reports.

	June 6, 2012 Fighting Back Against Type 2 Diabetes in Kids It's now estimated that the average American kid spends 7.5 hours a day sitting. Now we hear for the first time how this is doing irreparable harm to our kids in a way that has not been fully understood before. Kids by the thousands are developing type 2 diabetes.

	June 6, 2012 Healthy Tips to Prevent Childhood Diabetes A slideshow with tips on how to prevent childhood diabetes

	June 6, 2012 Tips for Healthy Eating and Preventing Childhood Diabetes The number of Americans diagnosed with diabetes or pre-diabetes is on the rise. And the figures are particularly stark for teenagers -- nearly tripling in the last decade. Here are some tips for avoiding the trend.

	June 5, 2012 Promising Breast Cancer Treatment Averts 'Collateral Damage' to Healthy Cells Doctors meeting this week at a major conference in Chicago believe they are on track to create a drug that would specifically target cancer cells, while largely leaving healthy cells undamaged. Gwen Ifill and Dr. Michael Link of the American Society of Clinical Oncology discuss the findings.

	June 5, 2012 Students Square Off to Be 'Top Chef' of Cafeteria On a recent weekday in D.C., 18 high school students from throughout the nation were furiously chopping, seasoning and sauteing their way to cafeteria stardom. Their mission: cook the healthiest, most delicious school lunch under a typical public school budget -- $1 per student.



	MAY May 31, 2012 Bloomberg Could Buy the World a Coke, but He'd Make It a Small New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Thursday his aim to ban the sale of large, sugary drinks at restaurants, movie theaters, sports venues and street carts to help fight obesity. Judy Woodruff speaks with New York Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley and Andrew Moesel of the New York State Restaurant Association.

	May 22, 2012 New Online Tool Helps Women Track Menopause Symptoms Seventy-two percent of women who experience menopausal symptoms have not received treatment, according to the Endocrine Society. The organization created an online tool to help women and their doctors discuss options that might work for them.

	May 18, 2012 Baby's Tumor Means Surgery Before Birth As a 7-month old fetus, Cami Santee's life was threatened by a large tumor growing from her lower body. To remove it, doctors had to operate before she was born, cutting away the growth while she still lay half inside her mother's womb.

	May 17, 2012 Chemotherapy During Pregnancy: Yes, It's Possible Minnie Narth could recite everything she'd heard she wasn't supposed to have while pregnant. But as she entered her third trimester, her body was in desperate need of something she would never have predicted: intensive cancer treatment.

	May 17, 2012 When Cancer & Pregnancy Collide No sushi. No caffeine. No alcohol. No Ibuprofin. Minnie Narth could recite everything she'd heard she wasn't supposed to have while pregnant. But as she entered her third trimester, her body was in desperate need of something she would never have predicted: Chemotherapy. This is her story.

	May 16, 2012 Cancer and Infertility: Dodging the 'Double Blow' Two statistics had dominated Gina Danford's life. While close to 120,000 women under the age of 50 are diagnosed with cancer each year, Danford became one of them at age 19. But it wasn't until her third tumor, at age 30, that she joined a much more exclusive number.

	May 15, 2012 U.S. Launches National Strategy to Combat Alzheimer's Disease As rates of Alzheimer's Disease continue to jump in the U.S., HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Tuesday the first Congressionally mandated plan to help prevent and treat the disease. Margaret Warner discusses the details with NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins and Eric Hall, CEO of Alzheimer's Foundation of America.

	May 14, 2012 Many Businesses Offer Health Benefits To Same-Sex Couples Ahead Of Laws President Obama's pronouncement last week in favor of same-sex marriage has no legal effect on employers' decisions on whether to offer benefits to workers' domestic partners, but some advocates believe it could reinforce a decade-long trend toward coverage.

	May 11, 2012 A Drug to Prevent HIV's Spread: Truvada's Promises and Problems The Food and Drug Administration gave the go-ahead Thursday to a drug combination called Truvada that is aimed at preventing the spread of HIV. Until now, it had only approved drugs for treating the disease. Ray Suarez discusses the details with Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases.

	May 10, 2012 FDA Urges Caution Over Long-Term Use of Bone-Density-Building Drugs Millions of women grapple with whether to take bone-density-building drugs to treat or prevent osteoporosis, but the FDA this week warned that long-term use of bisphosphonates can lead to rare fractures and side effects. Margaret Warner and Maine Medical Center's Dr. Clifford Rosen discuss the risks outlined by the FDA.

	May 10, 2012 Key Psychiatric Doctor Rejects Name Change for PTSD A leader in the psychiatric community has rejected the idea of changing the last word of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder to "Injury." The move effectively blocks growing efforts by a small group of psychiatrists and military brass concerned about reducing patient stigma.

	May 8, 2012 Will Obesity Reverse Rise in U.S. Life Expectancy? Public health experts have long warned of a growing obesity epidemic in America. This week, the Institute of Medicine and others launched a major campaign in hopes of curbing the problem. Ray Suarez and Dr. Francis Collins of the National Institutes of Health discuss the personal and public consequences of obesity.

	May 8, 2012 Obesity in America: By the Numbers A consortium of the nation's top health organizations are driving home obesity statistics this month through a CDC conference, an IOM report, and an HBO documentary series, "The Weight of the Nation." Here's a cheat sheet and interactive map to help you navigate some of the most startling stats.

	May 8, 2012 'Weight of the Nation': U.S. Obesity Crisis Tackled in HBO Special With more than two-thirds of U.S. adults age 20 and over now overweight or obese, a new four-part documentary series produced by HBO outlines the scope of the problem, common myths, and the costs of inaction. John Hoffman, executive producer of the "Weight of the Nation" series, sat down with Ray Suarez to discuss the series.

	May 3, 2012 High-Deductible Health Plans: Your Questions Answered Nearly a third of U.S. workers with employer-based health insurance are now offered high-deductible plans. After health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser's report last week on this "quiet revolution" in the insurance industry, you had questions. Here are your answers.

	May 2, 2012 Health Reform on the Brink: Mixed Feelings in Maine As Jeff Aronson sees it, few things encapsulate the U.S. health care dilemma as well as a car crash on the island of Vinalhaven, Maine. In our latest profile on ways ordinary Americans feel about health care reform, Aronson describes why he doesn't think the law will do much to help -- or hurt -- the accident's victims.

	May 1, 2012 Newborns Addicted to Painkillers: Study Finds Troubling Spike in Cases On average, one baby is born in the United States each hour addicted to opiates -- a class of drugs ranging from heroin to prescription painkillers, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Ray Suarez discusses the findings with lead author Dr. Stephen Patrick of the University of Michigan.



	APRIL April 30, 2012 ER Visits After Drinking May Not Be Covered Up to half of the people who are treated at hospital emergency departments and trauma centers are under the influence of alcohol, experts say. But laws in more than half the states permit insurers to deny payment for medical services related to alcohol or drug use.

	April 30, 2012 Combat Paper: Veterans Battle War's Demons With Paper-Making At first blush, cutting up a military uniform might seem like an unsettling concept -- a potential act of disrespect. But veterans in New Jersey and around the U.S. are doing just that as part of the Combat Paper Project -- repurposing their uniforms into paper to use as canvasses to create therapeutic works of art.

	April 30, 2012 Veterans Changing the Arts: Share Your Story If you've served in the military and your experience has influenced your art and creative expression, share your story.

	April 27, 2012 High-Deductible Plans a 'Quiet Revolution in Health Insurance' As health costs rise, insurance plans characterized by lower premiums and higher out-of-pocket costs are on the rise in American workplaces. Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser reports on the growing trend toward high-deductible health plans, and concerns that they may encourage delays in receiving needed medical care.

	April 27, 2012 Top 10 Things to Know About High-Deductible Health Plans High-deductible health care plans are no longer a novelty -- they are becoming mainstream. According to the industry trade group America's Health Insurance Plans, the number of people with this kind of coverage reached more than 11.4 million in January 2011 -- up from 10 million in January 2010.

	April 27, 2012 Workers Putting 'More Skin' in the Health Care Game The name pretty much says it all: high-deductible health insurance plans. Higher deductibles, cheaper premiums. But if you think the surprises end there, brace yourself for one more: Proportionally, these plans are growing faster than any other type in the United States.

	April 26, 2012 What Rare Mad Cow Case Means for U.S. Consumers For the first time in six years, a case of mad cow disease surfaced in the U.S. this week. But there's no need to fear the beef aisle -- for now.

	April 26, 2012 Millions Expected To Receive Insurance Rebates Totaling $1.3 Billion Millions of consumers and small businesses will receive an estimated $1.3 billion in rebates from their health plans this summer under a provision of the health care law that effectively limits what insurers can charge for administration and profits, a new study projects.

	April 23, 2012 Aging Population, Costs Worsen Medicare's Long-term Prognosis The outlook for the Medicare program, which covers nearly 50 million elderly and disabled people, was only slightly worse than findings from last year. Once again, trustees forecast that Medicare's hospital fund would start running out of money in 2024.

	April 23, 2012 Health Reform on the Brink: Nervous in New Mexico After 54 years of hard work -- many of them in the military -- Ron Castle hates the idea of "freeloaders." He worries the health care reform law will lead to more of them. In our "Health Reform on the Brink" series, we profile ways the law is impacting ordinary Americans like Castle -- for the better and worse.

	April 19, 2012 VA Adds 1,600 Workers to Fix Backlog, but 'Always More We Can Do' Responding to a backlog of mental health cases and a blistering federal appeals court ruling, Veteran Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki said Thursday that the agency will hire 1,600 more professionals -- including psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers. Jeffrey Brown and the VA's Sonja Batten discuss the new hires' goals.

	April 19, 2012 Just Ask: What Health Benefits Do the Supreme Court Justices Receive? As nine Supreme Court justices decide whether to strike down the health care reform law, some Americans are wondering: What kind of health insurance do the justices themselves receive? And how might that play into their decision?

	April 18, 2012 After Heart Attack, Turning Scar Tissue Back Into Beating Heart Cells A study published Wednesday in the journal Nature revealed that scientists have managed to convert damaged tissue into functioning heart muscle by inducing mild heart attacks on lab mice then coaxing their hearts into rebuilding themselves. In collaboration with KQED's QUEST program, correspondent Spencer Michels reports.

	April 17, 2012 Buckle Up: Deadly Accidents More Likely on Tax Day Death and taxes. The two certainties in life, as Benjamin Franklin once said. But new research suggests another link between the two: Americans are more likely to be in a fatal car crash on Tax Day, according to a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

	April 16, 2012 Out-Of-Network Care Adds to Health Expenses Financially, it's always been risky to get health care from a hospital or doctor that's outside your health plan's network. But some recent developments put consumers in a slightly stronger position.

	April 16, 2012 Health Reform on the Brink: Uninsured in Missouri Leukemia, autism, epilepsy. Adam Hill's health troubles eventually resulted in a new shock: the family's health insurance jumped to nearly $100,000 per year. In our "Health Reform on the Brink" series, we'll profile ways health care reform is impacting ordinary Americans like the Hills -- for the better and worse.

	April 10, 2012 U.S. Dental Crisis: Sen. Sanders on the Fight for Coverage As the U.S. dental crisis intensifies -- and controversy continues to swell over whether dentists should be the only ones pulling teeth -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging, convened a recent hearing on some potential solutions to the pain.

	April 10, 2012 Why Churches Could Be Crucial in the Fight Against HIV in Africa In the history of the AIDS epidemic in Africa, there has long been a divide between public health advocates and churches. Religious leaders often promote ideas about HIV and the use of condoms that run counter to public health campaigns. But that's starting to change in at least one country in southern Africa.

	April 10, 2012 Dental Therapists 'Safe' Pulling American Teeth, Study Suggests As more Americans struggle to find dental care near their homes, the controversial idea of training mid-level practitioners to perform "basic" dental work -- including extractions -- is spreading. According to a new report, these dental therapists are usually "competent, safe and effective."

	April 9, 2012 Study: Higher U.S. Costs For Cancer Care May Be 'Worth It' Higher U.S. spending for cancer care pays off in almost two years of additional life for American cancer patients on average compared to their European counterparts -- a value that offsets the higher costs -- according to a study in the April issue of the journal Health Affairs.

	April 6, 2012 Medicare 'Less Generous' Than Private Plans, Study Finds On average, Medicare recipients receive less coverage than the typical elderly employee of a large company, according to a new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation. If recent proposals to cut Medicare spending or squeeze the program's benefits go forward, the gap could widen.

	April 4, 2012 SCOTUS v. POTUS: The Role of the Supreme Court, Historically President Obama made his feelings known this week on the Supreme Court, "judicial activism" and "those who would overturn" the health reform law. Some say he's gone too far. Jeffrey Brown discusses the historical tug-of-war between the president and the Court with Georgetown Law's Louis Michael Seidman and Randy Barnett.

	April 4, 2012 Medical Groups Call on Doctors to 'Choose Wisely,' Perform Fewer Tests Nine medical specialty groups on Wednesday released a list of 45 medical tests and procedures they say are often unnecessary and costly -- and sometimes dangerous. Gwen Ifill discusses the "Choose Wisely" campaign with Dr. Glen Stream of the American Academy of Family Physicians and Dr. Eric Topol of Scripps Health.

	April 4, 2012 News Wrap: Internet Giant Yahoo to Lay Off 14 Percent of Staff In other news Wednesday, Internet giant Yahoo announced that it will lay off 2,000 employees as part of a plan to redeploy resources and boost revenues. Also, a barrage of tornadoes Tuesday damaged or destroyed 650 homes in Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas. No deaths and only a few serious injuries were reported.

	April 4, 2012 Medical Groups List 45 Ways to Lower Health Care Costs As U.S. health care costs inch closer to 20 percent of GDP, some of the nation's top medical specialists have created a list of common tests and practices they feel are often unnecessary -- sometimes even harmful. Here are their top 45.

	April 2, 2012 A Hard-Hitting Story: Young Football Players Take Big-League Hits to Head Virginia Tech researchers placed helmets with sensors on 7- and 8-year-old football players and collected data on more than 750 hits to the head over a season. The findings are the first quantitative study of the acceleration and risk that young brains face in youth football. Special correspondent Stone Phillips reports.

	April 2, 2012 Lawyer to Examine Bales' Medications at Time of Afghan Killings The attorney for the U.S. soldier charged with killing 17 Afghan civilians on March 11 told the NewsHour he is interested in learning what medications his client, Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, was taking at the time of the shootings.



	MARCH March 30, 2012 Health Reform's Fate: How the Supreme Court Will Decide After three days of hearings on health care reform, Supreme Court justices held a secret preliminary vote Friday to deliberate the Affordable Care Act's future. Their decision is expected in late June. Jeffrey Brown and The National Law Journal's Marcia Coyle discuss the steps ahead as the justices begin their deliberations.

	March 30, 2012 Read, Listen and Even Translate The Supreme Court's Health Care Hearings As the Supreme Court justices met Friday for a secret initial vote on the constitutionality of the health care reform law, the NewsHour has compiled audio and transcripts from the hearings into YouTube videos to make the arguments easier to follow.

	March 30, 2012 Pint-Size Football Players Are Taking Big-League Hits Virginia Tech researchers placed helmets with sensors on 7- and 8-year-old football players and collected data on more than 750 hits to the head over a season. The findings are the first quantitative study of the acceleration and risk that young brains face in youth football. Special correspondent Stone Phillips reports.

	March 29, 2012 Autism's Prevalence Grows: 'This Is a Big Problem' The rate of autism diagnosis in American children continues to climb, according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report. Jeffrey Brown discusses the latest research into the group of disorders with CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden and the University of Rochester Medical Center's Dr. Susan Hyman.

	March 29, 2012 After Hearings, GOP Candidates Redouble Health Reform Critiques As the Supreme Court decides how to rule on the health reform law following this week's hearings, Republican candidates Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney touched on the topic Thursday. Judy Woodruff, The Washington Post's Amy Gardner and The Boston Globe's Brian Mooney discuss how health care is being debated on the campaign trail.

	March 29, 2012 CDC: Diagnosis of Autism Rising in U.S. Autism rates in the United States have risen dramatically in recent years, jumping 23 percent between 2006 and 2008 and a full 78 percent between 2002 and 2008, according to new figures released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

	March 29, 2012 Webcast: Health Reform And The Court Wrap-Up After six hours of historic arguments on the health law, the Supreme Court now begins its deliberations. What were the key moments in the debate, and how might they affect the outcome? Check out this video wrap from our partners at Kaiser Health News.

	March 28, 2012 Minus A Mandate, Health Law Would Still Affect Millions If the Supreme Court strikes down the requirement that most Americans carry health insurance - along with related provisions that insurers must sell to people with pre-existing conditions and not charge the sick more -- what's left in the law?Quite a bit, say policy experts.

	March 28, 2012 Medicaid Expansion: Good or Bad for America? If the health care reform law pushes forward, 16 million more Americans will receive health care coverage through the federal Medicaid program. For perspective, we turn to Tom Miller of the American Enterprise Institute and Ron Pollack of Families USA. Our question: Is the Medicaid expansion good or bad for America?

	March 28, 2012 Congressmen on Political, Practical Stakes of Court's Health Reform Ruling In the third day of the Supreme Court's hearings on the health reform law, justices delved into the constitutionality of Medicaid expansion and whether the law could survive without a so-called individual mandate. Judy Woodruff discusses the eagerly anticipated decision with Reps. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., and Peter Roskam, R-Ill.

	March 28, 2012 Supreme Court Wraps Up Health Reform Law Hearings: What's Next? In the final day of Supreme Court hearings on the Affordable Care Act, justices questioned the constitutionality of requiring states to expand Medicaid coverage to more individuals. Betty Ann Bowser reports, and Marcia Coyle and Susan Dentzer discuss with Gwen Ifill whether the law could survive without an insurance mandate.

	March 28, 2012 Health Reform in the Supreme Court: Day 3 Audio, Transcript As the Supreme Court convenes for a final day of hearings on the constitutionality of the health care reform law, check back here throughout the day for the audio and transcripts, as well as the latest from NewsHour Supreme Court analyst Marcia Coyle.

	March 28, 2012 Supreme Court Considers Health Care Reform: A Guide to Day 3 The Supreme Court will conclude its hearings on the Affordable Care Act Wednesday with arguments over the constitutionality of the Medicaid expansion and the "severability" of the individual mandate from the rest of the law. Marcia Coyle previews the day's arguments.

	March 27, 2012 Is Health Law's Individual Mandate Constitutional? Legal Scholars Debate Justices at the Supreme Court Tuesday heard arguments over the health care law and whether requiring citizens to buy health insurance is constitutional. Former Solicitor General Walter Dellinger and Georgetown University's Randy Barnett debate the legality of the health reform law's so-called individual mandate.

	March 27, 2012 Supreme Court Considers Health Reform Day 2 Recap: Individual Mandate on Trial Arguments at the Supreme Court Tuesday dealt with whether Congress had the authority to require citizens to purchase health insurance and whether the government could issue a financial penalty for those who decline. Betty Ann Bowser reports then Marcia Coyle and Susan Dentzer discuss the crux of the hearings with Gwen Ifill.

	March 27, 2012 Health Care Reform in the Supreme Court: Day 2 Audio and Transcript On the second day of arguments before the Supreme Court about the health care reform law, the justices tackled the central question of whether the mandate to purchase insurance is constitutional. Read Marcia Coyle's analysis, then listen to the day's hearings or browse the transcript.

	March 27, 2012 Join @Newshour on Twitter for a Discussion of Healthcare Reform The Supreme Court will hear a historic three days of arguments about whether the 2010 Affordable Care Act is constitutional from Monday, March 26, to Wednesday, March 28.Join NewsHour for a live chat on Tuesday March 27 from 1 - 2 p.m. ET on Twitter with the hashtag #HCRChat

	March 27, 2012 What Is the Individual Mandate and What If It's Declared Unconstitutional? Today the Supreme Court waded into the legal arguments about whether Congress acted within its constitutional authority when it adopted the Affordable Care Act's "minimum coverage requirement" - the so-called individual mandate. Here's a quick guide to the key questions that the experts in health policy are asking.

	March 27, 2012 Why I Support Health Care Reform: Voices of the Defense As the Supreme Court considers the constitutionality of the health reform law, here are 10 portraits of individuals who say health reform changed their lives for the better. Be sure to catch yesterday's post: Voices of the Opposition.

	March 27, 2012 Court of Public Opinion Weighs In on Health Care Reform Law The Supreme Court justices will hear arguments Tuesday about whether a national insurance mandate is constitutional. At the same time, the health care law is getting a fresh look in the court of public opinion.

	March 27, 2012 Supreme Court Reviews Health Care Reform Law: a Guide to Day 2 The Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday morning on a central pillar of the health care reform law: Can the government force Americans to buy health insurance or pay a fine? Marcia Coyle previews the day's arguments.

	March 26, 2012 Heart Transplants: How Do You Get One? Former Vice President Dick Cheney's heart transplant this weekend raised new questions about how the organ transplant waiting list operates. Margaret Warner and the University of Chicago's Dr. Allen Anderson discuss the waiting list system and why people with cardiovascular disease are living longer nowadays.

	March 26, 2012 Supreme Court Considers Health Reform Day 1 Recap: Jurisdiction, Tax Questions Demonstrators gathered Monday outside the Supreme Court as justices kicked off three days of hearings on the health care reform law. Betty Ann Bowser reports then Marcia Coyle and Susan Dentzer discuss the day's proceedings and the core issues of the day's arguments with Gwen Ifill.

	March 26, 2012 Join a Live Chat Friday at 2 p.m. ET on Learning Differences The NewsHour Health team recently looked at the challenges students with learning differences face as part of our ongoing American Graduate series.

	March 26, 2012 Health Care Reform in the Supreme Court: Day 1 Audio and Transcript In the first day of arguments before the Supreme Court about the health care reform law, the justices indicated extreme skepticism that the Anti-Injunction Act would bar them from ruling on the merits of the case.

	March 26, 2012 Why I'm Protesting Health Care Reform: Voices of the Opposition As the Supreme Court hears arguments about whether to strike down the health care reform law, we turn our lens to the ordinary Americans who both fear and applaud the law. First up: opposition voices from Saturday's Tea Party Patriots rally on Capitol Hill.

	March 26, 2012 Health Care Reform Heads to the Supreme Court: A Guide to Day 1 Starting Monday morning, the national debate that has divided the nation since the passage of the health care reform law two years ago will culminate in three days of oral arguments before the Supreme Court. Here's your guide to Day 1.

	March 23, 2012 Health Reform By the Numbers As the Supreme Court considers next week whether to strike down the landmark health reform law, all the numbers that have been thrown around for the last two years will be kicked back into the unseasonably hot air over Washington. Here's a cheat sheet.

	March 23, 2012 Confusion, Division Run Deep as Health Care Reform Goes to the Supreme Court Love it or hate it, most Americans don't understand the health care reform law. As the Supreme Court prepares for next week's arguments on the constitutionality of the law, the latest polls show a deeply divided and confused nation.

	March 23, 2012 Health Care Twitter Chat Recap Join PBS NewsHour and representatives from Center for American Progress, American Enterprise Institute and Kaiser Health News for a live Twitter chat on Tuesday March 27 from 1 - 2 p.m. ET with the hashtag #HCRChat.

	March 22, 2012 A Viewer's Guide to Supreme Court Arguments on Health Care Law The Supreme Court is set to hear three days of arguments next week over challenges to the health reform law President Obama signed two years ago. Judy Woodruff, The National Law Journal's Marcia Coyle and Health Affairs' Susan Dentzer preview the upcoming arguments.

	March 22, 2012 Learning Differences and the Arts Many students with learning disabilities lack confidence in some of the typical classroom activities but shine in the arts. At Henderson Inclusion Elementary School in Boston, a third of the students are disabled and the curriculum is filled with things like dancing, theater and visual arts.

	March 22, 2012 Should You Have to Buy Health Insurance? 2 Attorneys General Debate Ahead of next week's Supreme Court arguments, attorneys general Ken Cuccinelli of Virginia and Martha Coakley of Massachusetts debate whether the federal government has the constitutional authority to require Americans to either buy health insurance or pay a fine.

	March 22, 2012 The Health Reform Law's Wild Ride: A Timeline As the Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments over whether the entire health reform law -- or just pieces of it -- should be dismantled, here is a review of what's been constructed thus far.

	March 21, 2012 How Aspirin May Help Prevent Certain Kinds of Cancer A daily low dose of aspirin could potentially combat a variety of cancers, according to a series of studies published in the medical journal The Lancet. Ray Suarez discusses the studies and the health benefits and risks of aspirin with Harvard Medical School's Dr. Andrew Chan, who wrote a commentary on the studies.

	March 21, 2012 Engaging Students With Learning Differences Early On Students with learning differences are twice as likely as their peers to drop out of high school, according to the National Center for Learning Disabilities. Betty Ann Bowser visited an elementary school that practices early intervention -- engaging students with technology and art to improve their chances of earning a diploma.

	March 21, 2012 6 Tips for Parents of Students With Learning Differences After being diagnosed with ADHD and multiple learning disabilities, Daniel Paris was able to move from high school dropout to Harvard graduate student. Read Paris' advice for parents of children with learning differences.

	March 21, 2012 From High School Dropout to Harvard University Graduate Student Frustrated by his struggles in school, Daniel Paris dropped out of high school during his sophomore year. But after being diagnosed with ADHD and other learning disabilities, Paris finished high school, graduated from the University of Southern California and is now a graduate student at Harvard University.

	March 19, 2012 Poetry from a 'Neurologically Impaired' Life This is the story of a now-successful poet who once found it hard to write. A businessman who couldn't add. LeDerick Horne's learning disability almost caused him to become part of the U.S. dropout statistic. Almost.

	March 16, 2012 Five Misconceptions About Learning Differences Nearly 50 percent of special education students in the U.S. struggle with learning disabilities, but most Americans still struggle to define exactly what they are -- and just as importantly, what they aren't. Here's your 101.

	March 13, 2012 Five Health Reform Changes to Watch in 2012 With constant controversy swirling around the health reform law and the many attempts to repeal it, it's easy to forget that implementation marches on. In fact, a number of notable changes will take effect for consumers this year.

	March 12, 2012 New Health Reform Rules Issued as Supreme Court Review Nears Just two weeks before the Supreme Court begins considering whether to strike down the federal health reform law, the Obama administration issued new guidelines for the establishment of state-based health insurance exchanges, a key pillar of the law.

	March 9, 2012 Fukushima Survivor: I Want 'To Breathe Freely Again' Nuclear technician Carl Pillitteri was one of 38 Americans at the Fukushima nuclear power plant when an earthquake and tsunami struck Japan's eastern coast and triggered a radiation leak at the reactor. It's taken Pillitteri a full year to be able to talk publicly about what he saw at Fukushima.

	March 8, 2012 Report: 1 in 3 Americans Burdened With Medical Bills In 2011, one in three Americans were part of a family that would call their medical bills a "financial burden." One in five struggled to pay those bills each month and one in 10 admitted they wouldn't be able to pay them at all, according to the CDC's latest National Health Interview Survey.

	March 5, 2012 New Study Challenges Whether Electronic Records Cut Health Costs A new study challenges the premise that electronic health records will reduce health care costs by tens of billions of dollars annually and says that doctors may order more testing in some cases -- potentially increasing costs.



	FEBRUARY Feb. 29, 2012 Top 10 Myths of Heart Health Grab some chocolate, pop an aspirin and wash it all down with red wine. You're on your way to a heart-healthy life, right? Not so fast.

	Feb. 27, 2012 The Healing Power of Music An unconventional approach to recovery and coping, music therapy is a field of medicine capturing new attention due to its role in helping Gabrielle Giffords recover from a gunshot. Correspondent Spencer Michels reports on the versatility of music in a medical setting, but the difficulty of quantifying its effectiveness.

	Feb. 27, 2012 A New Look at Music Therapy The interesting thing about music therapy is that nobody I could find understands how it works on the brain -- just that it does.

	Feb. 27, 2012 Insurers Open Stores To Peddle Health Plans Health insurers increasingly want to make shopping for a new health plan as easy and convenient as dropping into a local retailer to buy a TV. In recent years, a number of them have opened stores to make that goal a physical reality.

	Feb. 23, 2012 The Health of the Oscars Open wide, Oscar, it's time for your check-up. With the Academy Awards slated for Sunday, we've brought in a medical doctor to examine the accuracy of the health themes in some of the year's top films.

	Feb. 22, 2012 New Weight Loss Pill Gets Second Look from FDA, Stirring Old Fears As an FDA advisory committee ponders a new weight-loss drug, some physicians are warning against too much hype. History has proven that quick fixes are rare in this field. And too often, they can also be dangerous.

	Feb. 22, 2012 Are Oscars Nominees' Health Plots Accurate or Malpractice? Open wide, Oscar, it's time for your check-up. With the Academy Awards slated for Sunday, we've brought in a medical doctor to examine the accuracy of the health themes in some of the year's top films.

	Feb. 21, 2012 News Wrap: Supreme Court to Consider Affirmative Action Challenge In other news Tuesday, the Supreme Court agreed to revisit affirmative action in college admissions. A white student who was denied entry at the University of Texas in 2008 filed the case, calling the school's race-conscious policy unconstitutional. Also, federal regulators moved to ease shortages of two cancer drugs.

	Feb. 20, 2012 India Close to Eradicating Polio, But Challenges Still Remain Health officials in India are close to wiping out polio, a disease forgotten in most of the world but still endemic in some developing countries. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on India's challenge to remain vigilant in its campaign to immunize children one mouthful at a time.

	Feb. 20, 2012 A Look at the World's 'Forgotten' Diseases With news that India is close to eradicating polio, eyes turn to other endemic diseases, such as measles and river blindness, that countries are battling.

	Feb. 20, 2012 Ind. Measles Outbreak, Linked to Super Bowl, Raises Vaccination Concerns The crowds and teams may have long departed Indiana after Super Bowl XLVI, but something else has lingered: an outbreak of measles.

	Feb. 16, 2012 Chronic Malnutrition a 'Hidden Crisis' About 2 million children who are malnourished die each year worldwide, according to a United Nations estimate. Yet aid organizations say it's tough to attract attention to the issue of chronic malnutrition in a preventative way -- before it becomes severe and life-threatening.

	Feb. 15, 2012 What's Causing a Shortage of Pediatric Cancer Drugs? While more than 250 drugs were declared in short supply in the U.S. this past year, the latest worries centered on one called Methotrexate, considered essential for children battling leukemia. Ray Suarez discusses the problem and latest developments with Dr. Peter Adamson of The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

	Feb. 14, 2012 Broken Heart Syndrome: Yes, It's Real Broken hearts seem to be on the upswing these days. That's in strictly clinical terms: More doctors are diagnosing a condition that literally stuns the heart after a profound emotional shock.

	Feb. 10, 2012 After Uproar, Obama Revises Contraception Rule Under mounting pressure, the Obama administration today proposed an "accommodation" to a mandate that religious groups cover employee birth control free-of-charge.

	Feb. 9, 2012 Love Story Sheds Light on How Society Treats People With Disabilities A New York Times bestseller, Rachel Simon's "The Story of Beautiful Girl" explores empathy and tolerance in the form of a love story where characters with disabilities overcome heavyweight obstacles. Judy Woodruff and Simon discuss how society deals with disabilities and how they are portrayed in literary works.

	Feb. 9, 2012 Can White House, Religious Leaders, GOP Reach Consensus on Birth Control? A new birth control mandate was under duress this week as Roman Catholic officials said it violated Church teachings and Republicans said it threatened religious freedom. Ray Suarez discusses the rule with Anthony Picarello of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Methodist Federation for Social Action's Jill Warren.

	Feb. 9, 2012 As 'Let's Move!' Campaign Turns 2, Time for a Check-Up Two years after First Lady Michelle Obama launched the "Let's Move!" campaign, we take stock of her progress in the fight against childhood obesity -- both the high-profile successes and equally loud criticism.

	Feb. 8, 2012 Choose Your Own Health Care Adventure, Part II What will U.S. health care look like in a few years? Last week we asked you to rank the likelihood of four plausible scenarios. We now travel back to the future -- 2025, to be exact -- to analyze the results and find out what will need to happen in the next 13 years for each scenario to become reality.

	Feb. 6, 2012 Obama Administration, Catholic Leaders Clash Over Contraception Mandate Catholic leaders are pushing back against a new Department of Health and Human Services ruling requiring employers who offer health insurance to provide contraception free of charge. While churches are exempt from the rules, Catholic hospitals and universities must comply. Betty Ann Bowser reports on the controversy.

	Feb. 6, 2012 Next Health Care Mandate: Flu Shots for Medical Professionals? In this moment of looming change in American health care, the debate over whether flu shots should be mandatory for hospital workers has become a smaller but important battle in the nation's ongoing fight to build a better system while protecting individual liberties.

	Feb. 3, 2012 Questions Linger About Komen's Commitment to Planned Parenthood Susan G. Komen officials said Friday they had no immediate plans to halt funding over concerns raised about Planned Parenthood's referrals. But in statements the Foundation provided to the NewsHour, it seemed to leave the door open to possibly doing so in the future.

	Feb. 3, 2012 Komen Charity Reverses Planned Parenthood Grant Cuts After two days of uproar and different explanations for its initial decision, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure charity reversed course Friday on cutting funding for Planned Parenthood. Hari Sreenivasan and Amina Khan of The Los Angeles Times discuss the abrupt shift in message at the well-known breast cancer charity.

	Feb. 1, 2012 Santorum's Daughter Bella Recovering Nicely, But From What? As Bella Santorum struggles toward recovery after a bout with double pneumonia, her family's openness about her Trisomy 18 has prompted a national question: What is it?

	Feb. 1, 2012 News Wrap: Pfizer Recalls 1 Million Packets of Birth Control Pills In other news Wednesday, the drug maker Pfizer recalled 1 million packets of birth control pills. Some of the packages contained too many active tablets while others had too few, raising the risk of unintended pregnancy, the company said. Also, at least 73 people were killed in Egypt when a soccer match erupted into a riot.



	JANUARY Jan. 31, 2012 Pick Your Future Health Care Adventure Does all the health reform chatter have you ready to jump into a high risk pool or bend a cost curve of your own? Take a deep breath and try to look past it all: It's the future, 2025 to be specific, and your name is Mary.

	Jan. 30, 2012 Experts Weigh in on Bird Flu Research The Newshour asked three experts to weigh in on the bird flu research debate.

	Jan. 25, 2012 Telenovelas: Are Spanish-Language Soap Operas Good for Your Health? The latest in Spanish-language soap operas, or telenovelas, have encased more than typical romance and personal scandal, debuting some very clear messages on health care for Latinos in the U.S., specifically Colorado. Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser reports on the creators' reasoning in writing beyond the usual storylines.

	Jan. 25, 2012 Telenovelas Provide Platform for Public Health Messages Alicia's entire life has been building to this one moment at the breakfast table. She's finally admitting to herself that the colon cancer will take everything ... her successful psychiatric practice, a comfortable home, her new love with Don Juancho.

	Jan. 24, 2012 How Are Microwave Popcorn, Your Child's Immune System Connected? A new study found that the perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) in products are associated with lowered immune response to vaccinations in children. It is the first study to document how PFCs can adversely affect vaccine response. These pollutants can be transferred to children prenatally and postnatally from environmental exposure.

	Jan. 24, 2012 Hospitals Seek To Attract Business With Patient Perks Photo by Getty Images.

	Jan. 20, 2012 Bird Flu Studies Temporarily Paused, Journals Announce Last year, questions were raised over how much research on the dangerous H5N1 virus -- or avian flu -- should be published in scientific journals. H5N1 is not yet transmissible among humans, though scientists have created a strain that can pass between ferrets.

	Jan. 19, 2012 The High Cost of a Good Night's Sleep There is a growing awareness in the medical community that the grunts and snorts of noisy sleepers can also be a sign of sleep apnea. Critics, however, worry that overnight tests to diagnose apnea, particularly those done in sleep labs, may be over-prescribed at great cost to the health care system.

	Jan. 17, 2012 As New Cancer Treatments Emerge, An Old Question: 'What If?' While reporting on the NewsHour's recent cancer series, health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser kept thinking of an old friend. If Mary had been diagnosed with melanoma today, at the very least she might have had more time.

	Jan. 13, 2012 Cancer Treatment: Are Personalized Molecular Profiles in Our Future? In the 40 years since the federal government promised to find a cure for cancer, hundreds of billions of dollars have been spent and much has been learned. Still, the diseases continue to claim more lives each year. Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser reports on the past, present and future of cancer treatment.

	Jan. 13, 2012 Health Reform: Changing the Game for Pediatric Cancer Patients? This is the story of Cooper Cochran -- one of the 350,000 pediatric cancer survivors in the U.S. What impact will the new health care reform law have on his future?

	Jan. 12, 2012 Kids and Cancer: Why Pediatric Cancer Cure Rates Have Improved So Much Four decades ago, President Nixon signed a law that would change the way cancer research was funded in an effort to develop better treatments and cure more patients. Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser explores the positive developments pediatric cancer research has realized in the last 40 years.

	Jan. 12, 2012 Share Your Photos: Childhood Cancer Awareness On the PBS NewsHour Thursday, health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser will explore some of the astonishing gains made in pediatric cancer research since 1971. We want to put faces to this very human story with your help.

	Jan. 11, 2012 Teens Dealing With Cancer Find an Ally in The Who's Daltrey There's a building chorus in the oncology world demanding more support for teen cancer patients. Headlining the movement now making inroads in the U.S.: rock star Roger Daltrey.

	Jan. 10, 2012 In Their 90s, Brothers Still Going for Olympic Gold For decades, the Tatum brothers of Washington, D.C., have been shaming their neighbors at the local pool and dominating their peers at the annual Senior Games. But their brush with national fame only came after their story caught the attention of a pair of filmmakers gearing up for a new documentary, "Age of Champions."

	Jan. 9, 2012 What's Slowing Down Americans' Health Care Spending? A new government report shows that the rise in health care spending slowed for the second consecutive year. Meanwhile, health insurance premiums continue to climb as workers pay an ever-growing share of the cost. Ray Suarez discusses what's behind these changes with Susan Dentzer of Health Affairs.

	Jan. 9, 2012 How Has Stephen Hawking Lived to 70 with ALS? An expert on Lou Gehrig's disease explains what we know about this debilitating condition and how Hawking has beaten the odds.

	Jan. 5, 2012 Conversation: 'Power, Politics and Universal Health Care' Longtime presidential adviser Stuart Altman's new book, "Power, Politics and Universal Health Care," places the Obama Administration's historic health care win in context: at the end of a century's worth of tough lessons, false hopes and broken promises.

	Jan. 2, 2012 Health Experts Question Army Report on Psychological Training Mental health experts say a U.S. Army report on training aimed at enhancing soldiers' psychological resilience is flawed.