Health Oct 09 Surgeon Gawande: Ebola won’t run ‘wild’ in U.S. Surgeon and public health researcher, Dr. Atul Gawande, said lapses in the Dallas case may have led to much higher awareness and stepped up precautions that will improve the odds of avoiding an outbreak in the U.S.
Nation Sep 15 GM ignition switch death toll likely to climb above 19 people General Motors may have so far only acknowledged 13 driver deaths due to its multiple problems with ignition switches and air bags, but the independent compensation administrator hired by the company said today there are at least 19 deaths likely…
Nation Jul 02 Goalie Briana Scurry is on a mission to educate youth soccer players on concussions There’s been so much excitement surrounding the World Cup — and it has been an amazing tournament so far — that one almost feels like “Debbie Downer” to talk about some of the problems facing the sport of soccer. But…
Politics Jun 25 Hank Paulson says he supports Keystone pipeline Most Americans who remember Henry Paulson think of him as the former Treasury Secretary to President George W. Bush and one of the government's leading point men when it came to dealing with the financial crisis that devastated the economy.
Nation May 28 Google finally discloses its diversity record, and it’s not good In an industry that has been famously guarded about its workplace diversity, Google on Wednesday disclosed its record when it comes to hiring women, African-Americans and Hispanics. The data reveals statistics that the company itself admits are too low and…
Nation Apr 29 How high incarceration rates cost states and shatter communities The documentary profiles the path of four people caught up in the cycle of Kentucky's criminal justice system. The four come from Beecher Terrace, a housing project in the west end of Louisville where one out of every six…
Health Mar 06 Tonight on the NewsHour: Dr. Anthony Fauci on revelations for HIV treatment It’s been an interesting week in the field of AIDS research. There’s been talk about potentially giving people quarterly shots or injections instead of daily pills, gene therapy to fight off HIV, and an infected baby that was treated so…
Nation Jan 17 How does health care in America differ from that of other countries? George Halvorson has seen a lot of what works -- and what doesn't -- throughout his career in the American health care system. Most notably, he's been the CEO and chairman of Kaiser Permanente, the huge not-for-profit insurance plan that…
Economy Oct 19 Sheila Bair Takes on Tim Geithner, Gets Tough on Wall Street in New Book // Throughout the height of the financial crisis in 2008 and afterward, Sheila Bair was known for being an outspoken regulator willing to confront her peers head-on. That included Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, who Bair thought was not nearly tough…
Politics Dec 17 Madoff Settlement Will Bring Over $7 Billion Back to Victims DetectFlashDecision_Blog('news01s465fqff1', 'Lcu3bs1RibI', '29'); In what has turned out to be the largest civil forfeiture case in United States history, the widow of a wealthy investor and philanthropist, who was also a friend of Bernard Madoff, is returning $7.2…