Nov 16 Map: Is Your State Building A Health Exchange? By Kaiser Health News Map by Justin Myers… Continue reading
Nov 15 Health Reform Deadline Looms for States By Phil Galewitz 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. Still wrestling with the decision as of midday Thursday were… Continue reading
Nov 14 Watch In One Family's Tragic Meningitis Story, Support for More Policing of Pharmacies In One Family's Tragic Meningitis Story, Support for More Policing of Pharmacies… Continue watching
Nov 14 Live Chat: CDC Answers Your Meningitis Questions The symptoms of fungal meningitis mirror those of the common flu. But what often begins as a headache and fever can quickly turn deadly. The current outbreak of fungal meningitis, tied to black mold-infected steroids produced at the New… Continue reading
Nov 14 Families Mourn Sudden Loss of Loved Ones From Meningitis Deaths Diana (right) dancing with her husband Wayne in Bermuda in 1985. 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… Continue reading
Nov 14 Meningitis: Top 10 Things CDC Says You Should Know Contaminated vials like these, produced at the New England Compounding Center in Framingham, Mass., were responsible for this latest outbreak of fungal meningitis. Photo by Minnesota Department of Health. It was just some neck pain -- nothing too alarming. Continue reading
Nov 14 A Day in the Life of Diabetes By Online DA 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… Continue reading
Nov 13 Watch The Suicide Plan: PBS Film Examines Assisted Suicide Part 2 The Suicide Plan: PBS Film Examines Assisted Suicide Part 2… Continue watching
Nov 13 Watch The Suicide Plan: PBS Film Examines Assisted Suicide Part 1 The Suicide Plan: PBS Film Examines Assisted Suicide… Continue watching
Nov 13 Watch Food for 9 Billion: Satisfying China's Growing Demand for Meat As China's Diet Grows, So Do Concerns Over Safety, Sustainability… Continue watching