Dec 13 What's the Best Way to Control Medicare Costs? By Kaiser Health News The NewsHour's partner, Kaiser Health News, asked a range of health policy experts the following question: If you could make only one change to Medicare to control costs, what would it be and why? Edited excerpts of their answers… Continue reading
Dec 13 How Infections Can Trigger Cancer Veronica Alebo, a young Burkitt's lymphoma patient, has a large tumor in her abdomen. She receives treatment at the Uganda Cancer Institute in Kampala. Photo by Jacqueline Koch. This story is part of a series, Cancer's New Battleground:… Continue reading
Dec 12 Fighting Cholera, a Dose at a Time By Cat Wise As the death toll from cholera continues to mount in Haiti nearly three years after the tragic earthquake, results from a successful vaccine pilot project earlier this year are providing some hope for Haitians and international health officials. The story… Continue reading
Dec 12 In India, A Secret Weapon Against Cancer: Vinegar This story is part of a series, Cancer's New Battleground: the Developing World. Above: Indian women participate in a women's march in Mumbai on Monday. Photo by Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images. Cervical cancer used to kill more women… Continue reading
Dec 10 Living With Breast Cancer Where Treatment Is Scarce This story is part of a series, Cancer's New Battleground, the Developing World. Above, Haitians wait for the doors to open in 2006 at a free clinic in Cange. Photo by Thony Belizaire/AFP/Getty Images. Haiti is the poorest… Continue reading
Dec 10 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. In this week-long series, our partners at… Continue reading
Dec 07 How to Alleviate the Royal Pain of Morning Sickness Britain's Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, poses for pictures with his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, as they leave King Edward VII Hospital in central London. When news broke of the impending royal birth, the Duke and… Continue reading
Dec 06 How the 'Fiscal Cliff' Could Impact Health Care By mcarey The impending "fiscal cliff" is a package of automatic spending cuts and tax hikes set to kick in next month unless President Barack Obama and Capitol Hill agree on a way to stop them. Negotiations to avert the cuts are… Continue reading
Dec 04 Watch Long After Earthquake, Haiti Still Feels Devastating Effects of Cholera Epidemic Long After Earthquake, Haiti Still Feels Devastating Effects of Cholera Epidemic… Continue watching
Dec 03 Watch New Study Links Athletes' Repetitive Head Injuries to Degenerative Brain Disease New Study Links Athletes' Repetitive Head Injuries to Degenerative Brain Disease… Continue watching