Jun 13 Report: Health Spending Will Climb To Nearly One-Fifth Of GDP By ctorres National health spending will account for nearly one-fifth of the U.S. economy in 2021, according to updated estimates from the federal government. Actuaries from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reported their annual projections in the journal Health Affairs… Continue reading
Jun 12 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. Continue reading
Jun 11 Watch ‘Good for Health’: Some Reforms Will Stay Regardless of Supreme Court Decision 'Good for Health': Some Reforms Will Stay Regardless of Supreme Court Decision… Continue watching
Jun 11 Activists Question Obama’s AIDS Plan By Jason Kane Part One: Many perceive a disconnect between big promises and a properly funded, well-defined plan. Continue reading
Jun 11 What D.C. Is Learning From Africa in the Fight Against AIDS I've interviewed HIV-positive people around the developing world. Aspects of the story used to be drearily similar ... national health systems ill-equipped to handle patient loads, resistance to tracking contacts to identify those at risk, villages and cities stalked by… Continue reading
Jun 10 Watch The Unfinished Battle Against AIDS in America Ray Suarez talks with John Donnelly about efforts to curb the HIV/AIDS rate in D.C. Continue watching
Jun 09 Watch An Unfinished Battle Against AIDS in America Ray Suarez talks with John Donnelly about efforts to curb the HIV/AIDS rate in D.C. Continue watching
Jun 08 Health Care Reform: The Comic Book By Betty Ann Bowser // When you think about what makes for good material for comic books and graphic novels, the much-debated and heavily-contested federal health reform law is not necessarily the subject matter you would think of. And Jonathan Gruber, an economist and… Continue reading
Jun 08 Watch Health Care Reform: The Comic Book A conversation with Jonathan Gruber, author of the new comic book, "Health Care Reform."… Continue watching
Jun 08 Watch 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… Continue watching