Jun 15 A Consumer's Guide to the Health Care Reform Law By mcarey 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 a look… Continue reading
Jun 15 Research Takes Some 'Pop' Out of Pop Warner Football EmbedVideo(3060, 482, 304); 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. Continue reading
Jun 15 In Monarch Butterflies, Scientists Find Link Between Migration and Disease As many as 2 billion monarch butterflies migrate every year to winter in Mexico. Scientists from the University of Georgia capture and collect these butterflies and, by rigging them to a flying treadmill, study the influence of a common… Continue reading
Jun 14 Watch 6:42 'We Were Here' Revisits San Francisco's AIDS Epidemic of Early '80s 'We Were Here' Revisits San Francisco's AIDS Epidemic of Early '80s… Continue watching
Jun 14 'We Were Here' Recalls a Tough Era for San Francisco's Gay Community Bobbi Campbell, Photo courtesy of ITVS. I've been working on a story that brings back lots of memories and thoughts about a tough subject. It's a story about a documentary that PBS stations will air this week remembering the… Continue reading
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