Feb 08 Choose Your Own Health Care Adventure, Part II Strap on the goggles and fire up your DeLorean, it's time to go back to the future of American health care. Unfortunately, Marty McFly's booked. So our traveling companion is Mary -- a 50-year-old, middle-income, single woman with diabetes. Last… Continue reading
Feb 06 Watch Obama Administration, Catholic Leaders Clash Over Contraception Mandate Obama Administration, Catholic Leaders Clash Over Contraception Mandate… Continue watching
Feb 06 Next Health Care Mandate: Flu Shots for Medical Workers? Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images. Brandon Hostler's arm is usually among the first extended for the annual flu shot at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, W.Va. He is, after all, a registered nurse -- he knows it can… Continue reading
Feb 03 Questions Linger About Komen's Commitment to Planned Parenthood Even after the Susan G. Komen for the Cure charity reversed course Friday and said it would not halt grants to Planned Parenthood over a Republican-led congressional investigation, a number of observers wondered if Planned Parenthood might eventually be turned… Continue reading
Feb 03 Watch Komen Charity Reverses Planned Parenthood Grant Cuts After two days of uproar and different explanations for its initial decision, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure charity reversed course Friday on cutting funding for Planned Parenthood. Hari Sreenivasan and Amina Khan of The Los Angeles Times discuss… Continue watching
Feb 01 Santorum's Daughter Bella Recovering Nicely, but From What? A supporter of Republican presidential hopeful and former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum wears a pin with a photo of Bella Santorum, Rick's daughter, which reads 'Go Dad! Love, Bella.' Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images. When Victoria Miller heard… Continue reading
Feb 01 Watch News Wrap: Pfizer Recalls 1 Million Packets of Birth Control Pills In other news Wednesday, the drug maker Pfizer recalled 1 million packets of birth control pills. Some of the packages contained too many active tablets while others had too few, raising the risk of unintended pregnancy, the company said. Also,… Continue watching
Jan 31 Pick Your Future Health Care Adventure Does all the health reform chatter have you ready to jump into a high risk pool or bend a cost curve of your own? Take a deep breath and try to look past it all: It's the future, 2025 to… Continue reading
Jan 30 Watch Hans Rosling Brings Life, Humor, Sword-Swallowing to Global Health Statistics Hans Rosling Brings Life, Humor, Sword-Swallowing to Global Health Statistics… Continue watching
Jan 30 Experts Weigh in on Bird Flu Research Pigeons are seen eating on a street in Hong Kong on January 6, 2012. Photo by Aaron Tam/AFP/Getty Images. Earlier this month, the scientists who altered the H5N1 virus to create a more contagious strain that's transmissible between ferrets,… Continue reading