Jan 11 Teens Dealing with Cancer Find an Ally in The Who's Daltrey Alexis Reilly, 22, at a coffee shop near her home in Los Gatos, Calif. The teen drama at the end of Alexis Reilly's freshman year of high school ran deeper than awkward dates or bad friends. It was more… Continue reading
Jan 11 Two Years Later, Haitian Amputees Still Have a Long Way to Go Fymée Diogene and Balnave Ulysee both lost legs in the 2010 earthquake. Photo by William Daniels/Handicap International. Two years ago, a devastating earthquake in Haiti killed more than 200,000 people and caused injuries that required amputations for another 4,000… Continue reading
Jan 10 In Their 90s, Brothers Still Going for Olympic Gold EmbedVideo(2382, 514, 320); These are the things you should know about Bradford Tatum: In the past several years, he's turned 91, overcome a life-threatening bout with colorectal cancer and won more gold medals in the Olympics than he… Continue reading
Jan 09 Watch What's Slowing Down Americans' Health Care Spending? A new government report shows that the rise in health care spending slowed for the second consecutive year. Meanwhile, health insurance premiums continue to climb as workers pay an ever-growing share of the cost. Ray Suarez discusses what's behind these… Continue watching
Jan 09 Global Health Week in Tweets There was a lot of news in the world of health and development last week. Check out the NewsHour global health unit's highlights from the Twitterverse. [View the story "Twitter Round Up" on Storify]… Continue reading
Jan 09 Watch In Their 90s, D.C. Brothers Still Going for Olympic Gold The Tatum brothers have long dominated their peers at the annual National Senior Games. Continue watching
Jan 09 How did Stephen Hawking live 55 years with ALS? By Katherine Harmon An expert on Lou Gehrig’s disease explains what we know about this debilitating condition and how Stephen Hawking has beaten the odds. Continue reading
Jan 05 Conversation: Nixon, Obama and Universal Health Care By Jason Kane "Failure Again." It was the working title for Stuart Altman's new book on the latest push for health care reform. Two years after President Obama's Affordable Care Act became law, Altman is the first to admit he happily changed… Continue reading
Jan 04 Watch Hurt in Libya's Revolution, Some Rebels Being Treated in Boston Area A group of 22 Libyan men who were wounded while fighting against the Gaddafi regime in last year's war have been recovering here in the U.S., at a hospital on Boston's North Shore. Jared Bowen of WGBH-TV Boston reports. Continue watching
Jan 04 Watch Conversation: 'Power, Politics & Universal Health Care' Stuart Altman talks about his new book, "Power, Politics and Universal Health Care."… Continue watching