Nov 03 Suarez: When Is a Democracy ‘Good Enough?’ By Ray Suarez Watch a preview of the NewsHour's two upcoming pieces from Nicaragua below, and read Ray Suarez's reflections on the political situation in the country. Friday on the NewsHour, Ray looks at what's at stake in the upcoming Nicaraguan elections, and… Continue reading
Nov 02 Watch Virus Hunter Tracks New and Deadly Pathogens Around the Globe Stanford University biologist Nathan Wolfe is the founder and director of the Global Viral Forecasting Initiative and one of the world's more prominent virus hunters. Ray Suarez and Wolfe discuss his new book, "The Viral Storm: The Dawn of a… Continue watching
Nov 02 ‘Self-Destructing’ Syringes Force Safer Injection Practices An auto-disable syringe is used to vaccinate a child in Kenya. Photo by UNICEF/Siegfried Modola. A nurse injects a patient with a syringe of antibiotics, reloads and moves on to the next patient in line. The syringe isn't sterilized, the… Continue reading
Nov 02 Painkiller ‘Epidemic’ Deepens in U.S. Doctors prescribed enough pain medication last year to partially numb every American adult around-the-clock for a month. So much of the stuff is now being handed out that lethal overdoses tripled in the past decade, according to a new… Continue reading
Nov 01 Underage Marriage Brings Dire Consequences for Nepal’s Girls By Talea Miller About 51 percent of Nepalese marry as children, causing devastating consequences for young girls' health and well being. Continue reading
Oct 31 Watch For Some Patients, Drug Shortage Creates Life-and-Death Situation Concerns Rise Over Shortages of Prescription Drugs… Continue watching
Oct 31 Bio-Tech Breakthrough Could End Malaria Drug Shortages Wormwood plants growing in China. Photo by Flickr user Novartis AG. A synthetic biology breakthrough, achieved at laboratories in northern California, could expand access to malaria treatment around the globe beginning in 2012. Scientists at the University of California,… Continue reading
Oct 31 Obama Orders FDA to Zero In on Drug Shortage Crisis President Obama signs an Executive Order directing the Food and Drug Administration to take action to help prevent and reduce prescription drug shortages on Oct. 31, 2011. Photo by Kristoffer Tripplaar-Pool/Getty Images. President Obama called for swift government action… Continue reading
Oct 31 U.N. Refugee Chief: ‘Terrible’ to Know Somalis Are Dying Out of Reach By Larisa Epatko The humanitarian crisis in Somalia continues to deepen by the day. A recent spate of kidnappings of relief workers is preventing aid from reaching those most in need, and now troops from neighboring Kenya have entered Somalia to try to… Continue reading