Nov 30 Watch As Lipitor's Patent Expires, Is Era of 'Blockbuster Drugs' Over? After 14 years on the market, the most profitable prescription drug in history, Lipitor, is going generic as patients, doctors and the pharmaceutical industry wait to see what will happen. Margaret Warner discusses the implications with Dr. Jerry Avorn of… Continue watching
Nov 30 Watch The Role of Rising Food Prices in Egypt's Revolution Egypt's rising food prices are helping fuel the revolution that led to this week's parliamentary elections. In collaboration with The Center for Investigative Reporting, Homelands Productions and Marketplace, Sandy Tolan reports as part of a new series called "Food for… Continue watching
Nov 30 Q&A: Money Woes Force Global Fund to Refocus on Essential Programs HIV testing. Photo by UNICEF. It's been a difficult year for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the largest funding mechanism for programs providing prevention and treatment for the diseases around the world. Several big… Continue reading
Nov 29 Tainted Rice Part of China's Pollution Problem Reports show that up to 10 percent of rice grown in China contains cadmium. Continue reading
Nov 28 Trial for HIV Prevention Gel Halted, No Protection Shown Photo by Adek Berry/AFP/Getty Images. A clinical trial testing a microbicide gel once hailed as a highly promising new approach to HIV prevention is being shut down early because of poor results. The National Institutes of Health announced… Continue reading
Nov 25 If Bank Deposits Pay So Little, Why Do Mortgages Cost So Much? Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Friday query: Name: Jack McBroom Question: My first mortgage in 1970… Continue reading
Nov 25 Global Health Week in Tweets Each week the NewsHour's global health unit highlights what's new in the Twitterverse from the world of health and development. Follow us on Twitter at NewsHourGlobal. View the story "Twitter Round Up" on Storify]… Continue reading
Nov 25 Why Does Health Care Cost So Much in the United States? Different costs for the same procedure in 2009. Figures from the OECD. Staying healthy in the United States is expensive. In fact, in 2009, the average annual cost of health care was $7,960 per person -- two and… Continue reading
Nov 24 Watch What's on the Menu in School Cafeterias? Lawmakers recently weighed in on what's in school lunches, a battle that attracted a great deal of attention from the food industry. Judy Woodruff reports. Continue watching