Nov 23 Why Medicare Chief Don Berwick Was Destined to Step Down By Betty Ann Bowser Photo by Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images Dr. Donald Berwick, the man who has been both praised and reviled as the country's Medicare chief, will step down on Dec. 2. The White House announced that Marilyn Tavenner, Berwick's principal… Continue reading
Nov 23 From Lincoln to Obama: The White House Celebrates Thanksgiving By Jason Kane A meal shared by Pilgrims and American Indians might get most of the credit for the creation of Thanksgiving, but it was Abraham Lincoln who officially proclaimed the last Thursday in November a holiday, back in 1864. This slide show… Continue reading
Nov 23 On Plenty and Poverty: Thinking About Food at Thanksgiving Photo by Flickr user Katie Tower. It's the kind of conversation that sticks with you -- I was talking to a young father who sells shoes on a patch of public park in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique. He… Continue reading
Nov 22 Update: Separated Twin Sisters Reunite in Vietnam By Talea Miller Isabella (right) and her twin sister Ha were reunited this year. When the NewsHour's global health team first met 13-year-old Isabella Solimene, she shared a memorable story of being separated from her twin sister as a baby in Vietnam. Continue reading
Nov 21 As Supercommittee Games End, Some Bets on Future of Health Care Photo by Getty Images At the start of this Thanksgiving week, Washington is gridlocked in all the expected places: the beltway, grocery aisles and -- most of all -- in Congress. Late Monday afternoon, the panel charged with cutting… Continue reading
Nov 18 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 18 FDA Revokes Avastin Approval Photo by Bloomberg via Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration officially pulled the plug on its approval for the use of the drug Avastin in breast cancer treatment. There's simply no proof that the drug saves lives,… Continue reading
Nov 17 Cholera Threatens World's Largest Refugee Camp Somali boys fetch water from a puddle in the sprawling Dadaab refugee complex in Kenya. Photo by Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images. The heavy rains soaking the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya -- the largest in the world -- would normally… Continue reading
Nov 17 Kids with Toothaches: Lost in the Health Care Debate Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images. This post has been updated. Somewhat lost in the war of words over health care reform is a stepchild of the debate: dental care. A bad situation is getting worse. Teeth are crucial. Continue reading