Nov 16 Live Chat Friday at 1 p.m. ET: Lack of Dental Care for Americans By Teresa Gorman The lack of access to dental care is a problem that affects millions of Americans, Betty Ann Bowser and the NewsHour's health team are reporting in a series this week. Panelists from the American Dental Association, Alaska's… Continue reading
Nov 16 Watch Program Brings Dental Care to Remote Alaskans, but Some Dentists Are Skeptical A program to train dental therapists to perform basic care in rural Alaska has been met with both praise and skepticism. Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser continues her series of reports on dental costs, coverage and access for Americans. Continue watching
Nov 16 At Tipping Point of Dental Pain, Mother Makes a Tough Choice EmbedVideo(1990, 514, 320); A "quick trip" to the dentist usually means a one-hour flight across southern Alaska for Eva Malvich. But that pales in comparison to the other sacrifices she's made to get some relief from the… Continue reading
Nov 16 'Espresso' Machine of TB Tests Cuts Diagnosis Time By Talea Miller A new machine that can detect multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in record time may revolutionize treatment. Continue reading
Nov 16 Watch At Tipping Point of Dental Pain, A Mother Makes Tough Choices A trip to the dentist means a two-hour flight across southern Alaska for Eva Malvich. Continue watching
Nov 15 Watch Millions of Americans Face Life Without Dental Care The lack of access to dental care is a problem that affects millions of Americans. Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser reports. Continue watching
Nov 15 One Mother's Story of Teen Pregnancy in Nicaragua By Paul Solman MANAGUA, Nicaragua - Marling del Socorro Valverdi balances a restless baby on her hip as she tries to attach yards of red and green crepe paper to a drab newsprint pinata shell. In the Valverdi family, pinata sales equal dinner… Continue reading
Nov 14 In Alaska, Sesame Chicken With a Side of Perspective Health Correspondent Betty Ann Bowser reports in Toksook Bay, Alaska. Somehow sesame chicken is never going to be quite the same ... and it's all because of Alaska. Trust me. Our health unit recently went there to do a… Continue reading
Nov 14 Bringing Dental Relief for Appalachia's Poorest EmbedVideo(1952, 514, 320); GRUNDY, Va. -- It felt like a sustained jackhammer to the jaw. A pounding, pulsing dental pain that started as a dull ache in some rotten teeth and eventually spread to Bobby Horn's entire… Continue reading
Nov 14 Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Health Reform Challenge By Jason Kane The Supreme Court announced Monday that it will review the constitutionality of the health reform law. As Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal described in a post last week, the court was asked to consider five key… Continue reading