Dec 02 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 Roundup" on Storify]… Continue reading
Dec 02 Study: Few Healthy Food Choices At Calif. Children's Hospitals Photo by Flickr user TheFoodJunk. Fried food, a cookie, ice cream and soda. It's a dieter's nightmare. It's also what many children's hospitals in California are offering their patients, staff and visitors. Researchers with the UCLA School of… Continue reading
Dec 02 Unemployment Falls To 8.6 Percent Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images. Editor's note, 11:22 am EST: all figures have been checked and confirmed against the now-available BLS data. It seems we aren't the only ones hanging on every number from the Bureau of Labor Statistics… Continue reading
Dec 01 Watch When Will We See an AIDS-Free Generation? On World AIDS Day, President Obama pledged Thursday to provide HIV treatment for millions more around the world. Jeffrey Brown discusses the state of the epidemic with U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Ambassador Eric Goosby, clinic director Dr. Patricia Nkansah-Asamoah and… Continue watching
Dec 01 Watch Obama Pledges More Support for HIV Treatment President Obama marked World AIDS Day Thursday by pledging a stepped-up effort to reach more victims of the pandemic that began 30 years ago and has since infected an estimated 66 million people worldwide. Jeffrey Brown reports. Continue watching
Dec 01 For HIV Advocates, 'Unprecedented' Moment Collides with Fiscal Worries Demonstrators rally at the United Nations' High Level Meeting on HIV & AIDS last summer, calling for full funding of worldwide treatment and prevention programming. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images. The view from the curb looks pretty good to… Continue reading
Dec 01 An Illustrated History of AIDS Dr. Edward Atwater, 85, poses with some of the more than 6,000 posters in his collection. Photo courtesy of the University of Rochester. The colorful posters have graced walls and subways in London, New York, and Paris. But… Continue reading
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