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Emergency Departments Struggle With Growing Drug Shortages

Photo by Sarah Clune/NewsHour. The number of medications on the Food and Drug Administration's shortage list keeps growing. And while calcium chloride and potassium phosphate aren't drug names the average American would recognize, they're critical…

Drug Prices Soar as Hospital Suppliers are Forced into ‘Gray Market’

A breast cancer patient receives a chemotherapy drip at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville, N.C. Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images. Michael O'Neal buys drugs for a living -- and too often these days, he's forced to do…

Emergency Departments Struggle With Growing Drug Shortages

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Obama Initiative Targets Malnutrition in Guatemala

By Talea Miller

Chronic malnutrition is the single biggest contributor to the deaths of children under 5 in Guatemala.

The Anatomy of Coney Island Hospital’s Hurricane Evacuation

Ambulances wait on Friday to evacuate patients at Coney Island Hospital as Hurricane Irene headed northward; Spencer Platt/Getty Images Coney Island Hospital has been staring down the Atlantic Ocean for the past 137 years. On Friday, a retreat was…

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 "Weekly Twitter Round Up" on Storify…

Cars of the Future May Keep Us Safe Behind the Wheel at Any Age

On Thursday's NewsHour, we featured an excerpt of the film "Old People Driving" as part of our Economist Film Project series. The new documentary looks at the stories of two seniors, still driving as they approach their 100th…

Obesity Rates Rising Worldwide, Half of U.S. Could Be Obese by 2030

By Talea Miller

There are an estimated 502 million obese adults worldwide. Photo by Flickr user Malingering. The world is getting fatter, and packing on the pounds is not just for wealthy nations anymore. Obesity is sweeping into low and middle-income countries, reports…

For Legendary Coach Summitt, Next Opponent Is Dementia Diagnosis

Pat Summitt, the winningest coach in college basketball history, has been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's. Hari Sreenivasan talks to her son Tyler Summitt and The Washington Post's Sally Jenkins about how the coach is coping and staying focused on…

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‘Long-term’ Needs Grow in Horn of Africa as Drought Shows No Signs of Abating

By Larisa Epatko

Many in East Africa, still suffering from drought and hunger, are streaming into refugee camps as other countries try to close a $1.1 billion shortfall in needed funding for relief supplies.