Oct 03 Watch Nobels Honor Immune System Research Paving Way for New Vaccines, Treatments American Bruce Beutler and Luxembourg-born Jules Hoffmann shared this year's Nobel Prize in medicine with Canadian-born Ralph Steinman, who died on Friday, for their discoveries related to the immune system. Jeffrey Brown discusses their work with Dr. Anthony Fauci of… Continue watching
Oct 03 Watch India's Massive School Lunch Program Aims to Curb Widespread Malnutrition The economy in India is growing rapidly, but not fast enough to take care of its millions of poor and hungry children. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on a solution that has resulted in the world's largest school… Continue watching
Oct 03 Somalis Desperate for Aid on the Deadly Streets of Mogadishu Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, is considered one of the most dangerous, lawless cities in the world. AK-47s and rocket-propelled grenades are sold openly at weapons markets, insurgent and government forces fight each other regularly in the streets. Years of… Continue reading
Oct 03 Brutal Violence, Famine Create Crisis in Mogadishu By Talea Miller South African aid group Gift of the Givers is providing food and medical aid in Mogadishu, plagued by a long legacy of lawlessness and violence. Continue reading
Sep 30 Global Health Week in Tweets Each week the NewsHour's global health unit highlights what's new in the Twitterverse for our readers. Check out our Tweet picks from the world of global health this week, and be sure to send us your suggestions! Follow our… Continue reading
Sep 29 Medical Workers in Bahrain Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison A wounded protestor in Bahrain is taken to the hospital in February. Photo by Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images. Twenty doctors and nurses jailed during the spring revolt against Bahrain's ruling monarchy received sentences of up to 15 years in prison… Continue reading
Sep 28 White House Asks the Supreme Court to Consider Health Reform By Jason Kane Supreme Court; photo by Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images. The Obama administration asked the Supreme Court Wednesday to decide whether the president's landmark health care law is constitutional. In a White House blog post Wednesday afternoon, Stephanie Cutter, a deputy… Continue reading
Sep 28 Watch Inequality Hurts: The Unhealthy Side Effects of Economic Disparity As part of our series on economic inequality, Paul Solman investigates the health effects that inequality can have on individuals and society. To determine the hidden costs, he speaks with epidemiologists, former six-figure income earners who are chronically unemployed and… Continue watching
Sep 28 Watch CDC Chief: Source of Deadly Listeria in Contaminated Cantaloupes Still Unknown The Centers for Disease Control and the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday that at least 13 people have died so far from listeria found in contaminated cantaloupes. Gwen Ifill discusses the deadliest outbreak of foodborne disease in more than… Continue watching
Sep 28 Galveston: The Mother of All U.S. Natural Disasters A split view of Galveston's Broadway Street - in September 1900 and today. Photo courtesy of Galveston Historical Foundation. September is an unlucky time of year for Galveston, Texas. It was in September that this barrier island on the… Continue reading