Sep 22 Watch Galveston Aims to Build a Healthier City After Ike's Wave of Destruction Three years after Hurricane Ike hit in 2008, Galveston is still rebuilding. But this time area residents want to make the city a healthier place to live. Betty Ann Bowser reports. Continue watching
Sep 22 Girl Effect: Helping Poor Girls Makes Economic Sense By Hari Sreenivasan Infographic and Poster from Girl Effect report Each teenage mother in India can lose up to $100,000 in potential income over her lifetime. Multiply that by the number of teenage mothers in India and… Continue reading
Sep 22 The Mixed Blessings of Hurricanes Growing up on the east coast in Tidewater, Va., meant beautiful white sand beaches, learning to swim as you learned to walk, and fantastic summers in the sun. But it also meant hurricanes. As a child, I remember vividly… Continue reading
Sep 21 India's Bias for Boys By Talea Miller In India, aborting a fetus based on its sex is illegal, but the practice is common due to a societal preference for boys. Continue reading
Sep 21 Galveston: Healthier After Disaster? By Jason Kane Three years after devastation from Hurricane Ike, Galveston, Tex., officials are determined to build the island back stronger -- and healthier -- than ever before. Continue reading
Sep 21 Preview: Can Galveston Rebuild Healthier After Disaster? Julio Ostro and his daughter, Cesly. Photo by Jason Kane. GALVESTON, Texas - To Julio Ostro, the empty feeling at the intersection of Avenue C and 16th Street tells more about his neighborhood than anything still standing there today. Continue reading
Sep 20 World's Rising Powers Face Growing Economic Threat of Diabetes, Heart Disease Emerging powers like Brazil, Russia, China and India will face mounting health threats diabetes and other diseases. Photo by Flickr user ML_Duong NEW YORK | They are the new generation of economic powers, the nations whose economic growth put… Continue reading
Sep 20 Can Food Industry, Governments Work Together to Fight Obesity? The food and beverage industry held a meeting on the sidelines of a health conference at the U.N. Photo by Flickr user mhaithaca. NEW YORK | Food and beverage companies that make fatty, sugary products tend to not be viewed… Continue reading
Sep 20 How Obama Plans to Cut Health Programs by $320 Billion Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images In his plan to trim the federal deficit, President Barack Obama Monday proposed $320 billion in cuts to Medicare and Medicaid, largely by changing how the federal government pays health providers, slashing payments… Continue reading