Oct 07 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
Oct 07 Advisory Panel: Essential Health Benefits Package Must Be Affordable By Phil Galewitz The government moved a step closer Friday toward defining what "essential benefits" would be offered by companies selling coverage to millions of Americans in new insurance exchanges. In a 297-page report, the Institute of Medicine, a federal advisory panel, laid… Continue reading
Oct 06 Faking Blood Tests to Avoid Discrimination in China By Talea Miller Carriers of hepatitis B routinely battle discrimination, now a new service offers to fake clean test results. Continue reading
Oct 05 Treating the Psychological Scars of Liberia's Conflict After a brutal civil war, an estimated 40 percent of Liberians suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, but mental health is just now becoming a priority in the West African nation. Continue reading
Oct 05 Text-Messaging for Health Still Has Its Challenges By Larisa Epatko At first glance, text-messaging health alerts to poor, rural populations with widespread mobile phone use is a no-brainer. But what about the challenges of providing useful information and the simple act of re-charging phones in isolated spots?… Continue reading
Oct 05 Memphis Hospital Teams Up With Churches to Deliver Care Navigator Sheilah Easterling-Smith prepares to check on a CHN patient. Photo by Joseph Martin, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare. Two mainstays of the Memphis community -- the Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare and nearly 400 local churches -- have teamed… Continue reading
Oct 04 Research Linking Contraceptives to HIV Raises Policy Questions A study showing injected hormonal birth control could make women more vulnerable to HIV is raising big questions about medical guidance in regions with high HIV rates. Research conducted by the University of Washington in seven African countries found… Continue reading
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