Aug 02 Watch Health Insurance Exchange 101 Julie Appleby of Kaiser Health News talks with Hari Sreenivasan. Continue watching
Aug 01 Five Maternal Health Innovations That Could Save Lives Prenant woman in Mozambique. Photo by Talea Miller. Every two minutes, somewhere around the world a woman dies in childbirth. Often, a lack of access to care, technology or medications causes these fatal complications. In an effort to reduce… Continue reading
Aug 01 Birth Control Will Soon Be Co-Pay Free for Most U.S. Women Updated 6 p.m. ET | In just one year, the price tag for birth control, yearly check-ups, breastfeeding support and domestic-violence screening will virtually disappear for many American women. Under new guidelines issued Monday by the Department of… Continue reading
Jul 29 Watch Famine, Strife in Somalia an ‘Unfolding Tragedy’ Instability in Somalia Hampers Efforts to Aid Famine 'Tragedy'… Continue watching
Jul 29 Heat Advisory: When Exercise Could Be Bad For Your Health Photo by Flickr user slapstix55. As a stifling heat wave continues to deep bake much of the country, a study released this week has news for overzealous athletes: That toned body isn't a shield for heat exhaustion. Each… Continue reading
Jul 29 Global Health Week in Tweets By Talea Miller Each week the NewsHour's global health unit highlights what's new in the Twitterverse from the world of health and development. [View the story "Weekly Twitter Round Up" on Storify]… Continue reading
Jul 29 A Year Later, Funding Still Needed for Pakistan Flood Victims By Talea Miller A woman prays by the Ravi river in August 2010, after the worst flooding in 80 years. Photo by Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images. This week marks one year since historic flooding submerged a fifth of Pakistan and displaced more than 4… Continue reading
Jul 28 How Much Will Health Reform Cost? Not Much, Study Finds The government may be picking up the tab for nearly half of the nation's health care expenses by the end of the decade, but very little of the increase will be due to the health care reform law, according… Continue reading
Jul 27 Hepatitis Risk Spikes for Drug Users By Talea Miller More than 2 billion people around the world are infected with hepatitis, a staggering figure that equals nearly one-third of the globe's population. Injection drug users are particularly vulnerable to the disease and new data out in the… Continue reading
Jul 27 Country Living May Hurt Your Health Medical assistant Elissa Ortivez draws a vaccination at a clinic in southern Colorado, where hospitals are scarce. Americans may want to reconsider the notion that moving to the countryside makes them healthier. Rural residents have more difficulty accessing health… Continue reading