Jun 21 Slide Show: The World’s Biggest Refugee Hot Zones By Talea Miller More than 80 percent of the world's 15.4 million refugees are hosted in some of the world's poorest countries, according to new 2010 data released this week by the U.N. High Commission on Refugees. Driven from their homes… Continue reading
Jun 21 Refugee Hot Zones Around the World By Talea Miller The UN Refugee Agency released new 2010 data on the countries hosting the largest numbers of refugees and the countries producing large refugee populations. Continue reading
Jun 20 Watch Study: Food Allergies in Children Becoming More Common, Severe A new study out Monday find that children's food allergies are now more common, and more severe. Gwen Ifill discusses the findings with Dr. Ruchi Gupta, the lead author of the study. Continue watching
Jun 20 Study: Severe Food Allergies More Common Among Children Photo by Flickr user Distal Zou One in 13 American children has a food allergy -- far more than previously reported, according to a study released Monday in the journal Pediatrics. That's about two children in every… Continue reading
Jun 20 Medicare Advisory Group Urges Closer Look at Costs for MRIs, CT Scans By Maureen Hoch With fresh attention on the powers of a new independent panel that will be created under the health reform law, there's been growing debate around a recommendation from an existing panel -- one calling for reduced payments and fewer MRIs. Continue reading
Jun 17 When Eating Well Is a Matter of Where You Live Patchwork Nation looks at "food deserts" around the country, where geography affects diet. Continue reading
Jun 17 Imprisoned Iranian Doctors Honored for HIV Work By Beat Beat Two Iranian brothers who promoted compassionate HIV care and were imprisoned by the government were awarded the 2011 Jonathan Mann Award for Global Health and Human Rights Thursday night. Continue reading
Jun 16 Watch Certain Antibiotics Spur Widening Reports of Severe Side Effects A class of antibiotics called quinolones is raising concerns after some patients report becoming very ill after taking them. Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser reports. Continue watching
Jun 16 Q&A: Head of the Global Health Initiative Talks Next Moves By Beat Beat The Obama administration's Global Health Initiative is marking its first anniversary at work in eight focus countries, and is preparing to expand to 20 more by the end of the summer. Continue reading
Jun 15 In Many Countries, Cancer Patients Face Stigma, Misperceptions By Beat Beat A growing body of research looks at perceptions of cancer and the stigma for patients, both self-inflicted and from their communities. Continue reading