Jul 19 Women Should Get Free Birth Control, HHS-Backed Group Urges Birth-control pills are among the contraceptives that could be offered at no cost to Americans; Creative Commons photo by flickr.com/nateone All U.S. women should have access to free birth control as part of the 2010 health care reform… Continue reading
Jul 19 Slide Show: Indonesia's Rise Not Lifting Everyone By Cat Wise Tuesday on the NewsHour, Ray Suarez reports on Indonesia's growing economy and its potential as a model for new democracies emerging from the Arab Spring. Watch that report online exclusively right now in our sneak peek, and for more… Continue reading
Jul 19 Indonesia Rising: A Country's Evolution By Talea Miller Indonesia has 240 million people living on 6,000 islands, belonging to hundreds of ethnic groups. The evolving democracy continues to grow its economy. Continue reading
Jul 18 Secondhand Smoke Tied to Teen Hearing Trouble, Study Finds A new study found links between teens' exposure to secondhand smoke and hearing loss; file photo Most scientists agree secondhand smoke is bad for young lungs, but a new study shows it may also be going to the heads… Continue reading
Jul 18 Tsunami-Devastated Aceh an Epicenter of Mental Health Woes By Cat Wise Monday on the NewsHour, Ray Suarez reports on the lack of mental health services in Indonesia. Learn more about the problem in the Aceh region of Indonesia in the post below. Survivors mourn the dead after a large tsunami hit… Continue reading
Jul 18 'Cooking Matters' Finds Recipe to Combat Food Insecurity By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Chef David Coder explains to group of parents and children how to prepare vegetables for a healthy stir fry. National non-profit Cooking Matters thinks it has found the recipe to reducing hunger and improving health for poor American families. Continue reading
Jul 15 Global Health Twitter Roundup Each week the NewsHour's global health unit highlights what's new in the Twitterverse from the world of health and development. Be sure to send us your suggestions, and you can nominate organizations for our weekly "one way to help" feature!… Continue reading
Jul 15 Watch Indonesia's Mentally Ill Face Neglect, Mistreatment A shortage of health workers, lack of treatment options and widespread misconceptions about psychological disorders often leads to poor and inhuman treatment of mentally ill patients in Indonesia. Ray Suarez reports. Continue watching
Jul 14 Sneak Peek: Indonesia Series Explores Rising Power's Major Health Challenges By Talea Miller Updated with all the series reports on July 19. While Indonesia boasts the world's fourth-largest population, the biggest Muslim population, 6,000 islands and a top 20 economy, many Americans know very little of the Southeast Asian nation --… Continue reading
Jul 14 Watch Sneak Peek: Indonesia Series Explores Rising Power's Major Health Challenges Ray Suarez talks about his trip to Indonesia and the country's health challenges. Continue watching