Jul 14 Watch Google's Effects on Memory Psychologist Betsy Sparrow tells Hari Sreenivasan about her newest research. Continue watching
Jul 13 Rationing Care or Controlling Costs? Medicare Board Takes Heat on the Hill Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius spent two days on Capitol Hill this week, defending a board that some charge will ration Medicare. Photo by Alex Wong, Getty Images. Echoes of the once-familiar drumbeat to "repeal and replace"… Continue reading
Jul 13 Studies: HIV Meds Can Help Prevent New Infections By Talea Miller Patients wait at an HIV clinic in Mozambique. HIV-negative men and women who took a daily pill usually used to treat the disease reduced their risk of becoming infected with HIV by more than 60 percent, two new studies show. Continue reading
Jul 13 Watch Rep. Ryan Grills Sec. Sebelius on IPAB Rep. Paul Ryan questioned Sec. Kathleen Sebelius on the IPAB. Continue watching
Jul 12 Watch Mobile Technology Tracks Malaria Nets In Tanzania, MEDA uses text messages to keep track of malaria bed nets. Continue watching
Jul 12 Watch Sec. Sebelius Defends the IPAB Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius defended the IPAB July 12, 2011. Continue watching
Jul 11 New Rules Unveiled for Health Care Exchanges By Betty Ann Bowser // Saying "flexibility is the name of the game," Department of Health and Human Services officials unveiled a broad framework for states to follow as they build their health insurance exchanges under the health reform law. The new regulations… Continue reading
Jul 11 Watch Health Care Exchange Regulations Unveiled HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the new health exchange regulations July 7. Continue watching
Jul 11 Record Drought Threatens Millions in Eastern Africa By Betty Ann Bowser More than 10 million people are desperately in need of food assistance in Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya, the World Food Program estimated this week, as the worst drought in 60 years continues to ravage eastern Africa. The situation in Somalia… Continue reading
Jul 11 The Lives of Child Brides, as Captured Through a Photographer's Lens By Lauren Knapp The practice of child marriage is far more common throughout the world than many might suspect. According to UNICEF, as many as 50 million girls in developing countries were married before they turned 18 and 100 million more are… Continue reading