Aug 02 Watch USAID Chief: Famine in Somalia 'Worse Than You Can Imagine' In a new effort to alleviate the suffering in famine-stricken Eastern Africa, the U.S. government eased its restrictions on providing aid to Somalia -- aimed at sanctioning al-Shabab -- in hopes of getting more food to starving people. Margret Warner… Continue watching
Aug 02 Watch Utah's Health Insurance Experiment Built Around Small Businesses Under the federal health care reform law, all states will be required to set up a health insurance exchange starting in 2014. Betty Ann Bowser reports on one state that is ahead of the game, and how the new system… Continue watching
Aug 02 Questions About Health Insurance Exchanges? Ask Secretary Sebelius On Tuesday's PBS NewsHour broadcast, we heard from health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser about Utah's health insurance exchange. Online, we posed our own questions to Julie Appleby of Kaiser Health News. But now is your chance to… Continue reading
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