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
Jul 27 Health Care Reform Inches Closer to Supreme Court Photo by Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images. The Thomas More Law Center formally asked the Supreme Court Tuesday to reverse an appeals court decision upholding the health care reform law. Marking the first appeal of its kind to reach… Continue reading
Jul 26 Drugs Help Keep Seniors from Emergency Care, Study Finds Photo by Joe Raedle with Getty Images Seniors with access to affordable prescription drugs require less spending on emergency and short-term nursing care, according to a study of Medicare Part D released Tuesday. Published in the Journal… Continue reading
Jul 26 A Day in the Life of Japan's 'Nuclear Gypsies' By Talea Miller More than 2,500 contract workers, lured by the promise of guaranteed work during an economic downturn, brave dangerously high radiation at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant. Continue reading
Jul 25 East Africa Famine: How to Help Updated on August 15, 2011. More than 11 million people are in need of aid in drought-stricken East Africa, and more than 800,000 children could die from starvation, the U.N. says. View a slide show of the harrowing conditions Somalis… Continue reading
Jul 25 Escaping the Epicenter of Eastern Africa's Famine By Talea Miller More than 11 million people are in need of aid due to the worst drought to hit Eastern Africa in 60 years. Kenya and Ethiopia are struggling to absorb refugees from hardest-hit Somalia who are desperate for any food and… Continue reading
Jul 22 Watch Extremists, Corruption Pose Big Problems Getting Aid to Famine-Stricken Somalis In Somalia's Food Crisis, Children Face Greatest Peril… Continue watching
Jul 22 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