Jul 22 Texting to Track Malaria Supplies By Talea Miller Mobile phones are pervasive in the developing world, and now a new wave of mobile technology is dramatically changing the way health care workers provide services to rural communities in these regions. Continue reading
Jul 21 Medical Apps Slated for FDA Checkup Dr. Antonella Tosti uses an iPhone to check Michael Casa Nova,12, for symptoms of skin cancer. The FDA plans to begin regulating such apps. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images. They can check your heartbeat, count your calories, and even… Continue reading
Jul 21 Life in the Post Food-Surplus World By Ray Suarez Women shelling mussels in Indonesia. Photo by Cat Wise. Hunger activists used to argue that the world produces more than enough food for all of its people -- it's the transportation, storage, and waste that cause the problem. Now, that… Continue reading
Jul 21 Watch Soaring Food Costs Hit Indonesian Families' Budgets The price of rice has risen 25 percent in less than a year in Indonesia, and more families have stunted or malnourished children as a results of soaring costs. Continue watching
Jul 20 Watch Birth Control Set to Become More Accessible Under Health Law This week, a panel from the Institute of Medicine recommended complete coverage for birth control and FDA-approved contraception for women. Jeffrey Brown discusses what services could be covered under the health care reform law signed by President Obama last year… Continue watching
Jul 20 Sperm 'Cloak' Could Be a Factor in Some Male Infertility Cases A missing protein may be the culprit in millions of cases of male infertility, according to a report released Wednesday in the journal Science Translational Medicine. Researchers at the University of California, Davis, discovered that the absence of a… Continue reading
Jul 20 Wanted: New Birth Control Choices for Men By Talea Miller Condoms or a vasectomy? Those are the choices for sexually active men who want to control their own fertility -- at least for now. These two options are currently the only available contraceptive methods for men, and both have well-documented… Continue reading
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