May 13 Medicare, Social Security May Exhaust Funds Sooner Than Expected The trustees who oversee the finances of Medicare and Social Security said Friday that both programs will exhaust their trust funds sooner than previously expected. The Medicare Trustees report projected funds for the Medicare hospital insurance fund… Continue reading
May 13 Top Five Global Health Headlines: HIV Prevention Breakthrough; Chronic Disease Killers By Talea Miller HIV medications. Photo by AFP/Getty Early Use of HIV Drugs Could Prevent Transmission The key to slowing the spread of the HIV epidemic could lie in the medicines already being used to treat HIV positive patients, researchers at the… Continue reading
May 12 For Romney, a Health Care Conundrum Likely 2012 presidential candidate Mitt Romney is set to make a speech about health care. Photo by Gage Skidmore via Flickr. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has a tough assignment Thursday when he takes the stage at… Continue reading
May 11 Watch Ukraine Struggles to Curb HIV Epidemic Amid Drug Shortages, Political Hurdles Ukraine has the highest HIV infection rate in Europe and now there are fears its epidemic could spread to neighboring countries. Special correspondent Kira Kay reports from Ukraine on the health issue. Continue watching
May 11 Slide Show: The Japan Crisis, 2 Months Later By Talea Miller It has been two months since a catastrophic earthquake rocked Japan, triggering a massive tsunami and critically damaging the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. In the slide show below, learn more about the toll and costs of the triple-disaster,… Continue reading
May 11 In Wake of Duerson Case, 5 Questions About Football and Brain Injury Just before he took his life this winter, former football great David Duerson sent a text message to his ex-wife — and wrote a suicide note as well — that would call attention once again to some big questions surrounding… Continue reading
May 10 Appeals Court Hears Virginia Health Care Reform Challenges By Sarah Clune Updated 5:30 p.m. ET | The federal appeals panel heard more than two hours of arguments Tuesday in the two Virginia lawsuits challenging the new health care reform law. The first case up was Liberty University's, argued by attorney Mathew… Continue reading
May 10 Study: 44 Million Could Lose Medicaid Coverage Under GOP Plan‎ A new study released Tuesday by two nonpartisan organizations added new fuel to the debate over debt and spending when the report found that debt reduction proposals by House Republicans lawmakers could leave up to 44 million more low-income… Continue reading
May 10 The Making of a Memory Master: An Interview with Joshua Foer EmbedVideo(534, 482, 304); While writing an article for Slate on the ancient art of memory, journalist Joshua Foer decided to put his own brain to the test. He launched into a year of mental training and rigorous… Continue reading
May 09 Autism Prevalence May Be Far Higher Than Believed, Study Finds For the first time, researchers have studied an entire population sample and found that one in 38 children exhibited symptoms of autism. The study was published Monday in the American Journal of Psychiatry. "These numbers are really startling" said… Continue reading