Jun 10 5 Global Health Headlines: Escaping Syria, Aids at 30, Viagra as a Weapon? By Talea Miller The NewsHour's global health beat rounds up key stories from the week. Continue reading
Jun 10 Health Reform Headlines: Legal, Messaging Battles In this week's roundup of the top health reform news, an appeals court considered the legality of the individual mandate, and Democrats and Republicans sparred over the meaning of fresh polls. Continue reading
Jun 10 Watch Dance Helps Parkinson's Patients Harness Therapeutic Power of Movement Special correspondent Dave Iverson looks at a unique program that uses dance as therapy for people with Parkinson's disease. Continue watching
Jun 08 Watch Search for Effective PTSD Treatments Shows Some Promise As part of a new partnership with the NewsHour, Jay Shefsky of WTTW's "Chicago Tonight" reports on scientists' search for effective treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder. Continue watching
Jun 08 26 States Challenge Health Care Law in Court A three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta heard arguments Wednesday on whether to reverse a Florida judge's ruling that struck down the Obama administration's health care law. Continue reading
Jun 07 Watch AIDS at 30: Who's at Greatest Risk of Infection Now? In the spring of 1981, young gay men in New York and California were being sickened by rare forms of pneumonia and cancer, and the unknown disease fueled fears across society. What we now know as HIV/AIDS was once considered… Continue watching
Jun 07 30 Years of HIV/AIDS: Progress, but No Answer By Maureen Hoch This week marks 30 years that the HIV virus has been with us. Continue reading
Jun 06 Watch New Promise Shown in Treatments for Melanoma, Breast Cancer Two studies have doctors energized about the prospects for treating people with advanced cases of deadly skin cancer and the prospects for a new breast cancer drug. Judy Woodruff discusses the latest developments with Dr. George Sledge of The American… Continue watching
Jun 06 Essay: Treating the Earliest Cases of AIDS By Maureen Hoch It's been 30 years since the first reported case of AIDS, leading many in the medical community to reflect on the challenges of the earliest days of the crisis. Continue reading
Jun 06 AIDS at 30: In Early Years, Uncertainty Fueled Fear and Confusion By Maureen Hoch When AIDS began sweeping through communities in the early 1980s, little was known about the disease -- except its deadly cost. Continue reading