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
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