Apr 05 A Young Vet and His Dog Returning from tours in Iraq or Afghanistan (and sometimes both), American veterans struggle to adjust to civilian life: many are still grappling with what they experienced in combat and, as we recently reported, 11 percent were unemployed in March. Continue reading
Apr 05 Latino Weight Boom on the Horizon Obesity rates are rising in several countries. Flickr photo/Keith McDuffee. If we consulted the health statistics kept by the rich countries club, the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development, the OECD, we might not be too surprised to find… Continue reading
Apr 05 Rep. Ryan Risks Political Backlash With GOP Budget Rollout Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., chairs the House Budget Committee. Photo by Gage Skidmore via Flickr. As Congress wrangles over relatively minuscule reductions in non-defense discretionary spending for the remainder of the fiscal year (more on that below),… Continue reading
Apr 01 Robert MacNeil Returns to NewsHour for Autism Now Series For the first time in more than 15 years, Robert MacNeil is returning to the program he co-founded, with a major series of reports on Autism Now. The subject that drew him back is one that resonates deeply with his… Continue reading
Apr 01 Watch Robert MacNeil Previews 'Autism Now' Series on NewsHour PBS NewsHour co-founder Robert MacNeil describes the story of "Autism Now."… Continue watching
Apr 01 Top 5 Global Health Headlines: Radiation Fears, Teen Deaths, Measles Epidemic By Talea Miller Radiation Rises at Japan Plant Japanese officials are debating expanding a 12-mile evacuation radius around the damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant as radioactivity levels of seawater near the plant rose this week and highly radioactive water was found in… Continue reading
Mar 31 Medicare Rules Will Guide Hospitals, Doctors Toward More Cooperation By Lea Winerman Medicare will encourage doctors, hospitals and other health care providers to team up to provide more coordinated care for patients, according to federal guidelines released Thursday. The new draft regulations, which are part of the health care reform law, lay… Continue reading
Mar 31 Japan's Radioactive Leak: What Are the Long-Term Consequences? By Talea Miller Fukushima nuclear power plant. Environmental and nuclear scientists in the U.S. are watching apparent leakage discovered at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor site this week with a concerned eye, for both health effects and impact on the environment. Japanese safety… Continue reading
Mar 30 How Healthy Is Your County? A Few Miles Can Make a Big Difference By Dante Chinni What difference can a few miles make? It may be the difference between living a healthy life and struggling against a sea of health problems, according to a new study that ranks the relative health of counties. The study… Continue reading
Mar 30 Regulators Crack Down on Microfinance Industry in India By Fred de Sam Lazaro [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3Kw7qSrW1Y] New rules aimed at regulating India's microfinance industry, whose spectacular growth and near collapse strongly echo the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis, are set to take effect April 1. Neighboring Bangladesh's supreme court will also resume hearing an appeal… Continue reading