Feb 17 As Ariz. Seeks Smaller Medicaid Rolls, Cash-Strapped States Look to Mimic This week, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said that Arizona could drop 250,000 childless adults from the state's Medicaid program. The decision is being watched closely in statehouses all over the country, where governors facing massive budget deficits… Continue reading
Feb 17 States Facing Huge Increases in Medicaid Bills in 2012 Federal stimulus funds that support Medicaid will dry up in June, leaving state governments to support much more of the program. The PBS NewsHour has obtained budgetary data revealing how much Medicaid costs will increase for each state in fiscal… Continue reading
Feb 17 Global Food Price Spike Adding to Civil Unrest, Some Say A record high price in many food staples is pushing millions into poverty and contributing to unrest in countries like Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt and Yemen, World Bank President Robert Zoellick said this week. In January, global food prices hit… Continue reading
Feb 16 Study: Dwarfism Gene May Offer Protection From Cancer, Diabetes By Lea Winerman Dr. Jaime Guevara-Aguirre, with members of an Ecuadorian family with Laron syndrome (photo courtesy Dr. Jaime Guevara-Aguirre) An extended family in the remote Ecuadorian Andes has been blessed, and cursed, with a rare genetic tradeoff. Members of the family carry… Continue reading
Feb 16 Malnutrition Plagues Guatemala’s Children By Talea Miller Guatemala has the highest rate of chronic malnutrition among children in Latin America, and the health consequences continue on through adulthood. Continue reading
Feb 15 Watch Colorado Clinic Helps Diabetics Avoid Problems With 1-Stop Coordinated Care Betty Ann Bowser reports on a Colorado clinic that helps patients tackle the symptoms of diabetes before the disease's side effects become major health issues. Continue watching
Feb 15 Reporter’s Notebook: The Family Planning Frontier in Guatemala By Ray Suarez A week of travel in Guatemala is a feast for the eyes: stunning volcanic peaks covered in a carpet of green -- cabbages, coffee, melons, bananas growing on impossibly steep hillsides -- and people working hard to wrestle a living… Continue reading
Feb 11 Health Reform Watch: De-funding Efforts Begin, Berwick on the Hill GOP De-funding Effort to Start Next Week Republican lawmakers said Wednesday that they plan to use a spending bill that they'll bring to the House floor next week in their first effort to de-fund the health reform law. Continue reading
Feb 10 Top 5 Global Health Headlines: Vatican to Host AIDS Conference Vatican to Host Aids Conference The Vatican has announced plans to host an international conference at the end of May focusing on AIDS prevention and care. Last fall, Pope Benedict XVI grabbed headlines when he said during an… Continue reading
Feb 09 Watch ‘Practice-Changing’ Cancer Study Shows Lymph Node Surgery May Be Unnecessary A decades-old treatment for breast cancer does not necessarily improve survival rates in women with early stage cancer, according to a study released this week. Gwen Ifill speaks with co-author Dr. Monica Morrow, a surgical oncologist at New York's Memorial… Continue watching