Feb 09 In Wake of Tucson Shootings, Program Tries to Catch, Treat Psychosis Early A decision made by California voters six years ago may well have a bearing on the mental health issues raised by the shooting spree in Tucson, Ariz. Californians decided in 2004 to impose an extra 1 percent income tax for… Continue reading
Feb 09 ‘Let’s Move’ Campaign Turns One, Forgoes Cake One year ago today, first lady Michelle Obama sat down with the NewsHour's Jim Lehrer to discuss the launch of her new "Let's Move" campaign to tackle childhood obesity. Photo at right: Michelle Obama at a "Let's Move"… Continue reading
Feb 09 From the Field: Opening Horizons for Guatemala’s Girls By Talea Miller ANTIGUA, Guatemala– For girls growing up in rural Guatemala, it is not unusual to leave school by the age of 12, marry by 15, and give birth for the first time while still a teenager. About 60 percent of school-aged… Continue reading
Feb 09 Watch California Program Stresses Early Detection, Treatment of Mental Illness Spencer Michels reports on a California organization working to identify mental illness in young people before their problems become worse. Continue watching
Feb 08 Funding Shortage Threatens AIDS Drug Programs For the past year, William Kibler has relied on Florida's AIDS Drug Assistance Program to help provide the medicine he needs to stay healthy. Kibler, who has been HIV-positive for 24 years, lost his health insurance last year… Continue reading
Feb 07 Testing New Tools to Quash Bed Bugs Bed bugs are survivors. They grow as large as ladybugs and can live a year without eating. They move from room to room and leave itchy, bloody welts on skin when they bite. And they wreak havoc on… Continue reading
Feb 07 From the Field: Violence Against Women in Guatemala By Talea Miller At the age of 15, Maria-Isabel Veliz was kidnapped, raped and murdered. She was working at a boutique in Guatemala City when she was abducted and forced into a van with duct tape over her mouth. She was never seen… Continue reading
Feb 04 Health Reform Watch: In Courts and Congress, Health Reform Faces Challengers By Lea Winerman The health reform law faced major challenges this week in the courts and in Congress. The big news of came Monday in Florida, when U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson became the second judge to declare the law's individual mandate… Continue reading
Feb 04 What If Health Reform Had No Mandate? Politicians, Experts Weigh In In the wake of a second ruling from a federal judge this week who found the insurance mandate in the health reform law to be unconstitutional, there's a growing amount of chatter in the health policy world about whether… Continue reading
Feb 04 Top 5 Global Health Headlines: Aid to Egypt, Obesity and Cancer By Talea Miller Backers of Egyptian President Mubarak on the streets of Cairo. Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images U.S. Aid to Egypt in Question Massive demonstrations against Egypt's President Mubarak and a deteriorating security situation in the streets of Cairo have thrown the future of… Continue reading