Health

Responders Rush to Aid Japan Victims, Evacuees

By Talea Miller

Tens of thousands of rescue workers are descending on Japan's northeast coast following the devastating earthquake and tsunami Friday that killed at least 10,000, according to a recent Associated Press estimate. More than half a million people have been evacuated…

Aid for Victims of Japan's Disaster

The Japan Red Cross is working around the clock to provide food, shelter and medical services to the many people injured and displaced by Friday's earthquake and tsunami.

Death Toll Climbs in Japan as Nuclear Threat Grows

By News Desk

People evacuate by boat down a road flooded by tsunami waves in the Japanese city of Ishinomaki in Miyagi prefecture on Saturday, a day after a massive quake and tsunami hit the region. Photo by Jiji Press/AFP/Getty Images The death…

Obama Administration Grants Maine Health Reform Waiver

In the news this week: Making health reform more flexible for states. On Wednesday, the federal government gave Maine a waiver good through 2013 that will exempt the state from enforcing part of the health reform law --…

Young Athletes' Deaths Put New Focus on Heart Defects

Last Thursday, 16-year-old Wes Leonard died shortly after scoring the game-winning shot at his high school basketball game in Michigan. An autopsy found that he had an enlarged heart. Just two days later in Colorado, 17-year-old Matthew Hammerdorfer…

U.N. Report: Closing Gender Gap is Good for Food Security

Closing the gender gap could increase agricultural yield and help address food security in starving countries, according to a U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization report released Monday, "The State of Food and Agriculture." "We know that women deserve the…

NewsHour Connect: Mass. Community Reacts to Living Near Wind Turbines

Wind turbines, used around the world to provide energy, are often seen grouped together in wind farms in rural parts of Iowa, Texas and Nebraska. But as more towns build turbines to power their own electric grids, communities are reacting…

Guatemala's Archbishop Speaks on Family Planning, Violence Against Women

By Talea Miller

Guatemala's Archbishop Oscar Julio Vian Morales calls for more education about natural family planning, and encourages Guatemala's men to change their attitudes towards women.

Diabetes Data Reflect Health, Income and Socio-Economic Divides

Living a healthy lifestyle is not easy in the U.S.; keeping fit can be tough in the land of supersizes and never-ending pasta bowls. But the health problems aren't the same everywhere, and in a paper released Tuesday, the Centers…

'Diabetes Belt' Encircles Southern U.S.

By Lea Winerman

Nearly 26 million people in the United States have diabetes, according to the latest Centers for Disease Control estimate, and that number could expand to one-third of the U.S. population by 2050 if obesity and other trends continue. The…