Feb 25 Matching Medical Supplies With Communities in Need By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy One man's promise in Brazil leads to a lifetime of helping poor clinics all over the world with their medical needs. Continue reading
Feb 25 Top 5 Global Health Headlines: Fungi to Battle Malaria, Lead Poisoning in China By Talea Miller Malaria patient in Cambodia. Photo by Talea Miller. Fungus Could Fight Malaria Researchers have genetically modified fungi capable of killing off malaria-causing parasites in mosquitoes, and preventing parasites from developing in the first place. Malaria is transmitted from person to… Continue reading
Feb 24 Paying For Public Pensions By Elizabeth Shell Editor's Note: As the fire over collective bargaining and public worker benefits burns across the country, on Thursday's broadcast we're looking at perhaps the issue behind it all: public pensions and how to pay for them. Our story takes place… Continue reading
Feb 24 Poll: 1 in 5 Americans Believe Health Reform Was Repealed More than one in five Americans incorrectly believe that the health care reform law has been repealed, and another 26 percent aren't sure, according to the latest Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll released Thursday. The NewsHour talked… Continue reading
Feb 24 Mobile Banking Could Be Global Health Tool By Talea Miller Cell phone technology is flourishing in developing countries, and health experts are hoping to capitalize on a wave of mobile banking products. Continue reading
Feb 23 D.C. Judge Upholds Health Reform Law as Cases Move Toward Supreme Court In the judicial back and forth over the health care reform law, the score is now three to two. On Tuesday, Federal District Court Judge Gladys Kessler of Washington, D.C. said that the law is constitutional. She tossed out… Continue reading
Feb 23 Venom From Around the World Dr. Zoltan Takacs hunts deadly snakes around the world in search of their venom. Once he's captured the reptile's poison, he brings it back to his Chicago lab where he studies the neurotoxins. Takacs is also photographer and takes advantage… Continue reading
Feb 23 Guinea Worm: Parasitic Infection Nearing Extinction By Fred de Sam Lazaro Officials at the Atlanta-based Carter Center said this week that the effort to eradicate the Guinea Worm parasite -- a scourge that dates back to Biblical times -- is now 99 percent complete. In an elaborate ceremony in Atlanta to… Continue reading
Feb 22 Study: Cell Phone Radiation Stirs Brain Activity, but Health Effects Unknown A PET scan shows activation in the part of the brain nearest a cell phone antenna when the phone is turned on (left) and off (right) Talking on a cell phone increases the activity in the parts of your… Continue reading
Feb 22 Preview: Picturesque Guatemala Overwhelmed by Violence, Poverty By Talea Miller // Senior correspondent Ray Suarez, just back from a reporting trip, describes Guatemala as a land of exquisite beauty, but also of exquisite agony. Violence against women is systemic and widespread - part of an overall pattern of violence… Continue reading