Dec 01 Scary Foods: Outbreaks That Helped Spur the Food Safety Bill Eggs, spinach, peanut butter, peppers -- after several years of headline-grabbing food recalls, the Senate on Tuesday approved the biggest food safety changes in 70 years, passing a sweeping bill that, if signed into law, would expand the power of… Continue reading
Dec 01 Former Surgeon General Koop Calls AIDS ‘Forgotten Epidemic’ By Talea Miller Former Surgeon General of the United States C. Everett Koop spoke with Ray Suarez for World AIDS Day. Continue reading
Nov 30 Health Reform Watch: No-Go for 1099 Repeal, Medicare Docs Sidestep Pay Cut We're starting something new at Rx for Reform. Each week, we'll update you on the latest health reform and health policy news happening in Washington, in statehouses, in courthouses and in the health care business. Here's a look at… Continue reading
Nov 30 New Guidelines Boost Vitamin D Recommendation for Bone Health Daily vitamin supplements including Vitamin D, far right. Photo via Flickr user Bradley J. A government report released early Tuesday raised the recommended amount of vitamin D that most American adults should consume from 200 international units to 600… Continue reading
Nov 26 Top 5 Global Health Headlines: HIV Breakthrough, Pope’s Condom Remarks New Hope for Preventing HIV Infections A study published in The New England Journal of Medicine this week found that regular doses of an antiretroviral combination called Truvada helped protect healthy gay men from contracting HIV. Overall, patients… Continue reading
Nov 25 Art Program Aims to Help Children Affected by AIDS By Talea Miller One in every eight adults in Mozambique is infected with HIV, and many children in the country have lost a parent, or both parents, to the disease. An art program started by Save the Children in one rural village is… Continue reading
Nov 25 Watch Making AIDS Drugs Affordable Here and Abroad Spencer Michels profiles the company that makes the HIV medicine, and the strides to make it affordable to those in the U.S. and poorer countries. Continue watching
Nov 25 Watch New Antiretroviral Could Reduce Risk of HIV Infection Ray Suarez looks at the latest advances in combating AIDS. New research suggests taking an antiretroviral while healthy could greatly reduce the risk of contracting HIV. Continue watching
Nov 24 Preview: Could Childhood Disease Lower Intelligence? A new study from the University of New Mexico suggests that children plagued with infectious disease at a young age may face a long-term consequence -- lower intelligence. Researchers found that when babies are sick, their bodies are… Continue reading
Nov 24 Watch Mozambique Looks to Battle Illnesses to Boost Kids’ IQs, Economy In the final report of his series on health issues in Mozambique, Ray Suarez reports on the country's high levels of childhood mortality and the connections between kids' illnesses and intelligence levels. Continue watching