Jan 18 H1N1 Gives Clues to Universal Flu Vaccine By Talea Miller Researchers found that the 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza produced antibodies that provide protection from several flu strains. Continue reading
Jan 17 State Budget Cuts Slash Mental Health Funding Over the past ten days, the story of 22-year-old Jared Loughner, the alleged gunman in the Tucson shootings, has unfolded on news outlets throughout the world. It's a dark tale of a troubled young man who was growing increasingly out… Continue reading
Jan 17 Poll: Support for Health Care Repeal Drops As the House of Representatives gears up to vote this week on a proposed repeal of the health care reform bill, public support for the move is falling. Only 25 percent of people polled now support repealing the health care… Continue reading
Jan 14 Top 5 Global Health Headlines: Malaria Vaccine, Haiti One Year Later By Talea Miller Malaria patient in Tanzania. Photo by Talea Miller. Promising New Malaria Vaccine An effective malaria vaccine may be on the horizon: a Phase II trial published in the Lancet this week showed an experimental vaccine cut the risk of… Continue reading
Jan 14 Health Reform Watch: After Tragedy, House Resumes Repeal Agenda After Shooting, House Resumes Repeal Agenda House Republicans said Thursday that the House will take up a vote to repeal the health care reform law next week, resuming their legislative agenda one week after it was delayed by… Continue reading
Jan 14 Watch Cholera Outbreak Compounds Haiti's Woes Jeffrey Brown looks at the battle against a cholera epidemic in Haiti, one year after a devastating earthquake upset an already fragile infrastructure. Continue watching
Jan 12 In Photos: A Year of Tragedy and Survival in Haiti By Talea Miller Wednesday marks one year since a magnitude-7 earthquake devastated Haiti on January 12, 2010, killing more than 230,000 people and injuring many more. Rick Loomis, a Pulitzer-Prize winning photographer for the Los Angeles Times, arrived in Haiti one… Continue reading
Jan 11 For Some Young Men, a Dangerous Age for Mental Illness Jared Loughner, the 22-year-old suspect accused of killing six people this week and wounding 14 others, including his target Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, joins an infamous roster of gunmen -- 23-year-old Virginia Tech shooter Seung-hui Cho, Columbine high school seniors Eric… Continue reading
Jan 11 Reporter's Notebook: Memories from Haiti, One Year After the Quake By Ray Suarez Ray Suarez in Haiti, July 2010 This past summer, I stood at the edge of a fetid pool of standing water. Marooned in the middle of the deepening pool were two forlorn soccer goals, indicating a place that wasn't always… Continue reading
Jan 11 Watch In Loughner Case, Missed Signals and a Troubled Mental Past Friends, neighbors and classmates recall a troubled Jared Lee Loughner, prone to angry outbursts and anti-social behavior. A panel of mental health experts discusses the missed signals and challenges of cases like Loughner's. Continue watching