Oct 27 Watch Pakistani Mothers, Babies Face Health Risks Special correspondent Saima Mohsin reports from Pakistan, where pregnant women and infants who survived the floods often lack sufficient nutrition and access to health care. Continue watching
Oct 26 Bosnian Divide Extends to Cancer Care By Kira Kay My assignment in Bosnia this past month was two-fold: examine the surprisingly high levels of breast cancer in the country and cover the significant national elections underway. I soon discovered that the two stories would intertwine -- that the… Continue reading
Oct 26 Watch In Bosnia, Breast Cancer Fight Gives Women a Unifying Voice In a country still very much identified with its civil war that ended 15 years ago, the leading cause of death among Bosnian women is breast cancer. Special correspondent Kira Kay reports on efforts to stop the deadly disease. Continue watching
Oct 25 'Origins' Explores the Science of Pregnancy, Fetal Development DetectFlashDecision_Blog('news01s44a6qf90', 'v91XQWn7AHo', '29'); In her new book "Origins: How the Nine Months Before Birth Shape the Rest of Our Lives," science writer Annie Murphy Paul dives into the often-controversial topic of fetal origins. In the book, which… Continue reading
Oct 25 Monday: Haiti's Cholera Death Toll Hits 250; More Massacres in Mexico The death toll in Haiti's cholera epidemic topped 250 over the weekend as thousands more remained hospitalized and officials braced for the disease to spread into densely populated slums in urban areas. The Wall Street Journal reports:… Continue reading
Oct 25 Watch Preview: Reporting on HIV in Mozambique Ray Suarez gives a preview of his series of Global Health Unit reports from one of the poorest countries in the world, Mozambique, where the number of cases of HIV and AIDS has strained medical and financial resources. Continue watching
Oct 22 CDC: 1 in 3 Americans Could Have Diabetes by 2050 As many as 1 in 3 American adults could have diabetes by the year 2050, according to a new analysis released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control. That would be sharp rise from one in 10 adults now… Continue reading
Oct 22 Authorities Fear Cholera Outbreak Could Spread in Haiti By Larisa Epatko Health officials fear a cholera outbreak in rural Haiti that has killed at least 142 people and sickened more than 1,500 will spread to other parts of Haiti, including the earthquake-ravaged capital Port-au-Prince. Continue reading
Oct 22 Mozambique's Health Care Struggles Put Need for Basics Back in Focus By Ray Suarez MAPUTO | A few weeks ago at the U.N., I interviewed the Health Minister of Mozambique, Paolo Ivo Garrido. By the time I got to Maputo in October, Garrido had been dismissed as health minister in a cabinet reshuffling and… Continue reading
Oct 22 WikiLeaks Close to Releasing War Documents; Cholera Outbreak in Haiti The WikiLeaks website is close to releasing what the Pentagon fears is "the largest cache of secret U.S. documents in history." The Associated Press reports that the documents include hundreds of thousands of intelligence reports compiled after the… Continue reading