Jul 13 New U.S. AIDS Strategy Aims to Reduce New Infections by 25% The Obama administration on Tuesday released a wide-ranging domestic AIDS policy plan that aims to reduce the annual number of new HIV infections by 25 percent by 2015 and calls for more targeted efforts to slow the spread of… Continue reading
Jul 13 What Now in Haiti? President Preval Talks With Ray Suarez By Ray Suarez The temperature has been in the mid-90s, but the humidity makes it feel like it's over 100. The sun pounds the pavement, heat radiates from the cinder block walls that push pedestrians to a narrow strip of sidewalk in most… Continue reading
Jul 12 New PTSD Treatment Rules for Vets Come Too Late for Some By Betty Ann Bowser When the Department of Veterans Affairs announced its changes for how military vets can quality for PTSD treatment Monday, it made us think back to a very powerful story we did in 2008 on the impact of these… Continue reading
Jul 12 Haiti a Patchwork of Starts and Stops on Quake Recovery By Ray Suarez Six months after a powerful earthquake rocked Haiti, more than one million people are still homeless and the people of Port-au-Prince and surrounding regions continue to suffer the economic, physical and mental after-effects of the devastating temblor. The… Continue reading
Jul 12 Watch Rules Change for Vets’ PTSD Benefits New government rules will make it easier for military veterans to claim disability benefits for those diagnosed with PTSD. Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser reports. Continue watching
Jul 09 Oil Spill Takes Emotional Toll on Gulf Residents By Betty Ann Bowser Citing the "unprecedented" nature of the BP oil spill disaster, federal and state medical officials expressed concern Friday about what they see as mounting mental health issues that people in the Gulf states are facing. Public health… Continue reading
Jul 09 Dispatch From Haiti: Getting Back to Work in Port-au-Prince By Talea Miller PORT-AU-PRINCE | Renette Saintjuste stocks a dizzying mix of items for her tiny makeshift shop in the Centre Sportif Dadadou tent camp in Haiti's capital. Fresh eggs, dried pasta, soap, earrings and cookware are all for sale to her… Continue reading
Jul 08 Scenes From Haiti, 6 Months After the Earthquake By Talea Miller An estimated 1.5 million Haitians were displaced in January’s earthquake. Six months later, the majority of that population is still living in tent settlements and the medical infrastructure is still fragile. A reporting team from the PBS NewsHour, including… Continue reading
Jul 08 Scenes from Haiti, Six Months After the Quake By Talea Miller An estimated 1.5 million Haitians were displaced in January's earthquake. Six months later, the majority of that population is still living in tent settlements and the medical infrastructure is still fragile. A reporting team from the PBS NewsHour has returned… Continue reading
Jul 07 Obama Uses Recess Appointment to Install New Medicare, Medicaid Chief By Lea Winerman President Obama on Wednesday announced that he would sidestep congressional hearings and use a recess appointment to install Dr. Donald Berwick as the head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The job -- running the federal health insurance… Continue reading