Sep 08 Will Open Health Data Save Your Life? After one of health administrator Jim Traficant's two liver transplants, a doctor told him, "The surgery is a science. The medication is an art." Over the next few months of recovery, Traficant's body fought with his new liver. The organ… Continue reading
Sep 08 Health Reform Debate Returns to the Airwaves as Midterms Draw Closer Two months before the midterm elections, there's a bit of deja-vu in the air: a new round of ads are running on health care reform. On Wednesday, former New York Gov. George Pataki, a Republican, held a news conference… Continue reading
Sep 07 Chile Dispatch: Trapped Miners Sent Small Luxuries, but Pine for More COPIAPO, Chile | On Tuesday afternoon, a city of Copiapo truck dumped a fresh load of firewood next to a small cluster of tents where several trapped miners' families have spent the last month camping on the rocky ground. Continue reading
Sep 07 1 in 5 American Adults Still Smoke, CDC Report Shows After decades of decline, the smoking rate in the United States has plateaued over the past five years. About one in five American adults is a smoker, according to a study released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control. Continue reading
Sep 04 Global Fund Investigates Possible Theft, Sale of Malaria Medication By Talea Miller Malaria causes about 1 million deaths around the world each year, but not all the medication donated to fight the disease is reaching its intended targets. The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria -- the largest international funder… Continue reading
Sep 02 5 Years After Katrina, Louisiana Teenagers Remember the Storm By Betty Ann Bowser In the days following the flooding after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, approximately 1.5 million people throughout the Gulf Coast were displaced from their homes, including 163,000 children. Some of those were young people who became separated from their siblings… Continue reading
Sep 02 Workers Paying More for Health Insurance as Cash-Strapped Companies Shift Costs The majority of Americans get their health insurance coverage through their employers. Now, a new survey finds that employees are paying more of the costs of their coverage than ever before. Workers' health care costs jumped significantly this year even… Continue reading
Sep 01 Text Messages Study Shows Fear Turned to Anger on 9/11 By analyzing a database of 500,000 text messages sent on Sept. 11, 2001, researchers at the University of Mainz in Germany have created an hour-by-hour psychological profile of texting Americans on that day. The pager text messages,… Continue reading
Sep 01 Watch FDA's Safety Role in Question After Egg Recall A massive egg recall over fears of a salmonella outbreak raises new questions on whether the Food and Drug Administration can handle its regulatory role. Betty Ann Bowser has more. Continue watching
Sep 01 Early Retirees Get New Help With Health Insurance About 2,000 employers will begin receiving payments this month from a new $5 billion program designed to encourage them to provide health insurance to early retirees who are too young for Medicare. The goal of the program, part of the… Continue reading