Jun 23 Watch Uncertainty Over Health Effects of Oil Cleanup Worry Some Along Gulf As the oil cleanup along the Gulf Coast continues, Betty Ann Bowser reports on the health worries related to the ongoing oil disaster that are arising for some coastal residents and cleanup workers. Continue watching
Jun 21 Filmmaker Explores Intense Situations Faced by Doctors Without Borders By Lauren Knapp Nearly 40 years ago, a group of French doctors and journalists created an international humanitarian organization to bring medical aid to those who were most vulnerable. Now operating in more than 60 countries, Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières)… Continue reading
Jun 21 Hurricane Season Could Bring More Misery to Haiti, Gulf Coast By Talea Miller The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is projecting a busy 2010 hurricane season, with as many as seven major hurricanes possible. Continue reading
Jun 18 Congress Passes Temporary Medicare “Doc Fix” Updated Friday, June 25, 11:23 a.m. Congress on Thursday passed a temporary measure that will avert a 21 percent pay cut to doctors who treat Medicare patients -- but the fix will only last for six months. Continue reading
Jun 18 Mali, Nepal, Guatemala to Benefit From Revamped Global Health Initiative By Talea Miller The State Department and USAID announced eight focus countries that will get extra help from Obama's proposed six-year, $63 billion Global Health Initiative Friday. The new plan aims to better integrate health services and in particular improve mother and child… Continue reading
Jun 17 Haiti’s Health Care System Faces a ‘Defining Moment’ By Talea Miller As Haiti continues to rebuild from January's earthquake, educating and training more Haitian doctors and nurses is essential to reviving and restructuring the country's hobbled health system, says the country's health minister. "The state of New York has more… Continue reading
Jun 16 New Insurance Rules Under Scrutiny The Department of Health and Human Services announced new regulations Monday that it says will fulfill the Obama administration's health care reform promise that "if you like your health care plan, you can keep it." But Republican critics… Continue reading
Jun 11 Health Concerns Heighten as Oil Spill Spreads By Talea Miller The sobering images of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill are widely known: oil covered birds and sludge-choked coastal grasses. But ecosystems may not be the only ones to see negative effects -- what about the spill's possible health impact… Continue reading
Jun 09 FDA Chief: Agency Is Committed to Improving on Food Safety Issues U.S. Food and Drug Commissioner Dr. Margaret Hamburg told the PBS NewsHour Wednesday that a recent report criticizing the agency for its handling of food safety issues was "very much on message and it reinforces the… Continue reading
Jun 08 Watch Obama Touts Health Care Reform Progress as Election Looms President Obama kicked off efforts to reinvigorate public support for health care reform, ahead of more changes taking effect and the midterm elections. Judy Woodruff gets an update on the how the law is being enacted from Susan Dentzer, editor… Continue watching