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
Jul 07 In Louisiana, 'Toxic Trailers' Return to House Oil Workers A resident of New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward mows his lawn in front of a FEMA trailer in 2006. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) It was just a couple of weeks ago when I looked out the window of… Continue reading
Jul 07 Ray Suarez: Returning to the Scene of the Quake in Haiti By Ray Suarez Haitian washes clothes in tent camp. Photo by Thony Belizaire/AFP/Getty Images When I left Haiti in February, just three weeks after the earthquake that took 250,000 lives, I knew I would have to come back. The destruction had been so… Continue reading
Jul 07 U.S. health care system field guide: Terms and Key Players By Lea Winerman A continuously updated index of the key terms and players in the ongoing debate over reforming the U.S. health care system. Continue reading
Jul 06 Watch High-Risk Patients, States Prepare for New Insurance Rules Starting this summer, high-risk patients with preexisting conditions will be able to apply for temporary insurance as part of the health care reform law passed in March. Betty Ann Bowser reports on the new program and why some states are… Continue watching