May 03 Q&A: Addressing Mental Health and Trauma in Haiti By Talea Miller Nearly four months after the earthquake in Haiti that killed an estimated 230,000 people and left 1.3 million homeless, mental health workers are trying to help the survivors cope with their feelings of distress, loss and fear. Continue reading
Apr 30 WHO: Gonorrhea Could Become Untreatable By Talea Miller Gonorrhea may soon become untreatable, due in large part to the misuse of the antibiotics currently used against the sexually transmitted disease, the World Health Organization warned Thursday. Not only are the cheaper, first-line medications for gonorrhea becoming less… Continue reading
Apr 29 Insurers to End Practice of Dropping Customers Who Become Sick Major health insurers announced this week that they will end the controversial practice of dropping customers who become sick. The practice, called rescission, had come under fire by health care reform advocates during the year-long reform debate,… Continue reading
Apr 26 Watch Debating the Ethics of Rationing End-of-Life Care NewsHour analyst Susan Dentzer, editor-in-chief of Health Affairs, moderated a Miller Center of Public Affairs debate on the ethics of rationing end-of-life health care after the issue gained prominence in the health care reform discussions. Here's an excerpt:… Continue watching
Apr 22 Photo Essay: Drug Violence in Juarez By Talea Miller The city of Juárez, Mexico, across the border and a short drive from El Paso, has become known as Mexico’s “murder capital,” at the epicenter of drug violence that has plagued the country and escalated since 2008. Although… Continue reading
Apr 21 ‘Too Fat to Fight’: Report Says School Lunches a Threat to National Security A new report says that 27 percent of all Americans ages 17 to 24 are too overweight to join the military. Now, the group of retired military officers that prepared the report is asking Congress to… Continue reading
Apr 20 Insurers to Act Early to Fill Coverage Gap for Young Adults Thousands of college graduates won't have to worry about getting dropped from their parents' health insurance after they get their diplomas this spring. Several major insurance companies announced late yesterday they would act early on a key… Continue reading
Apr 20 Government Should Set Limits on Salt in Food, Report Says Americans consume unhealthy amounts of salt, and in order to help them cut back the government needs to begin regulating sodium levels in processed food, according to a new report by the National Academies of Science's… Continue reading
Apr 20 Watch News Wrap: FDA May Require Food Companies to Cut Sodium In other news Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration may consider new regulations to cut sodium content in food products to help stem the growing health consequences. Also, a military group told Congress that school lunches are to blame for… Continue watching
Apr 16 Marc Ambinder’s Personal Journey in the ‘Fat Nation’ By Hari Sreenivasan Marc Ambinder and I worked together at ABC News for a few years. He was one of the rising stars in their political unit, and has since moved through National Journal's Hotline and now is planted firmly at… Continue reading