Jan 29 Gates Pledges $10 Billion for Vaccines By Lea Winerman In the largest philanthropic commitment ever made by a foundation, Bill and Melinda Gates have pledged to spend $10 billion over the next decade on vaccine development and delivery. Speaking Friday at the World Economic Forum in… Continue reading
Jan 29 President Preval: Solutions Will Come From 'Within Haiti' By Ray Suarez Sometimes, the best things happen in the news business when you just happen to be at an optimal place, at an optimal moment. Today the NewsHour team was starting to shoot a story on the struggle to get the Haitian… Continue reading
Jan 28 Pelosi: Health Care Reform Will Advance 'On Many Fronts' House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters Thursday that Congress could move forward on health care reform "on many fronts," working to pass smaller parts of the legislation in separate bills while still negotiating a comprehensive reform package. "Some things… Continue reading
Jan 27 Shelter, Help for Amputees Among Pressing Challenges in Haiti By Hari Sreenivasan Ray Suarez is reporting from Haiti for the NewsHour. The Rundown blog caught up with him between stories to get his thoughts on what he is seeing as the country struggles with the rebuilding process. Watch Ray's Tuesday report… Continue reading
Jan 26 On Eve of State of the Union, Democrats' Next Move on Health Reform Unclear The State of the Union address was supposed to be a moment of triumph for President Obama: to stand before the American people and talk about passage of a sweeping overhaul of the nation's health care system -- one that… Continue reading
Jan 26 At Factory in Haiti, Garment Work Becomes Lifeline By Ray Suarez Here's a crash course in Haitian economics: Stores in the country's biggest city are closed, and don't appear ready to open very soon. Their employees and the employees of thousands of enterprises around the city haven't been to work… Continue reading
Jan 25 Ray Suarez: Haiti's Injured Make Their Way to Cange By Ray Suarez What constitutes good news in the midst of a tragedy like Haiti's? Today the NewsHour team headed out to Haiti's massive central plateau to see an operation that has stretched its modest resources to fit an oversized disaster. The Partners… Continue reading
Jan 25 Conference Looks to Future of Haiti Reconstruction By Talea Miller Haiti's Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive sought international commitments to aid his country in recovery from this month's devastating earthquake, saying it would take at least 5 to 10 years of reconstruction efforts. "Haiti will need massive support in the medium… Continue reading
Jan 24 Ray Suarez: Scenes of Loss and Resilience in Haiti By Ray Suarez _pap_embed_custom('news01s3976qd89',482,304,""); Ray Suarez and a team from the NewsHour are in Port-au-Prince, reporting on the aftermath of an earthquake that has ravaged the Haitian captial and turned the eyes of the world back to the story of Haiti's larger… Continue reading
Jan 23 'Green Shoots' of the Next Haiti Start to Poke Through By Ray Suarez Maybe you've been riveted by the scenes of desperation and heroism from Haiti. Maybe you've seen the bodies stacked for burial by earth- moving equipment before anonymous masses are bulldozed into a pit. The "Haiti Story" isn't just one… Continue reading