Jul 01 Study: HIV Mortality Rates Continue to Drop as Treatments Improve By PBS News Hour More than a decade after antiretroviral treatments for HIV first debuted, HIV mortality rates have declined dramatically and they continue to drop in countries where patients have access to the drugs. Continue reading
Jun 25 Transparent Fish Give Cancer Research a Boost By PBS News Hour Richard White is an oncologist at Children's Hospital Boston and instructor at Harvard Medical School -- but lately, he's also gained fame as an animal breeder. Continue reading
Jun 13 Low Levels of Vitamin D Tied to Numerous Health Ailments, Studies Find By PBS News Hour Men with low vitamin D levels are more likely to suffer heart attacks than men with healthy levels of the vitamin, according to a study released this week. Continue reading
Jun 10 Watch More Than 25 Million Americans Underinsured, Study Finds More than 25 million Americans with health insurance did not have sufficient coverage for their medical expenses in 2007, according to a study released Tuesday in the journal Health Affairs. Continue watching
Jun 10 Watch Salmonella Concerns Prompt Widespread Tomato Recalls Concerns over salmonella contamination have led the FDA to issue nationwide health warnings for tomatoes. This in turn has led to many vendors recalling or prohibiting the use of tomatoes in their products. A food safety journalist discusses the tomato… Continue watching
Jun 10 Tomatoes Pulled From Shelves Over Salmonella By PBS News Hour Federal officials are trying to locate the source of a 17-state salmonella outbreak linked to three types of raw tomatoes while the list of supermarkets and restaurants pulling the affected tomato varieties from shelves and menus continues to grow. Continue reading
Jun 05 World Leaders Pledge to Ease Food Crisis After Political Squabbling By PBS News Hour World leaders at a United Nations food summit pledged Thursday to reduce trade barriers and boost agricultural production to combat the food crisis that is spreading hunger and violent unrest across the globe. Continue reading
Jun 02 Doctor: Kennedy Brain Tumor Surgery a Success By PBS News Hour Sen. Edward Kennedy underwent surgery to treat a malignant brain tumor Monday, and his doctors said that the surgery was successful, according to a family spokeswoman. Continue reading
May 29 Food Prices Will Likely Remain High, Report Warns By PBS News Hour Declaring cheap food a thing of the past, officials said in a report released Thursday that world food prices are likely to fall from their current levels in the years ahead but will stay "substantially above" average costs from the… Continue reading
May 22 Watch Fear of Vaccine Dangers Leads Some Families to Opt Out of Routine Care An increasing fear of alleged dangers from child vaccinations, including autism and allergies, has led to an upsurge in the reported cases of measles this year. Betty Ann Bowser examines why some parents are opting against routine vaccinations for their… Continue watching