Feb 25 Watch Changing Medicaid Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson met with the nation's governors this week to present a Bush administration proposal to overhaul Medicaid. Health correspondent Susan Dentzer reports on this far-reaching effort to reform Medicaid… Continue watching
Feb 24 Experimental AIDS Vaccine Has Mixed Results The first AIDS vaccine to be tested on humans failed to prevent HIV infection in the general population but may protect blacks and Asians in the U.S. and Europe, vaccine-maker VaxGen Inc. said late Sunday. Continue reading
Feb 13 Watch Prostate Screening Sen. John Kerry and television evangelist Pat Robertson recently announced that they have been diagnosed with prostate cancer. Health correspondent Susan Dentzer reports on the new debate over the benefits of prostate screening. Continue watching
Feb 10 Watch Background: Fighting AIDS in Africa and the Caribbean In his State of the Union address last month, President Bush announced a marked increase in funds to fight AIDS worldwide. Health correspondent Susan Dentzer reports. Continue watching
Feb 10 Watch Fighting AIDS Africa and the Caribbean Examining President Bush's recent $15 billion proposal to combat AIDS in Africa and the Caribbean. Continue watching
Feb 03 N.J. Doctors Stage Slowdown to Protest Rising Insurance Rates Doctors from across New Jersey walked off the job Monday as part of a work slowdown to protest rising medical malpractice insurance premiums. Continue reading
Jan 30 Watch Fixing Medicare President Bush has proposed a plan that would offer drug coverage to seniors who leave traditional Medicare and join government-subsidized private health plans. Two experts examine the policy and politics surrounding the proposal. Continue watching
Jan 29 Judge Rejects Pres. Bush’s Discount Drug Card Plan A federal judge Wednesday barred the Bush administration from putting in place a plan to offer discount prescription drug cards to Medicare recipients. Continue reading
Jan 21 Watch Here’s To Your Health: The Medical Value of Alcohol Margaret Warner reports on recent studies that have questioned the medical value of alcohol. Continue watching
Jan 17 Smallpox Vaccination of Health Workers to Begin Soon, CDC Says Despite concerns voiced by health care workers' unions and a scientific panel, officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that mass vaccination of a half-million medical workers could start as soon as next week. Continue reading