Jul 08 Watch Background: International AIDS Conference An update on the spread of AIDS and the International AIDS Conference from health correspondent Susan Dentzer. Continue watching
Jul 07 AIDS Conference Opens With Call for Global Action The world's largest conference on the AIDS epidemic opened Sunday with renewed calls for aid from the developed nations and demands that affordable drugs be made available to third world nations fighting the disease. Continue reading
Jun 28 House Passes Prescription Drug Coverage Plan House Republicans passed a Medicare drug plan early Friday that would use private health insurance companies to provide prescription drug coverage for senior citizens and the disabled. Continue reading
Jun 28 Watch Prescription Relief Kwame Holman reports on the renewed debate over prescription drug benefits for seniors. Continue watching
Jun 20 Supreme Court Rules States Can Help Patients Fight HMOs By Admin, PBS News Hour As its current term comes to a close, the Supreme Court announced several key rulings Thursday, including a major health care decision to let patients use state laws to fight group health plans that refuse to approve certain medical treatments. Continue reading
Jun 20 Watch Fighting HMOs The Supreme Court upholds state laws that help patients fight their HMOs. Continue watching
Jun 19 Watch Newsmaker: Anthony Fauci Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, discusses President Bush's $500 million plan to curb mother-to-child HIV/AIDS transmission. Continue watching
Jun 19 Watch President Bush's Announcement on HIV/AIDS President Bush announces a three-year, $500 million HIV/AIDS initiative aimed at preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Africa and the Caribbean. Continue watching
Jun 18 Watch Foreign Country Doctors The effect of doctors with degrees from overseas institutions on the U.S. health care system. Continue watching
Jun 07 Watch Doctors' Dilemma Tom Bearden looks at the forces causing some doctors to stop treating Medicare patients. Continue watching