Jun 16 Q&A: Head of the Global Health Initiative Talks Next Moves By Beat Beat The Obama administration's Global Health Initiative is marking its first anniversary at work in eight focus countries, and is preparing to expand to 20 more by the end of the summer. Continue reading
Jun 10 5 Global Health Headlines: Escaping Syria, Aids at 30, Viagra as a Weapon? By Talea Miller The NewsHour's global health beat rounds up key stories from the week. Continue reading
Jun 07 Watch AIDS at 30: Who’s at Greatest Risk of Infection Now? In the spring of 1981, young gay men in New York and California were being sickened by rare forms of pneumonia and cancer, and the unknown disease fueled fears across society. What we now know as HIV/AIDS was once considered… Continue watching
Jun 07 30 Years of HIV/AIDS: Progress, but No Answer By Maureen Hoch This week marks 30 years that the HIV virus has been with us. Continue reading
Jun 06 Essay: Treating the Earliest Cases of AIDS By Maureen Hoch It's been 30 years since the first reported case of AIDS, leading many in the medical community to reflect on the challenges of the earliest days of the crisis. Continue reading
Jun 06 AIDS at 30: In Early Years, Uncertainty Fueled Fear and Confusion By Maureen Hoch When AIDS began sweeping through communities in the early 1980s, little was known about the disease -- except its deadly cost. Continue reading
May 30 Vatican Holds Line on Condoms at Conference By Talea Miller An AIDS conference hosted at the Vatican over the weekend quickly stamped out any lingering speculation that the Church might shift or broaden its policy against use of condoms to protect from HIV. Continue reading
May 27 Watch Catholic Church Looks to Lead Conversation on Combating HIV/AIDS Vatican Looks to Lead Conversation on Combating HIV/AIDS… Continue watching
May 27 Vatican Hosts AIDS Meeting In Wake Of Condom Controversy By Talea Miller The NewsHour's global health unit is in Rome this week to report on a two-day conference being hosted by the Vatican on the global fight against AIDS. The meeting was prompted in part by confusion over the pope's recent comments… Continue reading