Jun 28 Watch Health Care Law Aims to Reduce Need to Rehospitalize Medicare Patients Health Care Law Aims to Reduce Need to Rehospitalize Medicare Patients… Continue watching
Jun 28 Watch To What Extent Did the Government Monitor Phone, Internet Activity After 9/11? To What Extent Did the Government Monitor Phone, Internet Activity After 9/11?… Continue watching
Jun 28 LivelyHoods Founders Push Jobs, Not Aid, to Youth in Urban Slums By Cat Wise // Maria Springer explains LivelyHoods' mission and work. At age 9, when most kids are relishing the sweet pursuits of childhood, Maria Springer was trying to tackle social justice issues in her hometown of Los Angeles. "I wrote to… Continue reading
Jun 28 How Your Mental Health May Be Impacting Your Career Editor's Note: This article is part of a series in which the PBS NewsHour and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, or OECD, explore how health care and health policy in OECD's 34 member countries compare with… Continue reading
Jun 28 Immigration Bill Has Long Road Ahead By Christina Bellantoni Immigration reform supporters leave the Senate chamber in the Capitol after watching passage of the Senate immigration reform bill on Thursday. Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call The next chapter in the immigration debate won't be so easy. Senators sat… Continue reading
Jun 27 Watch USDA Releases New Rules for Snacks Sold at Schools Starting next year, new federal rules from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will regulate the kinds of food and beverages sold at schools in order to lower the amount of fat, salt and sugar in kids' diets. Ray Suarez gets… Continue watching
Jun 27 What Can the Middle East Learn From What’s Happening in Qatar? By Tantum Collins By Tantum Collins How will this week's transition of power impact Qatar's grand experiment? Photo courtesy of Tantum Collins. Paul Solman: Tantum "Teddy" Collins was an especially stellar student in the "Grand Strategy" course I help teach at Yale. As… Continue reading
Jun 26 15 Federal Benefits Same-Sex Couples Can Now Look Forward To By Elizabeth Shell American University students Sharon Burk, left, and Mollie Wagoner embrace after hearing that the Supreme Court struck down a provision of the federal Defense of Marriage Act that has prevented gay couples from receiving a range of benefits. Photo by… Continue reading
Jun 26 Valley Fever: 10 Things CDC Says You Should Know Valley fever is on the rise in the southwestern United States, including Arizona's Sonoran Desert. Photo courtesy of Flickr user Are W. It was a Thursday morning in March that Al Rountree called his boss to say he was… Continue reading
Jun 26 How Hurling Spears 2 Million Years Ago May Have Given Us a 96-mph Fastball MVP pitcher Justin Verlander is known for consistently throwing heat for the Detroit Tigers. In a study published this week, scientists learn how professional pitchers can throw with such high velocity and what this skill meant in our evolution. Continue reading