Jun 01 Reporter’s Notebook: Obesity on the Rise in China By Ray Suarez If one picture from China can tell a story of how this country has changed in the 21st century, it's one of a line of youths boarding a bus in front of a hospital for a field trip. It's a… Continue reading
Jun 01 Watch For China’s Growing Middle Class, Expanding Waistlines Pose Problem In the second in his series of reports from China on global health issues, Ray Suarez reports on the dramatic increase in obesity as the country's growing class of educated and well-paid consumers adopt some Western-style shopping and eating habits. Continue watching
May 31 Reporter’s Notebook: China’s Conflict of Interest on Tobacco By Ray Suarez // It was interesting, kind of retro, to be in a country where so many people still light up, where so many stores were selling cigarettes, and the telltale odor of smoke, or a just-stubbed out butt, seemed ever present. Continue reading
May 31 World No Tobacco Day Focuses on Rising Number of Female Smokers By Lea Winerman Women in the developing world could be the next growth market for tobacco companies, the World Health Organization warns on World No Tobacco Day. Continue reading
May 31 Watch China Faces Growing Health Crisis from Prevalent Tobacco Use In the first of three global health reports from China, Ray Suarez examines the work of anti-tobacco advocates in China, where the government -- which is a huge producer of tobacco products -- has done little to quash the deadly… Continue watching
May 24 Lancet Study: Child Death Rates Dropping Around the World By Talea Miller Fewer children are dying around the world each year and the decline in child deaths is accelerating, according to a study published Monday in the Lancet. The research, done by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at… Continue reading
May 20 Researchers Build First ‘Synthetic Cell’ By Lea Winerman Researchers have created the first cell powered by a man-made genome, according to a paper published Thursday in the journal Science. The genetic code of the cell was stitched together in a laboratory. "This is the… Continue reading
May 20 WHO Plan Targets Role of Marketing, Pricing in Alcohol Abuse By Talea Miller World health ministers agreed Thursday that alcohol advertising targeted to young people should be limited, and sponsorships regulated. The non-binding plan, approved by the World Health Organization's 193-member states, urges countries to take action to control alcohol marketing and… Continue reading
May 19 Watch Paramedics in the Line of Fire in Mexico’s Drug War In the heart of the Mexican drug war in Juarez, emergency medical technicians face unique challenges as they respond to the bloodshed. Global Post reporter Ioan Grillo reports from Mexico. Continue watching
May 18 Watch Relief Organizations Help Haitians Fight Hunger In the second of two reports about the role of relief organizations in rebuilding Haiti, Dave Iverson of KQED San Francisco explores two Haitian-led aid groups that are helping to feed the hungry after the devastating earthquake. Continue watching