Oct 26 Reid to Include Public Option in Senate Bill By Quinn Bowman After days of negotiations, Senate Majority leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., announced Monday that he will include a government-run public health insurance option in the health care reform legislation he plans to bring to the Senate floor. Continue reading
Oct 23 Watch CDC: H1N1 Vaccine Efforts Not Meeting Goals The Center for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday that the H1N1 flu's effects have already matched those of the seasonal flu. Ray Suarez reports. Continue watching
Oct 20 Watch CDC Chief: H1N1 Poses More Risk for Kids, Young Adults Health officials warn that young people are expected to be hit the hardest this year by the H1N1 virus. Margaret Warner speaks with the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for more. Continue watching
Oct 19 Health Reform Calculator: What Would You Pay? By Quinn Bowman As Congress works to consolidate pieces of legislation that could overhaul the U.S. health care system, the issue of how Americans would afford mandated health insurance is a focus of the debate. Continue reading
Oct 14 Dealmaking on Health Reform Goes Behind Closed Doors By Quinn Bowman One day after Sen. Max Baucus' finance committee passed its version of health insurance reform legislation, Senate Democrats and the White House met behind closed doors to fix differences among other reform bills. Continue reading
Oct 08 How Much Will the H1N1 Flu Cost the U.S.? By Travis Daub Distribution centers around the country began receiving shipments of the much anticipated H1N1 flu vaccine this week. Those costs, as well as the economic blow of closed schools and lost productivity, could set back the fragile U.S. economy. Continue reading
Sep 24 Watch HIV Vaccine Shows Promise for First Time An AIDS vaccine tested in Thailand has shown signs of stopping HIV infection for the first time. Tim Clarke of ITN reports on the clinical research. Continue watching
Sep 17 Watch In Tanzania, New Push To Combat Malaria Between 60,000 and 80,000 Tanzanians die from malaria each year. In the last installment in his series of reports from Tanzania, Ray Suarez looks at a mult-million-dollar effort to slow the spread of the disease through the distribution of bed… Continue watching
Sep 16 Watch Health Workers in Tanzania Battle 'Neglected Diseases' Senior correspondent Ray Suarez reports from Tanzania on a community drug distribution system being used to prevent river blindness, one of the conditions considered a "neglected tropical disease" because of its low profile in comparison to HIV, TB or malaria. Continue watching
Sep 15 Tanzania Moves to Build Laboratory Capacity By Talea Miller Shortages in laboratory supplies and trained technicians in Tanzania cause delays and gaps in diagnosis that can put patients' health at risk. Continue reading