Dec 13 Mysterious Kidney Disease Killing Central American Men By Talea Miller In Central America's sugarcane fields, more and more workers are falling ill with a disease that shuts down their kidneys. Researchers are struggling to find the cause. Continue reading
Nov 23 Why Medicare Chief Don Berwick Was Destined to Step Down By Betty Ann Bowser Photo by Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images Dr. Donald Berwick, the man who has been both praised and reviled as the country's Medicare chief, will step down on Dec. 2. The White House announced that Marilyn Tavenner, Berwick's principal… Continue reading
Nov 14 Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Health Reform Challenge By Jason Kane The Supreme Court announced Monday that it will review the constitutionality of the health reform law. As Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal described in a post last week, the court was asked to consider five key… Continue reading
Nov 14 Supreme Court to Review Health Reform Law: 5 Things to Watch By Marcia Coyle Updated, Nov. 14 The Supreme Court announced Monday that it will review the constitutionality of the health reform law on four key points. Original Post, Nov. 10 The Supreme Court now has six petitions asking the justices to review… Continue reading
Nov 01 Underage Marriage Brings Dire Consequences for Nepal's Girls By Talea Miller About 51 percent of Nepalese marry as children, causing devastating consequences for young girls' health and well being. Continue reading
Oct 27 Toksook Bay, Alaska By Sarah Clune A collection of photos from The NewsHour's trip to Toksook Bay in October, 2011. Continue reading
Oct 26 Life in Nicaragua, Living on Less than $2 a Day By Talea Miller Nicaragua is the second poorest country in the western hemisphere, and 76 percent of the population lives on less than $2 a day. Continue reading
Oct 14 What the Death of the CLASS Act Means for Long-Term Disability Care By Jason Kane Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius; Getty Images The Obama administration reversed course on a major provision of its landmark health care reform law Friday when Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that the CLASS Act… Continue reading
Oct 07 Advisory Panel: Essential Health Benefits Package Must Be Affordable By Phil Galewitz The government moved a step closer Friday toward defining what "essential benefits" would be offered by companies selling coverage to millions of Americans in new insurance exchanges. In a 297-page report, the Institute of Medicine, a federal advisory panel, laid… Continue reading
Oct 06 Faking Blood Tests to Avoid Discrimination in China By Talea Miller Carriers of hepatitis B routinely battle discrimination, now a new service offers to fake clean test results. Continue reading