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 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
May 24 Political Debate Over Accountable Care Organizations Heats Up By Betty Ann Bowser Ever since the federal government rolled out its proposed rules for setting up Accountable Care Organizations in March, it's been one piece of bad news after another for the Obama administration. Now comes another blow on the political… Continue reading
May 20 Top Five Global Health Stories: Docters in Bahrain Report Abuse, Paralyzed Man Stands By Talea Miller Bahrain doctors treat protestors in February. AFP/Getty photo. Doctors Detained in Bahrain Report Abuse More than 100 medical workers have been targeted and detained by Bahrain's government in recent months for their role in aiding protestors, say human… Continue reading
May 19 Study: Electrical Stimulation in Spine Helps Paraplegic Man Stand Again By Talea Miller For the first time, a man completely paralyzed from the chest down regained the ability to take several steps with support and stand on his own thanks to electric stimulation to his spinal cord, new research published in the Lancet… Continue reading
May 19 Health Reform Pop Quiz! By Sarah Clune Can you tell the difference between the Massachusetts health reform law and the Affordable Care Act? A quiz from Politifact.com tests your knowledge of two major health reform policies: the 2006 plan passed by the… Continue reading
May 18 Doctors Detained in Bahrain Face Accusations of Medical Abuses By Talea Miller A wounded Bahraini demonstrator is taken to a hospital in Manama in February. Photo by Joseph Eid/ AFP Updated May 23 | More than 100 medical workers have been targeted and detained by Bahrain's government in recent months for… Continue reading
May 16 Early HIV Treatment an Effective -- But Costly -- Prevention Method By Talea Miller HIV medication. Photo by AFP/Getty Get HIV-positive patients on antiretroviral treatment. Now. That's the message from the landmark new study from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases showing that early treatment of HIV can help stop… Continue reading
May 13 Top Five Global Health Headlines: HIV Prevention Breakthrough; Chronic Disease Killers By Talea Miller HIV medications. Photo by AFP/Getty Early Use of HIV Drugs Could Prevent Transmission The key to slowing the spread of the HIV epidemic could lie in the medicines already being used to treat HIV positive patients, researchers at the… Continue reading
May 12 For Romney, a Health Care Conundrum Likely 2012 presidential candidate Mitt Romney is set to make a speech about health care. Photo by Gage Skidmore via Flickr. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has a tough assignment Thursday when he takes the stage at… Continue reading