Dec 21 Festival Gives Cubans a Window to the World By Tom LeGro The grand lobby of Havana's historic Hotel Nacional de Cuba was humming with activity earlier this month as documentary filmmakers, directors, actors and producers from around Latin America gathered to pay homage to their craft at the International Festival of… Continue reading
Dec 21 Watch Cuba's Emphasis on Preventive Medicine Ray Suarez continues his series from Havana with a report on the Cuban health care system's emphasis on preventive medicine. Continue watching
Dec 20 What We're Reading: Year-end Wraps, Interstellar Space and Magnified Mushroom Mold Biochemist Photo-Fiddler Here's a fun, visual story on a GlaxoSmithKline biochemist who, in his spare time, used small mirrors, PVC pipes and an old computer hard drive to design a specialized camera that snaps photos of insects in flight. Continue reading
Dec 20 Watch Cubans Grapple With Challenges, Promises of Economic Change Ray Suarez and the NewsHour Global Health Unit kick off a three-part series from Cuba with a report from Havana on how the country's economy is adapting to the gradual economic reforms of President Raul Castro -- while maintaining a… Continue watching
Dec 17 Preview: The NewsHour in Cuba By Talea Miller The NewsHour is airing a three part series on Cuba next week, beginning on December 20. Ray Suarez and the global health team traveled to the island nation earlier this month to report on signs of possible economic change, the… Continue reading
Dec 16 Top 5 Global Health Headlines: Stem Cell Treatment for HIV, Haiti Cholera By Talea Miller HIV Patient 'Cured' A patient with HIV and leukemia has been declared cured of both diseases through stem cell treatment, a team of Berlin doctors wrote this week in a peer-reviewed study in the journal Blood. The results suggest… Continue reading
Dec 13 What We're Reading: Saturn's Rings, Little Brown Bat Disease and Fossil Looting Epidemiology: Fear in the Dust Nature News reports on the mineral erionite, which has been linked to startling rates of the rare lung condition, mesothelioma, in some Turkish villages. It turns out dangerous levels of erionite are also… Continue reading
Dec 13 Cuba Faces Economic Woes; Boasts Strides in Health, Education By Talea Miller Ray Suarez is back from Havana, Cuba, where he reported on the health system, medical diplomacy and the move towards economic reforms. Watch an online-exclusive on the struggles of everyday life in Cuba and Suarez's experience as an American reporter… Continue reading
Dec 09 Top 5 Global Health Headlines: One Cigarette Causes Harm, Haiti Cholera By Talea Miller Photo by Valentin Ottone Just One Cigarette Can Harm Health The chemicals from even one puff of a cigarette can cause immediate damage to the lungs and DNA, according to a new report issued by U.S. Surgeon General Regina… Continue reading
Dec 07 Watch In Cuba, Biotech Eyed for Potential Economic Boost Ray Suarez, who is reporting for the NewsHour's Global Health Unit in Cuba, speaks with Jeffrey Brown about the country's changing economy, its booming medical research industry and health care system. Suarez returns to Havana for the first time since… Continue watching