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
Sep 28 White House Asks the Supreme Court to Consider Health Reform By Jason Kane Supreme Court; photo by Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images. The Obama administration asked the Supreme Court Wednesday to decide whether the president's landmark health care law is constitutional. In a White House blog post Wednesday afternoon, Stephanie Cutter, a deputy… Continue reading
Sep 27 $1 Billion Vaccine Push Aims to Protect Children in Poor Countries By Talea Miller A child receives a rotavirus vaccine. Photo by GAVI. An international alliance of private donors and governments has approved $1 billion for more than 30 developing countries to buy vaccines to protect against deadly childhood diseases. The money distributed by… Continue reading
Sep 16 Calls for ‘Freedom’, Words of Support Dominate Tahrir Square Graffiti By Ghada Mashamoun Much like the Egyptian music scene, street art has gained new meaning and is thriving in post-revolutionary Egypt. Due to the new, lenient atmosphere in Egypt, murals and stencil graffiti are the most visible in Cairo's aged subway stations and… Continue reading
Sep 15 Voices From Egypt: ‘What Role Should Religion Play in the New Constitution?’ By Ghada Mashamoun As a new Egyptian government takes shape and a constitution is drafted and adopted, we asked several Egyptians in Cairo what role religion should play. Shaimaa Khalil Age 25, Unemployed graduate of Ain Shams University From: Helwan, Cairo "While this… Continue reading
Sep 14 9/11 to now: Ways we have changed By Jason Villemez Editor’s note: Read an updated version of this story here. The decade after the 9/11 attacks reshaped many facets of life in America. Some changes were temporary — an immediate response out of concern for our safety — while… Continue reading
Sep 14 Voices From Egypt: ‘What Do You Think of the Revolution Now?’ Gamalaat Abdelhamid Age 51, Unemployed From: Shubra, Cairo "We have a saying in Egypt that says, 'one hand by itself, does not clap.' This means that, this is a group effort and we have to make it work. I believe… Continue reading
Sep 14 Watch Failed Solar-Panel Company’s Federal Loan Backing Sparks Congressional Probe Did the Obama administration inappropriately push along financial help for a now-bankrupt solar-panel company? Ray Suarez speaks with The Washington Post's Carol Leonnig about the details of the administration's public embrace of Solyndra, which is now the focus of a… Continue watching
Sep 12 Warner Recounts Narrow Escape From Mob Scene at Israeli Embassy in Cairo By Larisa Epatko Long-simmering tensions between Israel and Egypt boiled over Friday when an angry mob stormed the building housing the Israeli Embassy in Cairo. When a PBS NewsHour team tried to film the burned vehicles and other wreckage the next day, they… Continue reading
Sep 11 Watch Live NewsHour Special Report: ‘America Remembers 9/11’ EmbedVideo(1487, 482, 304); This weekend marks 10 years since the attacks of 9/11, and people across the country -- and around the world -- will be pausing to mark the moment. The PBS NewsHour will have special… Continue reading