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States That Spend The Most (And Least) On Healthcare For The Poor

24/7 Wall St. | Michael Sauter, Douglas A. McIntyre and Charles Stockdale | Posted 09.14.2011 | Business

The federal and state governments spend approximately $5,296 a year on medical treatment for each poor and disabled person on Medicaid. Over 58 millio...

Marcus Baram

How Researchers Investigate The Source Of An Epidemic: Lots Of Detective Work, Add Science

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 08.09.2011 | Green

NEW YORK -- After a few people turned up dead, officials sprang into action -- interviewing the next of kin, identifying suspects and pursuing leads. ...

NRA Should Have No Say Over CDC Firearms Studies

Paul Helmke | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Paul Helmke

If the CDC is allowing the NRA to review its studies, it's a deeply troubling practice, and would be directly at odds with the Obama administration's stated goal to assure transparency in the use of science to inform public policy.

By The Numbers: Health Inequalities From Economics And Race

The Huffington Post | Catherine Pearson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

People have long known that health in the U.S. is not an equal thing. But now, thanks to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), ther...

Treating Doctors the Way We Treat Teachers (Part Two)

Shaun Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Shaun Johnson

In order for the United States to remain economically competitive and "win our future," so to speak, we must ensure that we have and maintain a healthy workforce.

Dear Secretary Vilsack: Please Reconsider the Fate of Our Milk

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Robyn O'Brien

With utmost sincerity, I urge you to delay the approval of genetically engineered alfalfa. I believe this alfalfa will directly impact our children's milk supply, given that it is used as livestock feed for dairy cows.

CDC: Nearly 60 Million Americans Lack Health Insurance

Reuters | Maggie Fox | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Nearly 59 million Americans went without health insurance coverage for at least part of 2010, many of them with conditions or diseases t...

Declaring War on Teen Pregnancy: The Little Agency That Could

Mickey Goodman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Mickey Goodman

Far from just a one-state issue, teen pregnancy is a significant problem throughout the United States. G-CAPP offers a cost-effective solution.

WAIT, Colorado Abstinence Program, Receives Millions In Federal Funds Despite Ties To Anti-Gay Groups, Ugandan Pastor

The Colorado Independent | digg_url = 'Http://coloradoindependent.com/65011/Colorado | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver

Colorado-based abstinence education group WAIT Training has received more than $8.3 million in federal funding since 2005, despite having several brus...

CDC Says Haiti's Cholera Due to "One Event"

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Georgianne Nienaber

SAINT-MARC, HAITI-- OCTOBER 25, 2010-Evca Dormevil, 5, of Grande-Saline Douin rests on a cot with tear streaked cheeks as she receives fluids throug...

The Pill Bottle is Still Half-Empty for Many AIDS Patients

Melody Serafino | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Melody Serafino

Last month President Obama was in New York City for a Democratic fundraiser, but it wasn't his political views that made headlines. Thanks to some ag...

Wham! Pow! The CDC Goes to Comic-Con

Stephanie Woodard | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Stephanie Woodard

Diabetes devastates Native people at twice the rate of the white population and is increasingly appearing in children as well as adults.

CDC Chief Picks 6 'Winnable Battles' In Health

AP | MIKE STOBBE | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

ATLANTA — Where would you start if you were charged with keeping the nation healthy? Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Con...

Excuse Me, But Your Opinions are Putting Everyone at Risk

Dr. Orin Levine | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Dr. Orin Levine

This blog entry is authored by Toy McGee, one of Orin Levine's graduate students at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. This post is ...

The One-Two Punch of Autism

Liane Kupferberg Carter | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Liane Kupferberg Carter

Last month both the Assembly and state Senate unanimously passed groundbreaking bipartisan legislation that will put New York at the forefront of a nationwide effort to provide health insurance coverage for people with autism.

Climate Change Drives Dengue Fever Re-Emergence in U.S.

Scott Dodd | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Scott Dodd

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirms that for the first time in more than 65 years, dengue fever has returned to the continental United States.

Home Alone With Autism

Shelley Hendrix Reynolds | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Shelley Hendrix Reynolds

Many people with autism require constant supervision and cannot be left alone for 5 minutes, much less home alone to fend for themselves.

A Decade Of Questioning Harm And The Autism-Vaccine Connection

Shelley Hendrix Reynolds | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Shelley Hendrix Reynolds

For over a decade, I've relentlessly searched for answers to the connections I believe exist between my son's autism and vaccines he received.

Are We Playing Russian Roulette With Our Children?

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Robyn O'Brien

Today, health care spending represents 17% of our GDP, but perhaps it is time that we view our children as more than just a sales channel for Big Pharma's money making medicine.

The Low Hanging Fruit of Pandemic Flu Prevention

Dr. Orin Levine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Dr. Orin Levine

While you go out to get your flu vaccines check to see if you should also get the pneumococcal vaccine, and think about how you might help give access to these vaccines to millions of children who need them.

Peaceful Revolution: Let Sick Workers Stay Home

Katie Bethell | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Katie Bethell

What employer would want someone with the swine flu to show up at work? As it turns out, lots of them.

The White House, Food, and Children

Neal Barnard, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Neal Barnard, M.D.

If Congress is going to tackle health care, it needs to understand why so many children and adults are in such poor shape. First off, every child in every school deserves a healthful lunch every day.

CDC To Explore Environmental Links To Disease

Wall Street Journal | BETSY MCKAY | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched a Web-based network to help scientists and the public research potential links between environ...

The Biggest Problem With U.S. Health Care -- And How To Fix It!

Ken Dychtwald Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Ken Dychtwald Ph.D.

We should focus on re-visioning healthcare's purpose: to create long-lived, productive and healthy men and women.

WHO: Swine Flu Could Infect 2 Billion People If Becomes Pandemic

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

The media's coverage of the H1N1 swine flu epidemic has been criticized by many for being overblown, fire-fanning, scare-mongering, overly hyped, and ...