World Health Organization

Encouraging Indicators in the Fight Against Malaria

Ray Chambers | Posted 12.15.2009 | World


Ray Chambers

Thanks to unprecedented levels of funding and extraordinary collaboration among partners, the malaria community has achieved remarkable progress.

Importing Cheaper, Foreign-Produced Drugs Is Too Risky for American Consumers

Pat Choate | Posted 12.11.2009 | Politics


Pat Choate

Opening medicine distribution to massive imports from foreign-based producers will create enormous opportunities for unscrupulous sellers of unsafe medicines in America.

Impacting AIDS this World AIDS Day

Josh Ruxin | Posted 11.27.2009 | Politics


Josh Ruxin

World AIDS Day has become a time to reflect on the daunting challenges we face in the battle against this tenacious killer. Although huge strides hav...

Swine Flu Mutation: New Strain Found In Europe; Drug Resistant And Harsher Symptoms

bloomberg.com | Michelle Fay Cortez & Marianne Stigset | Posted 11.20.2009 | World


European public health officials are investigating a handful of swine flu infections in Norway and Wales in which the virus mutated to a form that's m...

The Cell Phone Brain Cancer Debate

Dr. Cara Natterson | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living


Dr. Cara Natterson

No one is certain what cell phones do to our brains when we endlessly rest them against our heads. At best, it's nothing. At worst, it's damage that will translate into an enormous spike in brain cancer.

Does The Flu Vaccine Matter?

The Atlantic | Clayton M. Christensen and Jason Hwang | Posted 11.15.2009 | Living


Vaccination is central to the government's plan for preventing deaths from swine flu. But what if everything we think we know about fighting influenza...

Itzhak Perlman to Perform at Lincoln Center to Help Rotary Eradicate Polio

Jim Luce | Posted 11.17.2009 | New York


Jim Luce

"Polio is only a plane ride away." So began my sobering interview with Carol Pandak, Manager of PolioPlus for Rotary International about polio, a cr...

10 Things the FDA Can Do to Improve Nutrition Labeling

Hemi Weingarten | Posted 10.29.2009 | Green


Hemi Weingarten

Wouldn't it be nice if the FDA cleaned up the mess originally created when it brought us the nutrition facts label as we know it today?

Will We Suffer Two Flu Seasons This Year?

Peter Christian Hall | Posted 10.20.2009 | World


Peter Christian Hall

In this season of swine flu discontent, the annual shot aimed at quelling "normal" flu may have a bad year.

Swine Flu, Climate Change and a Middle-of-the-Night Tantrum

Joellen Raderstorf | Posted 10.16.2009 | Denver


Joellen Raderstorf

Where is our collective panic about climate change? Our energy consumptive lifestyles do not blink in the quake of devastating floods, receding glaciers and starving children.

HealthCare Focus: Quality versus Cost

Philip Lee Miller | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics


Philip Lee Miller

Service, expertise, and time. Those are the real challenges of the Healthcare debate.

First HIV Vaccine Helps Prevent AIDS Infection

AP | MARILYNN MARCHIONE and MICHAEL CASEY | Posted 11.24.2009 | World


BANGKOK — For the first time, an experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the AIDS virus, a watershed event in the deadly epidemic and ...

Tom Friedman's Take On "Wimps" and "The Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys"

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 11.22.2009 | Business


Raymond J. Learsy

How are we going to compete in years to come as we go head-to-head with societies that are far better equipped to deal with the exigencies of the future?

Cost Effective Medical Care

Dr. Dennis Gottfried | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics


Dr. Dennis Gottfried

Physicians ration care daily based on the patient's type of insurance, on our office's ability to obtain preauthorization, on patient's demands, and on the patient's willingness to pay.

Disease-Driven Earnings: Is It Time for a New Prescription for "Generation Rx"?

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business


Robyn O'Brien

In our country, sickness sells. With money-driven medicine, there is little incentive to prevent illness.

Why Isn't Health Care a Right?

Kate Southwood | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics


Kate Southwood

So if America is already spending more on health care than anyone else and if America's health care technology is second-to-none, why isn't health care a fundamental right?

Lyme/Autism Group Blasts Genetically Modified Foods as Dangerous

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 10.07.2009 | Living


Jeffrey Smith

Stop eating dangerous genetically modified foods! That's the upshot of the Lyme Induced Autism (LIA) Foundation's position paper released today.

Firing Squads and Death Panels

B. Jeffrey Madoff | Posted 09.24.2009 | Media


B. Jeffrey Madoff

My grandmother was one of the first people a pacemaker was used on. A lot of very sincere people believe that if Obama's health care reform bill passes, old people will essentially be facing death panels and denied care.

WHO predicts 'explosion' of swine flu cases

AP | GILLIAN WONG | Posted 09.21.2009 | World


BEIJING — The global spread of swine flu will endanger more lives as it speeds up in the coming months and governments must boost preparations f...

LBJ Created Canada's Superior Health Care System

Diane Francis | Posted 09.19.2009 | Business


Diane Francis

Now that the Americans appear to have blown another chance to fix their health care system, it's time for Canadian physicians and others to ratchet up the industry offering selective services to Americans.

Male Circumcision and the HIV/AIDS Myth

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living


Ali A. Rizvi

The best way to prevent HIV and other STIs -- whether you're circumcised, uncircumcised, gay, straight, male or female -- is through education and condom use.

Helping Women: Eliminating Obstetric Fistula in Developing World

Jim Luce | Posted 08.28.2009 | World


Jim Luce

EngenderHealth focuses on far more than fistula repair and prevention. They are dedicated to improving the overall health and well-being of people in the countries where they work.

Novel Approaches to IP Collaborations: Advancing Cures for Neglected Diseases

Richard Chin | Posted 08.16.2009 | World


Richard Chin

There must be multiple approaches to leveraging intellectual property to advance the development of life-saving drugs to combat neglected diseases.

For the Health of the Nation: Ensure a Public Option

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics


Leo W. Gerard

The last time the World Health Organization stacked up countries' health systems, the United States came in 37th, behind Chile, Morocco, Cyprus and even drug war-torn Colombia.

Swine Flu Vaccine Running Behind Schedule

AP | Posted 08.13.2009 | World


LONDON -- A fully licensed H1N1 flu vaccine might not be available until the end of the year, a top official at the World Health Organization said Mon...