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CDC assembles rogues gallery of food bugs
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention can use as much Latin as it wants to put a fancy face…
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Obama adds AMA to health-care tour
Next week President Obama will become the first commander in chief to speak directly to the doctors of the American…
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Why health costs in McAllen, Texas, resonate
Let’s just say right from the start that Atul Gawande’s recent story in The New Yorker about runaway health costs…
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CBS-BusinessWeek tag team takes on angioplasty
Questions continue to mount about when it’s appropriate to use catheters and stents to clear blockages of heart arteries. More…
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Diabetes study ups ante for comparing treatments
Of all the potential reforms to the health-care system, one of the most profound might turn out to be a…
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Health costs lurk behind middle-class bankruptcies
Medical bills and gaps in health coverage are wreaking havoc on the finances of the middle class, say researchers who…
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Pharmacists could be ‘patient coaches’ for a price
A chance to reform health care is also a chance for some folks to make a case for a bigger…
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FDA looks at letting some sunshine in
Ever wonder how the Food and Drug Administration decides to approve a drug or handle reports of side effects? You’re…
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Cancer data fly and reporters struggle to keep up
For health journalists, the annual meeting of the American Association of Clinical Oncology poses a double-barreled challenge: How to cope…
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Swine flu vaccine might be ready this fall
If all goes well, a vaccine against the H1N1 flu virus could be available for widespread use by October. The…