Posted by: Erin Kelly on Aug 28, 2009
"Five myths about health care from around the world" debunks misinformation about health systems across the globe as reform advocates spell out why health reform will be good for seniors
Posted by: Ella Hushagen on May 08, 2009
All the experts agree: Take steps to avoid contracting the
new swine flu virus, and if you exhibit symptoms, see your doctor. Sounds manageable, right? The problem is, 47 million
Americans do not have health coverage to help pay for doctor visits. Uninsured
adults are five times less likely to have a regular source of
care than the insured; they are more than three
times as likely as insured adults to delay seeking medical care.
Posted by: Christine Kim on Dec 18, 2008
African trypanosomiasis, Buruli Ulcer, Chagas disease,cholera, dengue, leishmaniasis, malaria, and tuberculosis. (Try saying that inone breath). We're all familiar with the devastating impact that poorhealth and poverty can have on apopulation. The eight diseases listed above are each debilitating andpainful infectious diseases that affect millions of people in impoverished and marginalized populations people around the world.Yet, as a new report from Families USA shows, U.S. funding forresearch on those diseases is inadequate. As a result,With limited funds for research, many of thesediseases are little understood, have no vaccines, and have treatments that arehighly toxic, not very effective, or just nonexistent. When lumped together, they are often referredto as "neglected infectious diseases."
Posted by: Ron Pollack on Nov 05, 2008
The election we witnessed yesterday was not simply historic - it was truly transformative. Just 43 years ago, Congress passed, and President Lyndon Johnson signed, the Voting Rights Act. For decades, since the end of Reconstruction, voting for many in the states of the old Confederacy was an act of unmatched heroism. To vote was to lose a job - even the laborious job of chopping and picking cotton for a meager $3 a day. To vote was to have your house shot into in the dark of night. To vote was to risk, and for too many to lose, one's life...
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