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03.22.10
New WHO Report Estimates 440,000 MDR-TB Cases Worldwide In 2008

There were an estimated 440,000 cases of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) around the world in 2008 - one-third of which were fatal, according to a new WHO report on drug-resistant TB, the Los Angeles Times reports (Maugh, 3/19). The WHO report, based on data from 2008, found that almost half of all drug-resistant TB cases were in China and India, Reuters reports (Fox, 3/18)...

02.25.10
Calif. Teen Birth Rate Drops To Record Low; Experts Credit Comprehensive Sex Education, Health Services

California's teenage birth rate reached a record low in 2008, with about 35 births for every 1,000 female teens, according to figures released Monday by the state Department of Public Health, the Los Angeles Times reports. In 2007, the rate was 37.1 births per 1,000 female teens...

12.03.09
Uproar Over Breast Cancer Screening Shows Women's Health Priorities May Be Misplaced, Ehrenreich Writes

When the House approved Rep. Bart Stupak's (D-Mich.) antiabortion amendment to its health reform bill (HR 3962), "the female response ranged from muted to inaudible," but "when the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended regular screening mammography not start until age 50, all hell broke loose," author Barbara Ehrenreich writes in a Los Angeles Times opinion piece...

12.03.09
Uproar Over Breast Cancer Screening Shows Women's Health Priorities May Be Misplaced, Ehrenreich Writes

When the House approved Rep. Bart Stupak's (D-Mich.) antiabortion amendment to its health reform bill (HR 3962), "the female response ranged from muted to inaudible," but "when the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended regular screening mammography not start until age 50, all hell broke loose," author Barbara Ehrenreich writes in a Los Angeles Times opinion piece...