Health & Safety

In some Indian states, efforts to serve eggs to malnourished children are a political minefield. See the related animation, "Power Lunch: India's Mid-Day Meal Program," produced by Mathilde Dratwa for the Pulitzer Center and based on Rhitu Chatterjee's re

Egg War: Why India's Vegetarian Elite Are Accused Of Keeping Kids Hungry

5:20pm July 14, 2015

by Rhitu Chatterjee

Serving eggs in free school meals could boost the protein-deficient diets of poor, lower caste Indian school kids. But in some Indian states, powerful vegetarian politicians have thwarted these plans.

Would Banning Headers In Soccer Solve The Concussion Problem?

12:32pm July 14, 2015

by Jessie Rack

Most concussions in youth soccer happen during heading the ball. But it isn't the ball's fault, researchers say. Rather, it's player collisions. Avoiding aggressive play would help reduce injuries.

How do you get people to talk about condoms? A man in a condom costume is one tactic used in Vietnam.

Vietnam Figures Out A New Way To Distribute Condoms

2:04pm July 13, 2015

by Esha Chhabra

The country has moved up from low-income status. So international handouts are winding down. And that presents some unexpected challenges.

Needs Of Retirees Take A Smaller Center Stage At White House Forum

12:48pm July 13, 2015

by Ina Jaffe

In the past, the White House's once-a-decade summit on aging was a multi-day event attended by thousands, but this time there was no funding. So it's a one-day event for a couple of hundred guests.

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Should More Women Give Birth Outside The Hospital?

12:48pm July 13, 2015

by Dianna Douglas

The British medical system says healthy women with normal pregnancies should give birth at home or in a midwife-led facility. But 99 percent of babies in the U.S. are born in hospitals.

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New Drug Agency Chief To Revive Take-Back Program

12:14pm July 13, 2015

by Carrie Johnson

Not much surprises a man who has put spies and kidnappers and murderers behind bars. But there's one American problem that took DEA Chief Chuck Rosenberg's breath away: drug overdose.

Dr. Annelys Hernandez (left) checks out Cynthia Louis (right) in Florida International University's Mobile Health Center in Miami on March 3, 2015.

In Florida, A Former Fast-Food Worker Lands In Medicaid Gap

11:45am July 13, 2015

by Wilson Sayre

Floridian Cynthia Louis worked at Burger King for 25 years. She left the job because she got sick and then found herself unable to afford health insurance through the Affordable Care Act.

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Administration Proposes Rules To Modernize Nursing Home Safety

11:26am July 13, 2015

by Susan Jaffe

If nursing homes want to be paid by Medicare and Medicaid, they'll likely have to meet a range of new requirements for quality and safety, including more training of nurses in dementia care.

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Should Doctors And Drugmakers Keep Their Distance?

8:52am July 13, 2015

by John Henning Schumann

One doctor rethinks his hardline stance against contact with industry. Beyond drugmakers' sales and marketing, perhaps there's room for productive and ethical collaboration to advance medicine.

A Dream Home Can Turn Uninhabitable If It Once Was A Meth House

5:24pm July 12, 2015

by Barbara Brosher

Indiana leads the nation in methamphetamine lab seizures. Hundreds of homes are contaminated with dangerous chemicals. But people aren't always told the house they're buying is contaminated.

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