healthcare

Demonstrators hold placards during a Planned Parenthood rally outside the State Capitol in Austin, Texas, April 5, 2017.

President Trump, what do you think is the benefit of defunding Planned Parenthood?

President Donald Trump has made defunding Planned Parenthood a goal for his administration. We're wondering what he's hoping to accomplish.

President Trump, what do you think is the benefit of defunding Planned Parenthood?
Medicare

50 years later, how Medicare changed America

50 years later, how Medicare changed America
Supporters of the Affordable Care Act

Supreme Court gives the Affordable Care Act a major victory

Supreme Court gives the Affordable Care Act a major victory
Hospital OR

One surgeon suggests health care decisions in America are too often dictated by money

One surgeon suggests health care decisions in America are too often dictated by money
Workers wearing protective masks sit at the Felix Houphouet Boigny international airport in Abidjan. Ivory Coast on Monday banned air travelers from Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, the three countries worst-hit by the Ebola outbreak.

Liberia doesn't have many doctors, and it's battling Ebola with minimal supplies

Liberia doesn't have many doctors, and it's battling Ebola with minimal supplies

Hypertension in the Developing World: The View from Cambodia

High blood pressure is a major risk factor for early death around the world. Yet in developing nations, the condition often goes undiagnosed and untreated. Reporter Joanne Silberner traveled to Cambodia to find out why.

Hypertension in the Developing World: The View from Cambodia

North Koreans Substituting Crystal Meth for Medication

North Koreans have been using crystal meth as a substitute for expensive and hard to get medicines. But reporter Jason Strother tells host Marco Werman that the drug is creating a serious addiction problem.

North Koreans Substituting Crystal Meth for Medication

Promoting Brown Rice to Fight Diabetes in Cambodia

In Asia, rice is king, and white rice is the norm. But with rates of diabetes soaring, public health advocates want locals to switch to healthier brown rice. Reporter Joanne Silberner discovers it's nearly impossible.

Promoting Brown Rice to Fight Diabetes in Cambodia

Syrian Eye Doctor Risks Life To Save Sight

Dr. Aref Rifai, a Syrian-American ophthalmologist based in Pensacola, Florida is one of the few western doctors who has managed to travel regularly inside Syria to perform surgery.

Syrian Eye Doctor Risks Life To Save Sight

Historical Photos Depict Women Medical Pioneers

The World's resident history buff Chris Woolf discusses America's role in pioneering the medical education of women with anchor Marco Werman.

Historical Photos Depict Women Medical Pioneers

Confinement Spa for New Mothers in China

In Chinese tradition, women who give birth are supposed to spend a month in confinement with their babies. It's a tradition that many Chinese women still observe.

Confinement Spa for New Mothers in China

First Responders: A Civil War History Lesson

Kyle Wichtendahl says the Union Army tested out medical ideas on the battlefield that spread internationally and laid the groundwork for modern combat medicine.

First Responders: A Civil War History Lesson
Ahlam and her infant daughter on the Brooklyn Bridge. Ahlam left Syria in late 2012 while pregnant to escape the violence there.

Syrian Doctor in US Weighs Whether to Go Home

Ahlam is a 28-year-old medical resident from Syria. She came to the US late last year to give birth to her daughter. Her family is pressing her to stay, but she left her husband behind in Syria. Now she has to decide whether to stay in safety or go back.

Syrian Doctor in US Weighs Whether to Go Home

Angelina Jolie's Mastectomy and the Fight Against Breast Cancer in the Arab World

Angelina Jolie has undergone a double mastectomy to reduce her chances of getting breast cancer. Dr. Samia Al-Amoudi became one of the first Saudi women to go public about her breast cancer, and has been trying to reduce the stigma across the Arab world.

Angelina Jolie's Mastectomy and the Fight Against Breast Cancer in the Arab World

Elmhurst Hospital in Queens, New York: A medical melting pot

Elmhurst Hospital in Queens, New York provides care for nearly 2 million patients a year, and delivers medical care in more than 150 different languages. The international diversity of patients there makes the hospital a medical melting pot.

Elmhurst Hospital in Queens, New York: A medical melting pot