Health Reform Rx for Medicare Enrollees Caught in "Donut Hole"
 

Health Reform Rx for Medicare Enrollees Caught in "Donut Hole"

New America Media, Video, Viji Sundaram, Posted: Nov 16, 2010

Like many Medicare recipients, Louis Nguyen's costly liver-transplant drugs put him in the infamous coverage gap known as the "donut hole." But relief is on the way.

 

Oakland Activist Wins Prize for Fighting Air Pollution

 

New America Media, News Report, Ngoc Nguyen, Posted: Nov 11, 2010

Margaret Gordon trains residents to become citizen-scientists to improve the community’s health.

 

GOP to America: Don’t Get Old—Or Sick

 

New America Media, Commentary, Linnie Frank Bailey, Posted: Nov 11, 2010

Were older Tea Party supporters who helped Republicans sweep to victory last week paying attention to the GOP's real message on aging?

 

Flooding Intensifies Cholera Outbreak in Haiti

 

San Francisco Bayview, News Report, Haiti Action Commitee, Posted: Nov 10, 2010

Cholera has killed more than 500 people in the valley along Haiti’s Artibonite River, and another 7,359 people are ill.

 

NOLA Urban Farmers Struggle With Toxins And Red Tape

 

Louisiana Weekly, News Report, Susan Buchanan, Posted: Nov 08, 2010

Soil tainted by lead and paint use-and by arsenic from wood preservatives are threats that can be managed, urban gardeners say.

 

How the Midterm Elections Could Affect Health Care Reform

 

New America Media, Question & Answer, Viji Sundaram, Posted: Nov 06, 2010

The GOP is spreading misinformation that Obama's health care law is a spending bill, when it actually will reduce the deficit.

 

Health Care Repeal Would Hurt African Americans

 

Washington Afro, News Report, Staff, Posted: Nov 03, 2010

Promises by House Republicans to overturn health care reform measures passed earlier this year would disproportionately affect the Black community.

 

SF Midnight Hoops Unites the Hunter's Point Hood

 

YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Amanze Eminike, Posted: Oct 29, 2010

The city of San Francisco along and community based organizations helped to organize a midnight basketball league designed to unite a divided neighborhood.

 

Distrusting the Flu Shot

 

Black Voice News, News Report, Staff, Posted: Oct 28, 2010

Many African-Americans —because of a history of unlawful experiments and adverse reactions—avoid getting flu shots.

 

A Doctor’s Word: Reducing HIV’s Bone-Breaking Risk

 

New America Media, News Report, Erin Marcus, MD, Posted: Oct 27, 2010

The AIDS virus accelerates osteoporosis—brittle bones—and other diseases of aging. HIV-positive patients need to get tested and take preventive actions.

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