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Public Health
Medicine, policy, communities and you
A Stem Cell Controversy Comes to California
Ballot initiative would give research $3 billion
By Sheila Riley/Newsdesk.org, September 21, 2004
Advocates say Prop. 71 could save lives and earn big. Critics say there's an all-too-human cost.
U.S. Seniors Face Increased Poverty
Budget woes hit women, minorities hardest
By Stephanie L. Freid and Josh Wilson, September 19, 2003
A looming federal deficit may squeeze already tight elder-care budgets, as baby boomers age en masse.
The Witness as Victim
New domestic violence focus on children
By Yumi Wilson, September 2, 2003
The idea that witnessing violence harms children has caused a small revolution in domestic violence prevention.
Terror Fears Bring New Health Funds
By Judith Scherr, July 18, 2003
Bioterrorism fears bring a flood of federal health funding. But can it save a crumbling public-health system?
New push for 'Health for All'
By Yumi Wilson, March 18, 2003
The People's Health Movement sets an ambitious goal for global health care.
"Breast Cancer: Cause & Controversy"
By Carl Hall, June 1, 2000
More white women get it. More black women die from it. A special report on breast cancer in the Bay Area and beyond.
