health care – Page 64 – People's World

U.S. nurses backed general strike in U.K.

December 5, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

The National Nurses Union led a coalition of U.S. unions that demonstrated in six cities on Nov. 30 to back British public workers, who staged a one-day strike.

Two thirds of HIV victims in U.S. are untreated

November 30, 2011 By Joe Sims

Only about a third of those in the U.S. with HIV are getting treated says the Centers for Disease Control.

Routine teen-aged HIV test proposed by doctors

November 28, 2011 By Joe Sims

The Center for Disease Control has called for universal testing of all patients between the ages of 16 and 64. However, the U.S. Public Health Service has not endorsed the proposal.

Health care reform law already helps uninsured

November 14, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

Advocates say nearly three-quarters of California's four million people with no health coverage are people of color, with Latinos making up nearly 60 percent of the total uninsured.

Troops coming home from Iraq – can Afghanistan be next?

October 25, 2011 By PW Editorial Board

As important as the troop withdrawal is what happens to them after they leave. Will they go now to Afghanistan? Will they serve in some other location abroad?