At Foreign Policy, Jack C. Chow describes why, if elected, Rick Santorum would be great news for the AIDS fight in Africa.

Critical access hospitals have been targeted for budgets cuts, but some people worry about destabilization of health care, explains Jenny Gold.

Peter Waldman claims that hospice care has become a growth industry.

Rich Morin examines the challenges faced by U.S. veterans who have been injured while serving in the military, based off survey results from 1,835 male and female veterans.

Chris Sweeney raises the questions whether low tech SMS programs used by nonprofits like Medic Mobil could revolutionize global health.

Wendell Potter of iWatch News discusses how a McKinsey report unleashed a "firestorm" among Americans with employer-sponsored health insurance.

In a New York Times opinion editorial, Paul Krugman explains that Medicare is counter-intutively money-saving.

In a break from the politics of health care reform, McKinsey Quarterly predicts that recent legislation will lead to a significant shift away from employer-provided health insurance among lower-income workers.

In 2014 "mini-meds" or health care policies that feature high deductibles, modest benefits and low annual caps on medical coverage will be banned. Wendell Potter analyzes how many large insurance companies are securing wavers  to continue providing the heavily contested, but highly profitable policies.

Homi Kharas argues that global food inflation is a result of increasing oil prices and a lack of sustained agricultural investment, not speculators or inept governments.

Bryan Walsh argues that a combination of bad weather, economic growth, and biofuel production created record high food prices.

This report by Amnesty International compiles interviews from North Koreans documenting widespread malnutrition-induced illness and lack of health care, both due to poor government policies.

David Brooks reflects on the passage of health care reform as the end of the century-long welfare project and the beginning of the task of saving the country from fiscal ruin.

In a New York Times op-ed, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, former director of the Congressional Budget Office from 2003 to 2005, argues that information claiming the health care bill will save $138 billion dollars is skewed by accounting gimmickry and budgetary games, and laying out his own math, contends the reforms will instead raise deficits by $562 billion.

To understand Islamists' appeal, consider basic needs, says Parag Khanna.

In this report, the RAND Corporation discusses psychological and cognitive injuries from war, their consequences, and services to assist recovery.

The collection of essays focusing on different concerns about vaccine prioritization.

In October 2006, Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued this call for emergency food aid to North Korea to be maintained despite the country’s alleged nuclear test.

A National Magazine Award nominee for excellence in Columns and Commentary, this article explains how Agent Orange has poisoned now a third generation.

The Congressional Research Service has updated its report on AIDS in Africa.