Samuel Blackstone, Business InsiderAugust 21, 2012 15:48

The Mayo Clinic and Johns Hopkins are two US health care brands that successfully expanded abroad. Now, Britain's government would like the National Health Service to follow their lead.

Emily JudemJune 29, 2012 13:35

Testing Matters: Massachusetts' new HIV testing law and what it means

Larry Day was diagnosed with HIV in April 1996, after being tested without giving his consent. In this video, Day tells his HIV testing story and explains why both the new Massachusetts law and doctor-patient conversation are important.

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Larry Day, Manager of HIV Health Promotion at the AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts (Emily Judem/GlobalPost)

BOSTON – Larry Day was diagnosed with HIV in April, 1996, after being tested without giving his consent. He arrived at the hospital sick, and the doctor tested him for HIV without his knowledge. Without the opportunity for counseling or a conversation with the doctor, he said, he wasn’t mentally prepared to hear the news.

Supreme Court rules health care constitutional (PHOTOS)

News deskJune 28, 2012 12:02

The US Supreme Court upheld almost all of Obama's health care legislation.

CNN misreports health care ruling

Hanna IngberJune 28, 2012 10:35

CNN made a major journalistic error this morning when it incorrectly reported that the US Supreme Court ruled President Obama's health care mandate unconstitutional.

Emily JudemJune 27, 2012 17:57

National HIV Testing Day: A delicate balance

The US has jumped on the routinized testing bandwagon. But a balance must be struck between making testing more widely available, and making sure patients have enough time and resources for counseling if they test positive.

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A man reads education literature as he waits for an HIV test at a free mobile testing center in Los Angeles. (Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images)

The goal of National HIV Testing Day (NHTD) is to encourage routine testing and early detection of HIV, according to the National Association of People with AIDS, the organization that founded NHTD 18 years ago. And throughout the country, organizations and governments are working toward this goal. Indeed, the US has jumped on the routinized testing bandwagon. But here's the catch–there’s a delicate balance that must be struck when it comes to making HIV tests routine, said Larry Day, Manager of HIV Health Promotion at the AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts.

John DonnellyJune 25, 2012 15:37

US on target with AIDS goals, top official says

One month before the International AIDS Conference, Ambassador Eric Goosby addressed an audience at the Brookings Institute. He said the Obama administration was on target for meeting its HIV/AIDS goals.

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US Global AIDS Coordinator Ambassador Eric P. Goosby (Tim Sloan/AFP/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC—One month before the International AIDS Conference, the top US official overseeing the global AIDS fight today said that the Obama administration was on target for meeting goals for putting people on treatment, reducing the number of babies infected with HIV, and expanding male circumcisions – but he acknowledged the circumcision effort was tough going.

Emily JudemJune 25, 2012 14:35

Immunizations for all: Q&A with GAVI Alliance's Dagfinn Høybråten

Dagfinn Høybråten is the Board chair of GAVI alliance, an organization that aims to save lives by increasing immunization in developing countries. While at the Child Survival Call to Action Conference in Washington, DC this month, he spoke with GlobalPost about why he believes vaccines are essential to Secretary Clinton’s goal of ending preventable child deaths.

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A girl receives polio vaccination drops from a medical volunteer during an immunisation drive in Amritsar, India. (Narinder Nanu/AFP/Getty Images)

Dagfinn Høybråten is the Board chair of GAVI alliance, an organization that aims to save lives by increasing immunization in developing countries. He also serves as a vice president of Norwegian Parliament and is Norway’s former health minister. While at the Child Survival Call to Action Conference in Washington, DC earlier this month, he spoke with GlobalPost about why he believes vaccines are essential to Secretary Clinton’s goal of ending preventable child deaths.

Obama grants church groups grace period on birth control

David TrifunovJanuary 20, 2012 19:21

Women’s groups called the decision “a huge and important victory for women."