Dec 4th, 2008 · Every year, about 1 in 4 college students gets the flu. A $20 flu shot can be a cheap insurance policy against aching joints and muscles, high fever, missed classes. But even that isn't enough to motivate some students to get vaccinated, so one health expert is trying an economic argument.
Nov 26th, 2008 · Ashley Tellis, senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and an expert in international security and South Asia, analyzes the deadly terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India. The attacks killed at least 78 people.
Nov 26th, 2008 · President-Elect Obama says he wants to make expanding health care coverage a priority for his new administration. Health policy expert David Blumenthal says there are better lessons to learn from the biggest expansion of health care: The creation of Medicare and Medicaid.
Nov 24th, 2008 · It's a common story: You lose your job, and your health insurance goes with it. But it doesn't always have to be this way. An expert offers several alternatives to prevent your medical bills from adding to your stress.
Nov 22nd, 2008 · At hearing this week, Congress essentially told U.S. automakers — not so fast. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and majority leader Harry Reid instructed the automakers to draft a plan of how they would use any financial bailout, before coming back to congress next month. Scott Simon talks to Dave Sedgwick, an editor for Automotive News, and Jim McTevia, a bankruptcy and restructuring expert, about the pros and cons of an auto bailout.
Nov 21st, 2008 · The incoming Obama administration will inherit ongoing nuclear weapons negotiations with North Korea. One expert says that, though it they are likely to take years, continuing talks will be the only chance at reigning in the reclusive nation.
Nov 21st, 2008 · Bob Brier, mummy expert, Egyptologist and co-author of The Secret of the Great Pyramid, discusses theories about how the ancient Egyptians managed to build the Great Pyramid. New research suggests a ramp inside the pyramid may have been the key to its construction.
Nov 18th, 2008 · What direction might the U.S. military campaign against the Taliban take? President-elect Obama has said he will shift resources from Iraq to Afghanistan. Retired Army Col. John Nagl, an expert on counterinsurgency, surveys the prospects.