Health & Science

Bill Moyers continues his long-running explorations of health and science as they affect Americans in both societal and deeply personal ways. His programs and specials reveal vital truths about our health, our fractured health care system, and the natural world around us.

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At the End of Life, Seniors Face Huge Out-of-Pocket Medical Expenses
September 11, 2012 | Smart Charts
In the last five years of their lives, many seniors spend all of their assets covering health care costs — and they're on Medicare.
Volunteer Daphne Miller, right, serves lunch at St. Anthony's dining hall, a soup kitchen for the city's homeless, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Many Families Still Struggling to Put Food on the Table
September 7, 2012 | The Poverty Line

A new study from the USDA shows that across the country the recession is still having an impact on many families trying to put food on the table. Continue reading

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Jill Stein Weighs In on the Organic Food Debate
September 6, 2012 | News & Notes

Despite a recent study that says organic food offers little nutritional advantage, Jill Stein explains why organic agriculture is still a vital approach. Continue reading

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Bill Moyers Essay: Everyone Should Be Entitled to Medicare
August 3, 2012

Bill recalls his days with Lyndon Johnson as they prepared to sell Medicare to Congress, and makes the case for why everyone should be entitled to it today. Continue reading

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Your Turn: Should Foods With GMOs be Labeled?
July 13, 2012 | Take Action

Share your opinion about foods containing genetically modified organisms and if consumers need to be warned about them. Continue reading

'Eating Down the Food Chain' Paul Johnson, Monterey Fish Market. San Francisco, CA. Credit: Information artwork by Douglas Gayeton. From the Lexicon of Sustainability project.
Slideshow: The Lexicon of Sustainability
July 13, 2012

Information artist Douglas Gayeton shares stories of sustainability through a unique marriage of drawing and photography. Continue reading

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Vandana Shiva on the Problem with Genetically Modified Seeds
July 13, 2012

Vandana Shiva describes the latest battleground in the war on Planet Earth. Continue reading

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Vandana Shiva on Seeds of Humanity
July 11, 2012

In a video excerpt from this week’s Moyers & Company, the scientist and philosopher discusses the perils of patenting seeds. Continue reading

1881 portrait of Charles Darwin; Credit: John Collier
The Labyrinth: God, Darwin and the Meaning of Life
July 3, 2012

Philip Appleman explores God, Darwin and the Meaning of Life. Continue reading

An emergency room physician, center, attends to a patient, while gurneys, patients and staff fill the hallway in the Red Zone trauma center at the Emergency Room of Grady Hospital in downtown Atlanta, in 2005. (AP Photo/Ric Feld, Files)
The Health Spending Map of the World
July 3, 2012 | Smart Charts
Americans spend more than any other country on healthcare — nearly $8,500 per person. Find out how the we compare to other Western countries and the world.
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