Jason’s Recent Stories
Health Dec 23
Behind the troubling rise of uninsured American kidsOver a million children have fallen out of public health insurance programs since December 2017. In some cases, their parents acquired coverage at work. But researchers also see a troubling rise in uninsured children -- and say the Trump administration's…
Health Dec 23
WATCH: One-on-one with Trump’s Medicare and Medicaid chief Seema VermaSeema Verma discussed her views on President Donald Trump’s plan for sustaining public health insurance programs, how the administration would respond if Obamacare is struck down by the courts in the future, and her thoughts on how the latest Medicare…
Nation Nov 05
Derek Black grew up as a white nationalist. Here’s how he changed his mindAccording to the FBI, hate crimes are on the rise in the U.S. Studies also suggest white nationalist and white supremacist ideologies are spreading. Derek Black was raised in a household that espoused such beliefs, but during college, his views…
Health Oct 30
Why minority representation in medical research is a matter of life and deathU.S. racial and ethnic diversity is ever increasing, but the medical representation of minority groups is not. A recent review of government-funded cancer research studies found that participants were disproportionately white, and fewer than 2 percent of these clinical trials…
Health Aug 28
Why doctors are increasingly prescribing natureAs rates of chronic disease among children have skyrocketed over the past few decades, pediatricians have increasingly looked for solutions beyond the clinic. Sometimes that means actually prescribing time outside. Special correspondent Cat Wise reports from Oakland on the medical…
Arts Jul 19
What The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach is doing in NashvilleThe Black Keys debuted its first album in five years at the top of the U.S. charts. But band vocalist and guitarist Dan Auerbach has been making a name for himself in another setting over the past few years. Jeffrey…
Health Jun 20
A universal flu vaccine could finally be within sightInfluenza is a shape-shifter virus that could spark a global pandemic. Researchers at the National Institutes of Health are working to deliver what is referred to as The Holy Grail in the fight: a universal flu vaccine that could protect…
Health Jun 19
Why the race to stop the next flu outbreak starts at state fairs and the beachPublic health officials agree the constantly mutating influenza virus has the potential to cause a major outbreak and a deadly global crisis. For the second part of the NewsHour’s series on preparing for such a pandemic, we examine how research…
Arts Jun 14
In an age of extremes, country music star Scotty McCreery finds his place ‘in between’The country music star told the PBS NewsHour that one of the things he learned while making new music is that people are a lot more alike than different. “I feel like a lot of folks are just cruising on…
Health May 14
What Trump’s PrEP deal means for the spread of HIVThe Trump administration’s new deal to provide uninsured Americans with free drugs to prevent HIV infection could be a promising step, but actually reaching the very people most in need -- and convincing them to take it -- will be…
