Feb 03 Are you getting enough sleep? By Colleen Shalby When was the last time you woke up bright-eyed after a solid night’s rest?… Continue reading
Feb 02 Watch 5:06 Opting out of vaccination is 'recipe for outbreak' By PBS News Hour Parents who don’t vaccinate their children due to concerns about side effects can put others at risk -- even those who have been vaccinated. Gwen Ifill talks to Patsy Stinchfield of the Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota about the… Continue watching
Feb 02 Watch 4:03 Tracing the origins of the anti-vaccine movement By PBS News Hour A measles outbreak has reached 14 states and infected more than 100 people. The disease had been considered eradicated in the U.S., but parents’ skepticism about the safety and usefulness of vaccines in recent years has made room for measles… Continue watching
Feb 02 Watch 5:26 News Wrap: First large-scale Ebola vaccine trials begin in Liberia By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, about 600 people will participate in the first large-scale Ebola vaccine trials. Tests of two potential vaccines may ultimately involve 27,000 people. Also, civilians in the embattled Donetsk province in Eastern Ukraine ran for cover… Continue watching
Feb 02 Does spaceflight accelerate immune system aging? By Justin Scuiletti According to a new study, spaceflight may have detrimental effects on the immune system. Continue reading
Feb 01 Carl Djerassi, a creator of the birth control pill, dies at 91 By Andrew Mach It was Dr. Carl Djerassi, along with two colleagues, who patented the key ingredient that led to the development of the oral contraceptive in 1951. Continue reading
Feb 01 Arizona officials on alert for measles as thousands flood in for Super Bowl By Rebecca Lee As thousands of Super Bowl XLIX spectators flood into Phoenix for Sunday's game, health officials are on high alert to make sure the flare-up of measles in the state doesn't get worse. Continue reading
Jan 31 Officials: Infected Amtrak rider may have exposed travelers to measles By Rebecca Lee New York officials said Saturday that a college student who had tested positive for measles was contagious when he boarded an Amtrak train last Sunday and potentially exposed thousands of travelers to the infection. Continue reading
Jan 31 White House to parents: science shows vaccines are effective By Nedra Pickler, Associated Press Amid the measles outbreak stemming from California, the White House is telling parents that science indicates they should vaccinate their children. Continue reading
Jan 30 Watch 7:43 A push to use the human genome to make medicine more precise By PBS News Hour President Obama introduced a new plan to create a database of genetic information of a million Americans in order to better tailor medical treatments for groups of patients. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien interviews Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes… Continue watching