Jan 26 Nearly 500 people in England hospitalized for female genital mutilation in November By Corinne Segal In November, 466 people were treated in English hospitals for the effects of female genital mutilation, according to a recent analysis by the Health and Social Care Information Centre. Continue reading
Jan 25 Watch 5:32 'Completely avoidable': Vaccination could have prevented Disneyland measles outbreak By PBS News Hour U.S. health officials say the recent measles outbreak that began at Disneyland in Southern California continues to ripple across the nation with approximately 100 cases reported so far. How great a risk does this pose and how can people protect… Continue watching
Jan 25 WHO contemplates reforms after admitting missteps on Ebola By Carey Reed In a special session on Sunday, the World Health Organization debated how to reform itself after acknowledging the organization had botched its response to the 2014 Ebola emergency. Continue reading
Jan 24 Advocates seek greater privacy protections for HealthCare.gov By Jack Gillum, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press Privacy advocates say the Obama administration needs to make more changes to protect consumer privacy on the government's health insurance website. Continue reading
Jan 22 Despite birth defect risks, many women receive strong pain drugs By Laura Santhanam A government report found that a significant number of U.S. women who are of reproductive age have been prescribed opioid pain medication, which are known to cause birth defects. Continue reading
Jan 22 Many of the hospitals awarded Medicare bonuses won't be able to collect By Jordan Rau, Kaiser Health News Medicare is giving bonuses to a majority of hospitals that it graded on quality, but many of those rewards will be wiped out by penalties the government has issued for other shortcomings, federal data show. Continue reading
Jan 21 Watch 5:53 Ebola doctor: 'Tremendous strides' in stemming the outbreak By PBS News Hour Dr. Pranav Shetty, global emergency health coordinator for International Medical Corps, was hailed by President Obama in his State of the Union address as an embodiment of the effort to roll back the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. In August,… Continue watching
Jan 20 Watch Sen. Joni Ernst delivers GOP response to Obama's 2015 State of the Union address By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 20 Watch President Obama's full 2015 State of the Union address By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 20 Health care gets a brief mention in State of the Union speech By News Desk Whereas last year, President Barack Obama used nine full paragraphs of his State of the Union speech to sell his health care plan, the subject got less attention this year. Continue reading