Nov 17 Ebola-striken surgeon dies at Nebraska hospital By Joshua Barajas An Ebola-stricken surgeon who was working in West Africa and was transported to a Nebraska hospital for treatment died early Monday, a hospital official confirmed. Continue reading
Nov 17 Healthcare.gov is back for open enrollment. How’s it doing? By Phil Galewitz, Anna Gorman, Kaiser Health News “The vast majority of people coming to the site were able to get on and do what they were intending to do,” Health and Human Services Secretary Sylva Burwell said Sunday on NBC’s Meet The Press, adding that 500,000 people… Continue reading
Nov 16 POLL: Would you support a ban on the sale of tobacco products? By News Desk The town of Westminster, Mass., could become the first in the nation to entirely ban the sale of tobacco products, including cigarettes, chewing tobacco and e-cigarettes. What if a similar ban was proposed where you live?… Continue reading
Nov 16 Watch Massachusetts town mulls nation’s first total tobacco ban By PBS News Hour The town of Westminster, Mass., could become the first in the nation to ban the sale of tobacco products if a proposal from the city's board of health passes in December. The unprecedented pitch would ban the sale cigarettes, chewing… Continue watching
Nov 14 Watch CDC director Frieden: We’re ‘nowhere near out of the woods’ with Ebola By PBS News Hour Hospital officials in Omaha, Nebraska, are preparing to treat a surgeon who was reportedly infected with the Ebola virus while treating patients in Sierra Leone, where the outbreak continues to be dire. In Liberia, infections rates seem to be slowing,… Continue watching
Nov 14 Obamacare contraception loophole for religious groups is not too restrictive, court rules By Pete Yost, Associated Press In a 3-0 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected a challenge by the groups, which claimed that the accommodation still imposes a substantial burden on their expression of religion. Continue reading
Nov 14 Could coffee help prevent obesity’s negative side effects? By Nora Daly Coffee consumption may help offset some of obesity’s negative side effects, according to a new study published in the journal Pharmaceutical Research. Continue reading
Nov 14 New health care customers may see hike in premiums By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press Many of the 7 million consumers who got insurance under President Barack Obama's health care law will see their premiums rise next year unless they switch to another plan, independent analysts said as the government released details Friday. Continue reading
Nov 13 Watch Aspiring filmmakers get a kickstart on their teen zombie movie By PBS News Hour Sam Suchmann and Mattie Zufelt are best friends. Three years ago, these teenagers with Down syndrome had the idea to make a zombie movie. Now, with help from their supporters, they have raised more than $50,000. The NewsHour's Mike Melia… Continue watching
Nov 13 Clinical trials of possible Ebola vaccine to start in West Africa By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press WASHINGTON — A top U.S. health official says long-anticipated clinical trials of a possible Ebola vaccine will start soon in West Africa, as the global response to the outbreak took on added urgency with new cases in Mali and reports… Continue reading