Aug 05 Watch 6:37 Court cases targeting abortion highlight digital privacy concerns By John Yang, Kaisha Young, Marconja Zor In July, a Nebraska teenager and her mother were convicted after the teen terminated her pregnancy using abortion pills. Among the prosecution's key evidence was exchanges between the two on Facebook Messenger. Caitlin Seeley George with the nonprofit digital rights… Continue watching
Aug 04 FDA approves first postpartum depression pill By Matthew Perrone, Associated Press The Food and Drug Administration approved the drug, called Zurzuvae, for adults experiencing severe depression related to childbirth or pregnancy. It's taken once a day for 14 days. Continue reading
Aug 04 Watch 7:45 How lessons learned from COVID are preparing the world for future health threats By Geoff Bennett, Cybele Mayes-Osterman The State Department is putting lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic into action. The Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy is aimed at better preventing, detecting and responding to existing and future health threats. Its first leader is renowned… Continue watching
Aug 04 Pioneering athletes breaking down barriers to breastfeeding in Olympic sports By John Leicester, Associated Press Breastfeeding and high-performance sports were long an almost impossible combination for top female athletes. For the 2024 Olympic Games, pioneering mothers will show that it is possible to breastfeed and be competitive. Continue reading
Aug 03 Watch 6:01 Rising COVID hospitalizations point to another summer surge in infections By John Yang, Dorothy Hastings Signs point to a COVID-19 summer surge for the fourth consecutive year. Overall, infections remain much lower compared to the past, but cases began increasing last month and between 300 and 400 Americans are dying each week. John Yang discussed… Continue watching
Aug 01 Who was Henrietta Lacks? Here’s how HeLa cells became essential to medical research By Ivan Martinez, The Conversation On Aug. 1, 2023, over 70 years after doctors took Lacks’ cells without her consent or knowledge, her family reached a settlement with biotech company Thermo Fisher. Continue reading
Aug 01 Blue blood from horseshoe crabs is needed for medicine, but a declining bird species relies on the crabs to eat By Patrick Whittle, Associated Press The animals are drained of some of their blood and returned to the environment, yet some inevitably die. Regulators say recent revisions to the guidelines for handling the animals should keep more alive through the process. Continue reading
Aug 01 As climate change leads to more and wetter storms, cholera cases are on the rise By Blanca Begert, Grist Flash floods spread sewage into lakes and boreholes, washed away pipelines and sanitation infrastructure, and ruined roads integral to the delivery of supplies. Continue reading
Aug 01 Family of Henrietta Lacks, whose cells were taken for research, settles with company that profited By Lea Skene, Sarah Brumfield, Associated Press The family of Henrietta Lacks is settling a lawsuit against a biotechnology company it accuses of improperly profiting from her cells. Continue reading
Jul 31 Michigan court affirms critical benefits for thousands badly injured in car wrecks By Ed White, Associated Press For decades, people injured in crashes were entitled to lifetime payment for "all reasonable charges" related to care and rehabilitation. But a new state law that kicked in in 2019 set a fee schedule and a cap on reimbursements. Continue reading