Sep 12 Watch News Wrap: Kerry seeks Turkish support against Islamic State By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, Secretary of State John Kerry met with Turkish leaders in hopes of garnering support for an expanded U.S. military campaign against the Islamic State. Separately, the new Iraqi prime minister said France had agreed to… Continue watching
Sep 12 Cuba pledges 165 healthcare workers to combat Ebola outbreak By Jaywon Choe An overtaxed international response to the Ebola outbreak will receive some much needed help. Cuba has agreed to send 165 healthcare workers to the region, the largest detachment of foreign doctors and nurses committed thus far. They are expected to… Continue reading
Sep 10 Watch Treating mental illness with medicine and religion in India By PBS News Hour In India, about 100 million people are believed to suffer common mental disorders and millions more have more severe illnesses. With just 5,000 psychiatrists in the country, faith healers have filled the gap. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports… Continue watching
Sep 10 Watch What you need to know about the rare respiratory virus affecting kids By PBS News Hour A respiratory virus has infected hundreds of children in the U.S., sending them to emergency rooms across the country. The rare strain causes asthma-like symptoms and can exacerbate the disease. Jeffrey Brown learns more from Dr. Anne Schuchat of the… Continue watching
Sep 10 How doctors can use social media as an obesity reduction tool By Anna Christiansen The obesity epidemic has put a strain on health services around the globe. London-based bariatric surgeon Dr. Hutan Ashrafian sees the effects of the disease daily, and his long patient list signals no end in sight. And so he and… Continue reading
Sep 10 Employer-provided health care costs saw only modest increases in 2014 By Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News While both critics and supporters of the Affordable Care Act are likely to find fodder for their positions, the report portrays 2014 as a relatively stable year for employer coverage, with little change in the type of plans offered or… Continue reading
Sep 09 Watch U.S. offers support to fragile, West African health systems to combat Ebola By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 09 Can we wire children's brains to not crave junk food? By Anna Christiansen A study published in Psychological Science says it is possible to train children’s brains to resist craving junk food. Continue reading
Sep 08 Watch News Wrap: WHO projects 'exponential increase' for Ebola By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, the World Health Organization says that many thousands of new cases of Ebola are expected in the coming weeks in Liberia, origin country of more than half of all cases to occur so far in… Continue watching
Sep 08 Rise in ER visits after Medicaid expansion By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press A new study finds that many people newly covered by Medicaid under the federal health law are seeking treatment in hospital emergency rooms. That's one of the most expensive settings for health care. Continue reading