Aug 07 Free health clinics shift gears as their patients qualify for insurance By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News While a few free health clinics have shut their doors in Arkansas and Washington, most expansion-state non-profit free clinics are reassessing their business strategies. Medicaid offers the potential to give their patients better access to specialists, diagnostic testing and hospital… Continue reading
Aug 07 Ebola crisis may surpass all past outbreaks combined, CDC director says By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, says the outbreak is unprecedented in part because it's in a region of Africa that never has dealt with Ebola before. He says the outbreak's two main drivers… Continue reading
Aug 07 Why your zip code matters when it comes to diabetic amputations By Anya van Wagtendonk Ten years ago, while working as an attending physician, Dr. Carl Stevens noticed a disturbing pattern: the majority of his patients with diabetes who acquired infections requiring amputation were from low-income backgrounds, while his diabetic patients from wealthier communities rarely… Continue reading
Aug 06 Watch Should an experimental drug be used to treat Ebola in West Africa? By PBS News Hour The treatment of two Ebola-infected Americans with an experimental drug, Z-Mapp, raises the question of whether it has potential for widespread use in combating the outbreak in West Africa. Judy Woodruff gets perspective on the topic from two experts, Dr. Continue watching
Aug 06 Watch World Health Organization calls for emergency meeting on Ebola outbreak By PBS News Hour Two Americans infected with the Ebola virus and being treated in Atlanta have received an experimental drug, Z-Mapp, that had not previously been tested on humans and is in extremely limited supply. The WHO announced the latest numbers in rising… Continue watching
Aug 05 Why it's hard to keep Ebola from spreading By Larisa Epatko Containing this year's Ebola outbreak won't be easy. Undeveloped governments in the three countries most affected by the current Ebola surge -- Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone -- are having trouble coordinating a response, and health care workers are overwhelmed,… Continue reading
Aug 05 Second American Ebola patient arrives in U.S. By Sam Lane The second American aid worker stricken with the Ebola virus has arrived in the United States. Continue reading
Aug 05 New FDA 'gluten-free' regulation rolls out By Anna Christiansen Starting this week, all food products marked as “gluten-free” can only make the claim if they contain less than 20 parts per million of gluten. Continue reading
Aug 04 Watch Keeping safe in Ebola territory By PBS News Hour The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has killed at least 887 people, and sickened more than 1,600. Gwen Ifill talks to Jeffrey Stern, reporting from Guinea for Vanity Fair, about the conditions in the village where the outbreak originated, how… Continue watching
Aug 04 Watch How human rights issues factor into African economic advancement By PBS News Hour Continue watching