Apr 08 Watch Unprecedented Ebola outbreak crosses borders in West Africa By PBS News Hour More than 100 people have died so far in the worst outbreak of the Ebola virus in years, which began in Guinea before spreading to Liberia. Now health officials are investigating possible cases in Mali and Ghana. Jeffrey Brown talks… Continue watching
Apr 08 Procrastinators, you can blame it on genetics...tomorrow By Willis Raburu Procrastination is in your genes, according to researchers at the University of Colorado at Bolder. Continue reading
Apr 08 How sweet it is: Honey guidelines and the future of bees By Lorna Baldwin Honey sitting on American supermarket shelves might not be the real thing. On Tuesday the Food and Drug Administration took steps to ensure that if it's labeled "honey," it actually is. Continue reading
Apr 08 Value of voluntary long term care for family reaches staggering amounts By Elizabeth Shell Imagine working twenty hours a week at a part-time job for five years -- and never getting paid. That's the average amount of time volunteered by long-term health care caregivers as they help care for a friend, family member or acquaintance. Continue reading
Apr 07 The whole tooth of helping low-income patients with 'teledentistry' By Daniela Hernandez, Kaiser Health News A free “teledentistry” program in California seeks to provide dental services for low-income patients who don’t have access to regular dental care. Low-income families are often stymied by high costs and a shortage of dentists who treat the poor. Many… Continue reading
Apr 07 Professional gets personal as doctor considers care of the Alzheimer's caregiver By Zachary Treu Though family caregiver support has been lacking in the past, recent years have seen considerable research on the subject, along with legislation enacted to help families struggling with dementia. Continue reading
Apr 07 Survey: Roughly 3.5 million gained coverage under the new health law By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press Released Monday, the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index measured the share of adults without health insurance. That shrank from 17.1 percent at the end of last year to 15.6 percent for the first three months of 2014. Continue reading
Apr 04 Death toll rises in Africa Ebola outbreak By Sam Lane The deadly Ebola outbreak in Western Africa has now killed more than 80 people, according to the World Health Organization. Continue reading
Apr 04 Medicaid enrollment increased by 3 million under new health law By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News The number of low-income people enrolled in Medicaid rose by 3 million to 62.3 million from October through February as more Americans joined the state-federal insurance program through state and federal online insurance marketplaces, according to a report released Friday… Continue reading
Apr 03 Survey finds 5.4 million Americans gained insurance under new health law By Jason Kane More than 5.4 million Americans gained health insurance since September, according to a survey released Thursday by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Continue reading