Sep 18 Watch What Are the Effects and Requirements for Employers Under Health Reform? What Are the Effects and Requirements for Employers Under Health Reform?… Continue watching
Sep 17 Watch Navigating the October Launch of Health Insurance Exchanges for Americans Navigating the October Launch of Health Insurance Exchanges for Americans… Continue watching
Sep 17 When antibiotics can't cure us from "nightmare bacteria" Photo by Centers for Disease Control In an alarming report, the Centers for Disease Control conservatively estimates more than 2 million people get sick with antibiotic-resistant infections each year in the United States and 23,000 die as… Continue reading
Sep 17 If your back hurts it could be in your head -- literally New research from Northwestern Medicine has found that chronic pain in the lower back can actually be traced to irregularities in brain connections. Continue reading
Sep 17 Will Your Coverage Be Exempt from Obamacare? Many Americans who receive their insurance through their employer won't initially see drastic changes under the health reform law. Do you have questions about how your coverage might be affected by Obamacare? Share them with us and the PBS… Continue reading
Sep 15 FDR's Green Dream: The Quoddy Dam Project By Kristin Miller In 1935 construction started on a massive New Deal project proposed by FDR in Passamaquoddy Bay. The Quoddy Dam Project would have stored the rising tide behind multiple dams and then slowly released the water through turbines, producing electricity. But… Continue reading
Sep 13 How to Fix Long-Term Care in U.S.? Panel Releases Some Ideas By Kaiser Health News Registered nurse Susan Eager, discusses medication with patient Helen Ricci, 96, during a house call in Denver. Photo by John Moore/Getty Images. A commission created by Congress to address the country's surging need for long-term health care released recommendations… Continue reading
Sep 11 The Fixable Crisis of Traffic Fatalities The following is a part of the Roads Kill Project of the Pulitzer Center. This Saturday on NewsHour Weekend, we look at recent changes to drunken-driving laws in British Columbia that have led to a roughly 50… Continue reading
Sep 11 1,140 cancer cases tied to 9/11 'just the tip of the iceberg' Photo by Gary Friedman/AFP/Getty Images As the world marks the 12th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, a study from Mount Sinai Medical Center has found a 15 percent higher cancer rate among first responders than those not… Continue reading
Sep 10 Painkillers prescribed new labels by FDA Photo: Flickr user hitthatswitch The Food and Drug Administration announced that it would be changing the label requirements of prescription, extended release or long-term 'opoid' painkillers in an effort to tackle prescription drug abuse. Continue reading