Sep 30 524 schools drop out of the national school lunch program Candy Flores (right), prepares ham and cheese wraps and Rosalba Gomez, prepares fresh vegetable cups for the National School Lunch Program in the kitchen at Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, VirginiaUSDA Photo by Bob Nichols WASHINGTON -- The Agriculture… Continue reading
Sep 29 Watch Explaining the New Obamacare Provisions Sarah Kliff of the Washington Post clarifies how, exactly, Americans' healthcare will be affected as a result of provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act going into effect on October 1, 2013. Continue watching
Sep 29 Could your new house have a history of "Breaking Bad?" Plus: 10 strange locations for cooking meth By Elizabeth Shell Photo by Phillip Spears/Getty Images The final episode of "Breaking Bad" is Sunday, and that inspired us to research meth labs. It turns out, you don't want to be where a meth lab has been. The… Continue reading
Sep 28 Can the right app help you reach your weight loss goals? Matthew Ames is a communications manager for a multinational bank and a member of the "Quantified Self" movement. At the end of 2012, he had a problem: he was about 50 pounds overweight. To reach his… Continue reading
Sep 27 The real story behind penicillin By Dr. Howard Markel The discovery of penicillin, one of the world's first antibiotics, marks a true turning point in human history -- when doctors finally had a tool that could completely cure their patients of deadly infectious diseases. Many school children can recite… Continue reading
Sep 26 Cantaloupe farmers arrested for listeria outbreak that killed 33 Photo by Kabsik Park/Flickr. Federal prosecutors arrested and charged two farmers, Ryan and Eric Jensen with various misdemeanors relating to a 2011 outbreak of listeria. Continue reading
Sep 26 Watch What Kinds of Changes Can Older Americans Expect Under Health Reform? What Kinds of Changes Can Older Americans Expect Under Health Reform?… Continue watching
Sep 26 As Obamacare Goes Live, Confusion Remains Rampant Nurse Allison Miller checks the blood pressure of a patient in Los Angeles. Days before the Affordable Care Act's insurance marketplaces open, a new study has found that confusion among Californians remains widespread. Photo by David McNew/Getty Images. SAN… Continue reading
Sep 26 New Obamacare data shows how plans compare by state Click to see interactive. For the first time, the Obama administration has released health insurance plan price estimates for three of the four "metal" levels -- bronze, silver and gold -- within the federally-run insurance exchanges that the Affordable… Continue reading
Sep 26 #healthcare Obama admin postponing online enrollment in some of the small-business exchanges set to open 10/1: http://t.co/hJXvd4bE4W #Obamacare— POLITICO (@politico) September 26, 2013… Continue reading