Mar 26 Should Gunshot Wounds Be Treated Like a Disease? Havilah Phillips, a sister of a 15-year-old shooting victim in Newark, is comforted during his memorial service in 2011. Photo by Aristide Economopoulos/The Star-Ledger. NEWARK, N.J. | The floor of the trauma bay was slippery with blood the… Continue reading
Mar 25 Dr. Sampson Davis Takes Your Questions on Guns, Poverty and Health Dr. Sampson Davis will join PBS NewsHour for a live chat 1 p.m. ET Tuesday. Do you have questions for him? Leave them in the comments section below or tweet them to @NewsHour using #healthchat. Dr. Sampson Davis… Continue reading
Mar 25 NPR/CPI Report: Deadly Work, Little Oversight in Nation's Grain Bins The 2010 rescue and recovery effort at Bin No. 9, right, spanned 13 hours. More than 200 people worked to rescue Piper and recover the bodies of Whitebread and Pacas. Photo by John W. Poole/NPR On a scorching July day… Continue reading
Mar 25 Gunshot Deaths Pushing Some E.R. Doctors To Activism Dr. Katie Bakes, an emergency department physician in Denver, says treating gunshot victims has led her to 'hate guns.' But not all E.R. doctors feel the same way. Story by Eric Whitney of Colorado Public Radio; photo courtesy of… Continue reading
Mar 22 Watch Should the U.S. Treat Gunshot Wounds Like a Disease? Dr. Sampson Davis explains why he thinks gun violence needs to be tackled like a disease. Continue watching
Mar 22 Watch The Impact of Gun Violence on U.S. Hospitals Dr. Sampson Davis shares his thoughts on gun violence in the U.S. Continue watching
Mar 21 As Health Reform Law Turns Three, What Should You Expect Next? By Kaiser Health News Three years after the Affordable Care Act became law, a roundtable of reporters weighs in on what's changed for consumers, businesses and state governments -- and what you should expect next. Continue reading
Mar 20 Watch Emergency Room Doctor Returns to His Roots in 'Brick City' In his new book, "Living and Dying in Brick City," Dr. Sampson Davis recounts his return to his hometown of Newark, N.J., as an emergency room physician. Ray Suarez talks with Davis about working on the front lines of his… Continue watching
Mar 20 Why Long-Term Care for U.S. Seniors is Headed for 'Crisis' By Betty Ann Bowser Photo by John Moore/Getty Images The roller coaster often starts in the middle of the night with a long-distance phone call. "Miss Bowser," the caller begins tentatively. "It's about your Mother." And that's how my chaotic ride through the… Continue reading
Mar 20 Seven Things Teenagers Can Do To Stay Out of the Emergency Room EmbedVideo(5989, 482, 304); NEWARK, N.J. | Even as he was patting them down for jewelry and cash, Sampson Davis knew he'd had brighter ideas than this: robbing drug dealers. It was the summer before Davis's senior year… Continue reading