Aug 23 Indoor Tanning Industry Promotes Sun Beds' Health Benefits Over Risks Photo by Valerie Yermal via Flickr In the United States, indoor tanning is a nearly $5 billion per year industry, providing a backbone for close to 19,000 small businesses across the country. To put this in perspective, there are… Continue reading
Aug 23 Watch Presidential Candidates' Medicare Platforms Could Affect Undecided Voters Presidential Candidates' Medicare Platforms Could Affect Undecided Voters… Continue watching
Aug 22 Watch 8:15 As Whooping Cough Rebounds in U.S., Infants at Greatest Risk By Betty Ann Bowser, Jason Kane As the worst whooping cough outbreak in more than half a century grips the U.S., health officials are saying that most adults and teens are woefully under-vaccinated. Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowers explores what's behind the resurgence and its potential… Continue watching
Aug 22 To Vaccinate or Not? Whooping Cough Outbreak Stirs Debate EmbedVideo(4204, 514, 320); SEATTLE | On a clear day in South Seattle, it's not much of a strain to look across Puget Sound and see Vashon Island. Just a 25-minute ferry ride and a few twisting roads separate… Continue reading
Aug 22 Whooping Cough Can Kill: One Mother's Story of Loss EmbedVideo(4205, 482, 304); Editor's Note: NewsHour health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser recently traveled to Washington state to report on the whooping cough epidemic currently gripping many parts of the U.S. While there, she spoke with Chelsey Charles about… Continue reading
Aug 22 Watch As Whooping Cough Rebounds in U.S., Infants at Greatest Risk Chelsey Charles lost her baby to whooping cough. This is her story. Continue watching
Aug 22 Watch To Vaccinate or Not? Two Mothers 'Debate' Two mothers share why they decided to have their children vaccinated for pertussis or not. Continue watching
Aug 21 Whooping Cough Outbreak: Top 10 Things You Should Know By Bridget Desimone Boy Scouts in Everett, Wash., advertise a whooping cough vaccination clinic during a community gathering in early August. Photo by Jason Kane. OLYMPIA, Wash. | Whooping cough. Those are among the last words Jennifer Crocker expected to be on her… Continue reading
Aug 20 Watch Where 'Smoke-Free' Isn't the Norm: Global Tobacco Use Booms in Developing World Where 'Smoke-Free' Isn't the Norm: Global Tobacco Use Booms in Developing World… Continue watching
Aug 17 Primer: How Paul Ryan's Plan Would Change Medicaid By mcarey Republican vice presidential hopeful U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) speaks at a campaign event at Walsh University on Thursday in North Canton, Ohio. GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney's choice of House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., as his running… Continue reading