Jan 20 Bird Flu Studies Temporarily Paused, Journals Announce Last year, questions were raised over how much research on the dangerous H5N1 virus -- or avian flu -- should be published in scientific journals. H1N1 is not yet transmissible among humans, though scientists have created a strain that… Continue reading
Jan 19 Watch Alternative Futures for U.S. Health Care, Scenario 4 A possible scenario for U.S. health care in 2025. Continue watching
Jan 19 Watch Alternative Futures for U.S. Health Care, Scenario 3 A possible scenario for U.S. health care in 2025. Continue watching
Jan 19 Watch Alternative Futures for U.S. Health Care, Scenario 2 A possible scenario for U.S. health care in 2025. Continue watching
Jan 19 Watch After Dropping out, Perry Alludes to Gingrich’s Personal Troubles in Endorsement A possible scenario for U.S. health care in 2025. Continue watching
Jan 19 The High Cost of a Good Night’s Sleep Annie Mokonya, a registered sleep technician, prepares Lauretta Martin for a sleep test at the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Washington, D.C., in December. Photo by Jenny Gold/Kaiser Health News. On a Monday night in December, Lauretta Martin, 47, visited… Continue reading
Jan 17 As New Cancer Treatments Emerge, an Old Question: ‘What If?’ Her name was Mary. She was a big, tall, red-headed drink of water with a face full of freckles and a smile that lit up a room the minute she walked in. She was a television producer at CBS… Continue reading
Jan 13 Watch Cancer Treatment: Are Personalized Molecular Profiles in Our Future? In the 40 years since the federal government promised to find a cure for cancer, hundreds of billions of dollars have been spent and much has been learned. Still, the diseases continue to claim more lives each year. Health correspondent… Continue watching
Jan 13 Health Reform: Changing the Game for Pediatric Cancer Patients? By Jason Kane // It looked like someone was hurting Cooper Cochran. The bruises seemed to be everywhere when Cherie Trout picked up her two-year-old from daycare one day. Then came the fevers and distended stomach. And finally, test results: He had… Continue reading
Jan 13 Watch Health Reform: Changing the Game for Pediatric Cancer Patients? This is the story of Cooper Trout, a pediatric cancer patient. Continue watching