Oct 18 Watch House Fails to Override Children’s Health Insurance Veto The House failed Thursday to override President Bush's veto of a bill would have expanded the State Children's Health Insurance Program. The bill had some bipartisan support, but not the two-thirds majority needed to override the veto. Continue watching
Oct 17 Drug-resistant Staph Infections on the Rise, Study Finds By PBS News Hour A dangerous bacterial infection that's resistant to standard antibiotics now kills more Americans each year than HIV/AIDS, according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Continue reading
Oct 16 Watch Schools Aim to Provide Healthy Lunches While American schools celebrate National School Lunch week, many are making efforts to provide meals that are both tasty and health conscious. The NewsHour reports on such efforts in St. Paul, Minn., schools. Continue watching
Oct 15 Watch U.S. Cancer Death Rates Dropping at Faster Rate Cancer death rates in the United States are dropping faster than ever, researchers reported Monday. After a closer look at the findings with NewsHour health correspondent Susan Dentzer, medical experts outline some of the reasons behind the health trend. Continue watching
Oct 11 Drug Makers Pull Infant Cold Medicines By PBS News Hour Drug makers on Thursday voluntarily pulled several children's nonprescription cold medicines off the market less than two weeks after government regulators warned of possible health risks to infants. Continue reading
Sep 28 Watch Senate Passage of SCHIP Measure Increases Pressure on President Bush Congressional Democrats have increased their pressure on President Bush to not veto an expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program. On Thursday night, the Senate passed the plan by a wide enough margin to override a veto. Continue watching
Sep 20 President Bush Accuses Democrats of Politicizing SCHIP By Admin, PBS News Hour President Bush on Thursday promised to veto a Democratic-backed bill that would expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program, accusing congressional Democrats of playing politics with the legislation. Continue reading
Sep 13 Watch Buffalo Bills Football Player Receives New Spinal Treatment An experimental treatment was used on Buffalo Bills football player Kevin Everett to prevent paralysis from a spinal injury. A spinal cord injury specialist discusses the treatment and its possibilities. Continue watching
Sep 04 Scientists Map Entire DNA Sequence of One Person By PBS News Hour Scientists announced Tuesday that they had taken genome mapping to the next level by sequencing the entire DNA of an individual -- geneticist Craig Venter. Continue reading
Aug 28 Watch Number of Uninsured Hits New High, Census Shows The Census Bureau reported Tuesday that 47 million Americans had no health insurance in 2006, an increase of more than 2 million from the previous year. Health correspondent Susan Dentzer discusses the growing problem. Continue watching