Jun 30 Watch Pharmacists Protest Prescribing Contraceptives on Grounds of Morality Elizabeth Brackett of WTTW-Chicago reports on why some pharmacies are refusing to fill birth control and morning-after pill prescriptions on moral grounds. Continue watching
Jun 17 Watch FDA Unanimously Approves a New Controversial Heart Drug for African-Americans The Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Thursday unanimously approved BiDiL, a new prescription drug made by Nitromed, which will be marketed for the treatment of heart failure in African-Americans. Two health experts address the concerns surrounding the new… Continue watching
Jun 15 Watch U.S. HIV Cases Top 1 Million More than 1 million Americans are HIV-positive and an estimated 40,000 new infections occur each year, according to a recent report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Continue watching
Jun 08 Watch New Study Shows Developed Countries’ Populations at Possible Risk for TB Most of the devastation surrounding tuberculosis takes place in the developing world, but a new study from the American Medical Association explains that industrial nations are also at risk. Continue watching
Jun 07 Watch Restructuring the ER Studies show that more than half the nation's emergency rooms are facing overcrowding, a problem that has led to patients being turned away at the door and one that may cause avoidable deaths, according to some doctors. Continue watching
Jun 02 Watch New Shingles Vaccine Could Reduce, Eliminate Virus and Symptoms Pharmaceutical company Merck released promising clinical trials Thursday of a new shingles vaccine that has significantly decreased the virus's severity. Continue watching
May 27 Watch The FDA Investigates Cases of Blindness Linked to Anti-Impotence Drugs The Food and Drug Administration is investigating reports of blindness among dozens of men who used Viagra and other impotence drugs, but cautioned that the vision loss may be linked to other illness. Continue watching
May 26 Watch Dead Geese in China Prompt Fears Over Bird Flu Pandemic The Chinese Health Ministry announced Thursday that no human cases of the avian flu exists after investigators discovered 519 dead geese last Saturday in China's Qinghai northwest province. Continue watching
May 25 House Approves Stem Cell Bill; Senators Call for Action By PBS News Hour Despite President Bush's veto threat, senators who support embryonic stem cell research on Wednesday called for a quick vote on a House-approved bill to allow more funding of stem cell research on human embryos that would otherwise be discarded. Continue reading
May 23 Watch Congress Poised to Debate Modification to Federal Stem Cell Rules A House bill that would allow federal funding of stem cell research using human embryos donated by fertility clinics that would otherwise discard them has sparked a heated debate on Capitol Hill. Two U.S. representatives debate the bill. Continue watching