Oct 08 Watch Shortage of Flu Vaccine Sparks Concerns Susan Dentzer reports on recent news of a shortage of the flu vaccine that has health officials worried. Then, Ray Suarez speaks with two medical researchers about the questions posed by this vaccine shortage. Continue watching
Oct 05 Flu Vaccine Suspension Raises Fear of Shortage U.S. health officials advised that healthy adults should skip or delay getting the flu shot this year after the British government suspended the manufacturing license of the company that produces half of the flu vaccine used in United States. Continue reading
Sep 30 Merck Pulls Pain Medication Vioxx From Market The pharmaceutical company Merck & Company pulled the arthritis and pain medication Vioxx from the worldwide market Thursday after data from a clinical trial showed an increased risk for heart attacks and strokes. Continue reading
Sep 30 Watch Childhood Obesity Jeffrey Brown speaks with Dr. Jeffrey Koplan, former Director of the Centers for Disease Control, about a new report on why more kids are overweight. Continue watching
Sep 17 Watch Colin Roskey Susan Dentzer spoke with Colin Roskey, an informal adviser to the Bush campaign on health care issues. Roskey served as the health policy adviser and counsel to the Senate Finance Committee, where he worked on a small team responsible for… Continue watching
Sep 17 Watch Patricia Neuman As part of a report on the Medicare debate taking place on the presidentical campaign trail, Health Correspondent Susan Dentzer spoke with Patricia Neuman, a vice president of the Kaiser Family Foundation and Director of the Foundation's Medicare Policy Project. Continue watching
Sep 17 Watch Bruce Vladeck Susan Dentzer spoke with Bruce Vladeck, an informal adviser to the Kerry campaign on health care issues. In the mid-1990s, Vladeck was administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), where he directed the Medicare and Medicaid programs.The following is… Continue watching
Sep 09 Watch Medical Journals Demand Greater Clinical Research Trial Disclosure A group of prestigious medical journals announced yesterday that they will not report the results of any clinical trial which is not registered in a public database from its beginning. Two experts assess the growing controversy over the disclosure of… Continue watching
Sep 07 Clinton Recovering After Successful Bypass Surgery By PBS News Hour Former Pres. Bill Clinton was recuperating Tuesday in a New York hospital from emergency heart bypass surgery he underwent the day before in order to prevent a heart attack. Continue reading
Sep 03 Former President Bill Clinton to Undergo Bypass Surgery By PBS News Hour Former President Bill Clinton could undergo heart bypass surgery as early as this Saturday, his office announced Friday. Continue reading