Jan 20 President Touts Health Care Proposals in State of the Union As part of a State of the Union address, President Bush outlined several proposals he said would control health care costs and decrease the number of uninsured Americans. Continue reading
Jan 15 Early Study Shows Flu Shot May Offer Little Protection By PBS News Hour The flu vaccine that has been in high demand during this year's flu season may have offered little, if any, protection again the virus, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention preliminary study released Thursday. Continue reading
Jan 14 Watch No Forgetting: Veterans and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Despite aggressive Pentagon effects to make mental health professionals available to soldiers stationed in Iraq, soldiers returning from the war continue to report high rates of post-traumatic stress disorder. Susan Dentzer reports on what the military has learned about dealing… Continue watching
Jan 14 Watch Extended Interview: Alfonso Batres Dr. Alfonso Batres, a clinical psychologist and the chief officer for readjustment counseling services at the Department of Veterans Affairs, discusses how the department's support services aim to help those who have served in combat. Continue watching
Jan 13 Volume of Procedures May Not Indicate Hospital Expertise By PBS News Hour Hospitals that frequently perform certain procedures are not necessarily more likely to save patients' lives, according to two new studies that looked at death rates for premature infants and heart surgery patients. Continue reading
Jan 09 Farm-Raised Salmon Higher in Cancer-causing Pollutants, Study Shows A study published Thursday in the journal Science found that farm-raised salmon contain significantly more cancer-causing pollutants than those caught in the wild. Continue reading
Jan 08 CDC Says Current Flu Season May Have Peaked By PBS News Hour The current flu season appears to have peaked after getting off to an unusually early and harsh start, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday. Continue reading
Jan 08 FDA Maintains Ban on Silicone Breast Implants By PBS News Hour The Food and Drug Administration Thursday said it needed more evidence demonstrating the safety of silicone breast implants before it would reverse a 1992 ban on routine sales of the devices. Continue reading
Jan 08 Watch Family Planning Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the politics and practice of family planning in the southern African nation of Zambia. Continue watching
Jan 06 DNA Tests Show U.S. Cow with Mad Cow Disease Came from Canada DNA testing verified "with a high degree of certainty" that the first cow in the United States diagnosed with mad cow disease was imported from Canada, the U.S. Agriculture Department reported Tuesday. Continue reading