Mar 22 WATCH: Senators press Moderna CEO on COVID-19 vaccine price increases By Tom Murphy, Associated Press Moderna’s CEO on Wednesday defended a plan to more than quadruple the company’s COVID-19 vaccine price, but he also said the drugmaker will work to ensure patients continue paying nothing at drugstores or clinics. Continue reading
Mar 21 Georgia senators send gender-affirming care restrictions to governor By Jeff Amy, Associated Press Doctors could still be able to prescribe medicines to block puberty under the Georgia bill. Republicans say restrictions on other treatments are needed to prevent children from making decisions they'll regret later. Continue reading
Mar 21 Missouri Senate endorses transgender health restrictions, sports ban By Summer Ballentine, David A. Lieb, Associated Press The Missouri Senate has given initial approval to legislation that would temporarily prohibit gender-affirming treatments for minors and restrict their participation in sports. Continue reading
Mar 21 Watch 6:10 World Food Programme director discusses how to address growing global hunger By Amna Nawaz, Dan Sagalyn The causes of global hunger are many and well-known: conflict, climate and in too many cases, cruelty. But it is the job of the United Nations World Food Programme to push through those barriers to feed hundreds of millions in… Continue watching
Mar 19 Study finds higher cancer rates in military pilots, ground crews By Tara Copp, Associated Press A Pentagon study has found high rates of cancer among military pilots and for the first time has shown that ground crews who fuel, maintain and launch those aircraft are also getting sick. Continue reading
Mar 18 Watch 5:56 As Congress stalls on federal gun safety laws, some states push their own rules By John Yang, Kaisha Young This week, Michigan’s Senate passed a major gun safety package and sent it to the House, where it is expected to pass. The action was spurred by last month's shooting at Michigan State University that killed three students and wounded… Continue watching
Mar 18 Wyoming governor signs bill banning abortion pills, law would take effect in July By Associated Press Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon signed a bill Friday night prohibiting abortion pills in the state and also allowed a separate measure restricting abortion to become law without his signature. Continue reading
Mar 17 Watch 6:14 Genetic evidence gives support to theory COVID originated in Wuhan market By John Yang The debate over COVID-19's origin is focused on two theories, that humans were first infected by a wild animal or that the virus leaked from a lab. Scientists say the natural transmission theory has been strengthened by new genetic evidence… Continue watching
Mar 17 Black patients adjust behavior to reduce chance of discrimination in health care settings, survey finds By Annie Sciacca, Kaiser Health News More than a quarter of Black Californians avoid medical care simply because they believe they will be treated unfairly, according to a survey funded by the California Health Care Foundation. Continue reading
Mar 17 New COVID origins study links pandemic's beginning to animals, not a lab By Dake Kang, Maria Cheng, Associated Press International scientists have examined previously unavailable genetic data from samples collected at a market in China close to where the first human cases of COVID-19 were detected. Continue reading