Apr 24 Watch 9:11 Religious directives at Catholic hospitals complicate emergency care for pregnant women By Sarah Varney, Rachel Wellford For decades, Catholic leaders in the U.S. have placed restrictions on certain reproductive health services at Catholic-run hospitals. But as abortion is becoming harder to access nationwide, there’s a new spotlight on care at these facilities. Special correspondent Sarah Varney… Continue watching
Apr 24 Recounting heroin addiction and spiritual awakening, RFK Jr. urges focus on prevention and community By Travis Loller, Associated Press Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called addiction “a source of misery, but also a symptom of misery." In a speech that mentioned God more than 20 times, he pointed to his own experience feeling as though he had been… Continue reading
Apr 23 Fact-checking Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s statements on autism By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact Medical experts, along with people on the autism spectrum, told PolitiFact that Kennedy’s portrayal was skewed. Continue reading
Apr 22 Screening delays during pandemic aren't making huge impact on cancer statistics, study shows By Carla K. Johnson, Associated Press Many Americans were forced to postpone cancer screenings — colonoscopies, mammograms and lung scans — for several months in 2020 as COVID-19 overwhelmed doctors and hospitals. Continue reading
Apr 21 LISTEN: Supreme Court appears likely to uphold ACA's preventive care coverage mandate By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press Conservative justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett, along with the court's three liberals, appeared skeptical of arguments that Obamacare's process for deciding which services must be fully covered by private insurance is unconstitutional. Continue reading
Apr 20 Watch 5:19 How the closure of EPA offices puts poor and minority communities at risk By Ali Rogin, Andrew Corkery, Gerard Edic For three decades, the EPA established offices nationwide to address disproportionately high levels of pollution in poor and minority communities. Now, the Trump administration is eliminating these environmental justice offices as part of its effort to end DEI programs and… Continue watching
Apr 19 Watch 7:18 How synthetic braiding hair may be putting Black women's health in jeopardy By Zoie Lambert, Kaisha Young, Ali Rogin For years, Black women have used synthetic braids to help style their hair. But a recent study by Consumer Reports found that these fake hair strands can contain dangerous chemicals that pose a health threat. Ali Rogin reports on the… Continue watching
Apr 17 Thousands of children in Gaza malnourished under Israel's food blockade, aid groups say By Wafaa Shurafa, Fatma Khaled, Lee Keath, Associated Press Israel has barred all food and other supplies from entering Gaza for more than six weeks. The United Nations says thousands of children are malnourished and most people are barely eating one meal a day. Continue reading
Apr 16 Watch 7:16 What research reveals about the rise in autism diagnoses and why vaccines aren't the cause By Ali Rogin, Frank Carlson Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledged to find out what's driving the country's rise in autism spectrum disorder after a new CDC report said that rate had continued to climb. There are reports that the CDC plans to study… Continue watching
Apr 16 Watch 5:11 'Good science takes time': Researcher skeptical autism cause will be found by September By Stephanie Sy, Mary Fecteau, Frank Carlson In a news conference on the rise in autism spectrum disorder, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made no mention of vaccines and instead emphasized the government’s plans to study potential environmental factors. To help put Kennedy's pledge in context,… Continue watching