Aug 31 Quiz: What does health care cost around the world? By Laura Santhanam How do health care prices in the United States compare to those in other countries? The price tag for common procedures can be staggeringly different, depending on where the patient receives care. Test how much you know with this quiz. Continue reading
Aug 31 How Canada got universal health care and what the U.S. could learn By Laura Santhanam Every health care system has its strengths and weaknesses, including Canada's. Here's how that nation's system works, why it's admired (and sometimes disparaged) by some in the U.S., and why outcomes in the two countries have been so different during… Continue reading
Aug 31 Brazil Indigenous Chief Raoni Metuktire tests positive for coronavirus By Associated Press Chief Raoni Metuktire, an Indigenous leader who became a symbol of the fight for the preservation of the Amazon forest in Brazil, has been hospitalized with symptoms of pneumonia and tested positive for the new coronavirus. Continue reading
Aug 31 Watch 12:23 Is U.S. health care the best or 'least effective' system in the modern world? By William Brangham, Jason Kane The presidential election may determine the course of U.S. health care. America's health system is the most expensive in the world, brimming with innovation but also leaving more than 30 million people uninsured. How does it compare to services in… Continue watching
Aug 31 Watch 1:00 Preview: The Best Health Care? America & the World By PBS NewsHour The presidential election will determine the course of the U.S. health care system -- the most expensive system in the world, brimming with innovation but one that also leaves more than 30 million uninsured. William Brangham travels to Houston for… Continue watching
Aug 30 Key air monitors offline after Laura hits Louisiana gas hub By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press Hazardous emissions from a chlorine plant fire, abruptly shuttered oil and gas refineries and still-to-be assessed plant damage are seeping into the air after Hurricane Laura, regulators say, but some key state and federal monitors to alert the public of… Continue reading
Aug 29 Watch 6:00 Can we fix the inequities exacerbated by remote learning? By PBS NewsHour When schools across the nation shifted to remote learning at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the change exacerbated several inequities between students including class, race, access to technology, and learning abilities, indicating which students may or may not succeed. Continue watching
Aug 28 Watch 4:45 Despite Trump's characterization, coronavirus is not in U.S. 'rearview mirror' In accepting his party’s nomination on the final night of the Republican National Convention, President Trump characterized the United States’ response to the coronavirus pandemic as a success that saved American lives. But the metrics he referenced create an inaccurate… Continue watching
Aug 28 CDC director attempts to clarify controversial COVID-19 testing guidelines By Kate Sheridan, STAT CDC Director Robert Redfield on Thursday attempted to clarify a set of controversial changes to the agency’s COVID-19 testing guidelines. Continue reading
Aug 28 Why you can thank Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. for doctors washing their hands By Dr. Howard Markel In the mid-19th century, doctors in elite teaching hospitals would unknowingly spread deadly bacteria to expectant mothers. Here's how Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. helped change that. Continue reading