Aug 20 Watch 7:17 What to know about this summer’s major surge in COVID infections By William Brangham, Karina Cuevas As summer winds down, much of the U.S. is seeing the biggest COVID wave in at least two years, and hundreds of people are still being killed by the virus every week. According to a CDC analysis of hospitalizations, 25… Continue watching
Aug 18 Watch 6:23 One medical device is raising questions about FDA’s approval process By Ali Rogin, Andrew Corkery, Andrew Chambers Americans rely on the Food and Drug Administration to make sure that medical devices are safe. Reporting by KFF Health News has raised questions about how the FDA has dealt with some products, including a device that treats a heart… Continue watching
Aug 17 Watch 7:00 U.S. nursing homes grapple with staffing shortages and requirements By Ali Rogin, Satvi Sunkara New federal minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes could eventually require facilities that are paid by Medicare to hire tens of thousands of nurses and aides. But, like many industries around the U.S., these facilities are grappling with staffing shortages. Continue watching
Aug 17 Aid groups aim to avoid polio outbreak in Gaza through mass vaccination plan By Fatma Khaled, Associated Press Health workers in Gaza are gearing up for a mass vaccination campaign to begin at the end of August and continue into September with the goal to immunize 640,000 children under the age of 10 over two rounds of vaccinations,… Continue reading
Aug 16 The U.S. is seeing a summer COVID-19 surge, but hospitalizations remain low By Associated Press COVID-19 is showing up in a lot of wastewater samples, but doctors' offices aren't seeing an outsized share of people with symptoms of respiratory illness. Continue reading
Aug 15 Wildfires are growing under climate change, and the smoke is threatening farmworkers, new study says By Dorany Pineda, Associated Press A new study shows that farmworkers are paying a heavy price by being exposed to high levels of air pollution. Continue reading
Aug 15 Sweden reports 1st case of more infectious form of mpox first identified in Congo By Associated Press WHO said there have been more than 14,000 cases and 524 deaths in more than a dozen countries across Africa this year, which already exceed last year’s figures. Continue reading
Aug 15 5 people, including 2 doctors, charged in ‘Friends’ star Matthew Perry’s death By Andrew Dalton, Kaitlyn Huamani, Associated Press Perry died in October due to a ketamine overdose and received several injections of the drug on the day he died from his live-in personal assistant. Continue reading
Aug 15 Here’s a list of drugs affected by Biden’s latest Medicare pharmaceutical price cuts By Associated Press The savings range from 79 percent for Januvia, a drug to treat diabetes, to 38 percent for Imbruvica, which is used to treat blood cancers. Continue reading
Aug 15 WATCH: Biden and Harris announce deal to cut Medicare prices of popular drugs By Amanda Seitz, Zeke Miller, Associated Press “I've been waiting for this moment for a long long time," President Joe Biden said Thursday, during his first policy-oriented appearance with Vice President Kamala Harris since leaving the presidential race. “We pay more for prescription drugs, it’s not hyperbole,… Continue reading