Jun 06 This year the flu came in two waves. Here’s why By Patricia L. Foster, The Conversation The 2018-2019 flu season was relatively mild compared to last year's, but it was unusual in that it had two peaks, one in December and one in May. Continue reading
Jun 05 Charged with murdering patients by painkillers, Ohio doctor pleads not guilty By Kantele Franko, Associated Press The 43-year-old doctor was fired from the Columbus-area Mount Carmel Health System in December and stripped of his medical license after allegations came to light that he ordered potentially fatal drug doses for 29 patients over his five years at… Continue reading
Jun 03 FDA food testing finds contamination by PFAS and other ‘forever chemicals’ By Ellen Knickmeyer, John Flesher, Michael Casey, Associated Press The levels in nearly half of the meat and fish tested were double or more the only currently existing federal advisory level for any kind of the widely used manmade compounds. Continue reading
Jun 03 U.S. aims to help more cancer patients try experimental drugs By Marilynn Marchione, AP Chief Medical Writer Instead of making doctors plead their case first to companies and then to the FDA, the FDA will become the initial step and will assign a staffer to quickly do the paperwork. Continue reading
Jun 02 Watch 14:26 The push to eliminate surprise medical bills By PBS NewsHour The issue of surprise medical bills - when patients are charged by a provider they didn’t know was out of network - is gaining momentum in Washington with policymakers on both sides of the aisle looking for solutions. Last month,… Continue watching
May 31 4 ways groups are making period care easier and more equitable By Courtney Vinopal From U.S. prisons to rural communities in India, activists and companies are working to improve feminine hygiene care for all. Continue reading
May 31 Missouri’s only abortion clinic can keep stay open, according to judge’s order By Jim Salter, David A. Lieb, Associated Press St. Louis Circuit Judge Michael Stelzer issued a temporary restraining order preventing Missouri from taking away the clinic's license. He said Planned Parenthood "has demonstrated that immediate and irreparable injury will result" if its abortion license is allowed to expire. Continue reading
May 30 Judge considering Missouri abortion clinic license case By Jim Salter, Summer Ballentine, Associated Press If the St. Louis clinic's license is not renewed before it expires at midnight Friday, Planned Parenthood officials said Missouri would become the first state without a functioning abortion clinic since the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision legalizing… Continue reading
May 30 Watch 7:52 Planned Parenthood: ‘It’s simply not true’ Mo. abortion clinic breaks rules Missouri is part of a recent wave of state laws that would ban abortion almost entirely, sometimes without exceptions for rape and incest. The state is also making news on abortion for trying to deny its one remaining abortion provider,… Continue watching
May 30 Watch 5:01 Anti-abortion group says Mo. Planned Parenthood violated patient safety The national abortion debate is raging with renewed fervor, as a series of states pass restrictive laws banning almost all instances of the procedure. Among those states is Missouri, where officials are also trying to shutter its only remaining abortion… Continue watching