Mar 27 U.S. to require breast density information after mammograms By Matthew Perrone, Associated Press The Food and Drug Administration's proposed rules would standardize the information given to millions of women following scans to detect breast cancer. Continue reading
Mar 27 Donald Trump and Democrats turn focus to fight over health care By Elana Schor, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press Top Democrats, including presidential candidates, said health care is an issue that resonates with voters more than the Mueller investigation. Continue reading
Mar 27 Citing measles emergency, this county just banned unvaccinated children from public places By Helen Branswell, STAT Schools, houses of worship, shopping malls — anywhere that people who are not related to one another congregate indoors — will be off limits for unvaccinated children in Rockland County, New York. Continue reading
Mar 26 What Purdue Pharma's settlement with Oklahoma means for the opioid crisis By Laura Santhanam Here's a breakdown of how significant the $270 million settlement is in the context of the nation's continued struggle with opioids, overdoses and need for harm reduction and treatment. Continue reading
Mar 26 Watch 9:00 How the way we talk about suicide can prevent it from happening again Two members of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas community have died by apparent suicide. One of them was a survivor of last year’s mass shooting who reportedly struggled with post-traumatic stress disorder. Dr. Kelly Posner Gerstenhaber of the Columbia Lighthouse Project… Continue watching
Mar 26 Can new medications shift the battle against drug-resistant TB? By Caleb Hellerman, Janet Tobias, Global Health Reporting Center Multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis kills nearly half its victims, even when treated with second-line drugs. Patients can beat it, but the road isn’t easy. Continue reading
Mar 26 WATCH: Pelosi unveils plan to strengthen Affordable Care Act as Trump revives push to end it By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Elana Schor, Associated Press House Democrats on Tuesday unveiled legislation to shore up the Affordable Care Act and expand enrollment to millions more people. Continue reading
Mar 24 What caused Harry Houdini's mysterious death? By Dr. Howard Markel He may have escaped his dangerous feats, yet his death has remained a source of conjecture among both magicians and surgeons. Continue reading
Mar 23 Watch 7:39 What novelist Don Winslow thinks of America's war on drugs By Jeff Greenfield, Laura Fong Novelist Don Winslow has spent 20 years chronicling the war on drug cartels south of the U.S. border that have triggered unspeakable violence and caravans of asylum-seekers searching for safety in the U.S. His new novel “The Border" is the… Continue watching
Mar 21 Genetic research has a white bias, and it may be hurting everyone's health By Vicky Stein Around 80,000 years ago, a small group left Africa and radiated around the globe, taking with them a subset of their ancestors' genetic variation. Now, that subset dominates genetic and health studies worldwide. Continue reading