Jan 18 Many families and stores rely on SNAP benefits. The shutdown may pinch them both By Laura Santhanam Nationwide, 38 million Americans rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the country’s largest safety net program, for food and nutrition, but future funding is uncertain amid the ongoing federal government shutdown. Continue reading
Jan 18 Years after Flint water crisis began, no one is behind bars By Ed White, Associated Press Flint was one of the worst man-made environmental disasters in U.S. history. Continue reading
Jan 17 Watch 3:59 Mental illness 'is not a problem that we can arrest ourselves out of' When Alabama closed a regional hospital, the warden of Metro Jail says that the population of people with mental illness doubled at their facility. Trey Oliver says they often see the same people over and over again, people who should… Continue watching
Jan 16 Why more millennials are becoming caregivers By Zoe Rohrich More young Americans are becoming caregivers to elderly or disabled family members, according to a recent study. Continue reading
Jan 14 House Democrats announce they are investigating drug pricing By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press House Democrats announced a sweeping investigation Monday of the pharmaceutical industry's pricing practices, jockeying for the upper hand with the Trump administration on an issue that concerns Americans across the political spectrum. Continue reading
Jan 14 Judge blocks Trump birth control coverage rules in 13 states By Sudhin Thanawala, Associated Press Trump administration rules that allow more employers to opt out of providing women with no-cost birth control pose "potentially dire" financial and public health consequences for 13 states and Washington, D.C., a U.S. judge said in a decision blocking the… Continue reading
Jan 11 Watch 7:26 Fighting malaria in the remote reaches of Cambodia By Fred de Sam Lazaro Malaria causes nearly half a million deaths worldwide every year. Ninety percent of them are in sub-Saharan Africa, where poor infrastructure limits delivery of drugs. But now there is worry that those drugs are losing effectiveness as disease strains become… Continue watching
Jan 11 'Substantial number' of women could lose birth control coverage under rule, judge says By Sudhin Thanawala, Associated Press The changes set to go into effect on Monday would allow more employers, including publicly traded companies, to opt out of providing no-cost contraceptive coverage to women by claiming religious objections. Continue reading
Jan 10 Democrats to unveil bills to reduce prescription drug prices By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press The package of bills are designed to link the prices Americans pay for prescription drugs to lower costs in other countries. Continue reading
Jan 08 Watch 5:45 As death rates from cancer decline, why are some communities faring worse? The death rate from cancer in the U.S. fell 27 percent between 1991 and 2016 due to earlier detection and a decline in smoking, according to a new study by the American Cancer Society. But obesity-related cancer deaths are increasing,… Continue watching