Nov 26 Trump administration proposes Medicare drug benefit changes By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press The proposal could create winners and losers among seniors, insurers, middlemen and drugmakers. Continue reading
Nov 26 FDA pledges to modernize how it approves medical devices By Matthew Perrone, Associated Press U.S. health officials said Monday they plan to overhaul the nation's decades-old system for approving most medical devices, which has long been criticized by experts for failing to catch problems with risky implants and related products. Continue reading
Nov 25 Watch 6:38 Many Hurricane Michael survivors spent Thanksgiving homeless By Simon Ostrovsky Still in tents and makeshift shelters six weeks after the most powerful hurricane in its history hit the Florida Panhandle, thousands remained homeless on Thanksgiving day. Traveling to Bay County for the holiday, NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Simon Ostrovsky reports. Continue watching
Nov 25 Butte County Town Attempts to Save Salmon From Wildfire Devastation By Chloe Veltman, KQED Despite being evacuated nearly two weeks ago from their homes in the wake of spreading wildfires, residents of the town of Butte Creek Canyon have joined forces to save the local salmon population. Continue reading
Nov 24 Watch 4:35 Defense Department funds tech to test organ tissue in lieu of humans By PBS News Hour Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with funding from the Department of Defense, want to speed up the clinical trial process with a device that could enable researchers to test new drugs on organ tissue grown in a lab… Continue watching
Nov 21 Trump administration approves Kentucky's Medicaid work requirement waiver By Adam Beam, Associated Press The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services announced the approval on Tuesday, nearly five months after a federal judge blocked the state's first attempt. Continue reading
Nov 20 E. coli in romaine lettuce is making people sick. Here's what you need to know By Laura Santhanam Americans should not eat romaine lettuce amid an ongoing E. coli outbreak, according to a food safety alert. Continue reading
Nov 19 If you cook Thanksgiving turkey, be careful amid salmonella outbreak By JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News Federal health officials have identified no single source of the outbreak of Salmonella Reading, which has sickened at least 164 people in 35 states during the past year. Continue reading
Nov 17 Watch 7:38 The only dental relief for many in this West Virginia county is extraction By Simon Ostrovsky, Zach Fannin After reporting in Alabama and California, NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Simon Ostrovsky visits the final state that the UN says can exemplify some of the country’s most egregious human rights issues. More than one third of residents in McDowell County,… Continue watching
Nov 16 Have Americans forgotten the history of this deadly flu? By Vic Pasquantonio Author Kenneth C. Davis examines another deadly effect of World War I: the spread of the Spanish flu. Continue reading