Jul 24 Watch 7:59 Why do pregnant women get confusing guidance about alcohol? By Amna Nawaz, Lorna Baldwin How much alcohol can cause fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, a difficult to diagnose condition, sometimes called an "invisible disability"? Doctors don't know. While official guidelines say no amount of alcohol is safe to drink during pregnancy, women often receive mixed… Continue watching
Jul 23 Watch 7:26 Fetal alcohol disorders are more common than you think By Amna Nawaz, Lorna Baldwin Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, a possible result from mothers drinking during pregnancy, has flown under the radar for decades. Now new conservative estimates published in The Journal of the American Medical Association show that anywhere from 1.1 to 5 percent… Continue watching
Jul 23 How a hotel convention became ground zero for this deadly bacteria By Dr. Howard Markel From July 21 to July 24, 1976, more than 2,000 members of the Pennsylvania chapters of the American Legion attended their annual state convention at a Philadelphia hotel. By Aug. 15, 182 Legionnaires who attended the convention were ill with… Continue reading
Jul 21 Watch 3:46 Lifestyle choices could raise your health insurance rates By PBS News Hour Health insurance providers are paying data brokers to find personal information about their clients -- race, marital status, ability to pay bills and more -- to predict client health costs. But unlike medical records, there aren’t any laws that regulate… Continue watching
Jul 20 Watch 10:00 Iraq and Afghan war vets exposed to toxic air struggle for breath -- and a diagnosis By Dan Sagalyn, Nick Schifrin Among the more than 2.5 million men and women who have served in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, there are many veterans -- exposed to sandstorms, burn pits and other hazards -- who suffer from a mysterious pulmonary illness,… Continue watching
Jul 20 How has public opinion about abortion changed since Roe v. Wade? By Laura Santhanam States are a critical battleground over abortion rights, and polling reveals where opinions stand at the state and national level. Continue reading
Jul 20 Democrats wrestle with election-year message on health care By Alan Fram, Associated Press The bigger problem for Democrats is that two messages — fundamentally reshaping the nation's health care system versus defending Obama's popular law — divide the party as it tries grabbing control of Congress in this fall's elections. Continue reading
Jul 19 Watchdog calls on EPA to strengthen oversight of state water systems after Flint crisis By Associated Press The EPA's Office of Inspector General says in a report that the agency must take steps now to be able to react more quickly in times of public health emergencies. Continue reading
Jul 18 How do Medigap plans work? Here's a tutorial By Philip Moeller A new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation offers a helpful look at these plans. Continue reading
Jul 18 Infants summoned for deportation under family separation, federal data shows By Christina Jewett, Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News The number of infants under age 1 involved has been rising — up threefold from 24 infants in the fiscal year that ended last Sept. 30, and 46 infants the year before. Continue reading