May 06 Watch 4:11 New National Institutes of Health project raises privacy concerns By PBS News Hour All of Us, a new project by the National Institutes of Health, is aiming to voluntarily collect medical history from at least a million Americans. With a focus on underrepresented groups in medical research like women and minorities, the project… Continue watching
May 02 I work and collect Social Security. Can I boost my benefits? Social Security bases your benefits on your highest 35 years of wage earnings. The effect of any single year’s higher earnings will be modest. Continue reading
May 02 As opioid crisis grows, babies and moms with hepatitis C fly under the radar By Laura Santhanam Among pregnant women, the hepatitis C infection rate nearly doubled in five years, fueled primarily by injection drug use linked to the opioid crisis, and the medical community is increasingly concerned that mothers and infants may go undetected and untreated… Continue reading
Apr 30 Watch 7:40 How an opioid addiction can eat your heart alive By Kay Colby, ideastream The pathway to deadly heart infections for people addicted to opioids often begins with a dirty needle or polluted drug. Special correspondent Kay Colby of Ideastream reports on a little-known problem with big consequences for patients and society as a… Continue watching
Apr 29 Health care new front for transgender rights under Trump By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press The Trump administration is coming under fire for rewriting a federal rule that bars discrimination in health care due to gender identity. Continue reading
Apr 29 ‘Drug sanctuaries’ offer hope for a post-antibiotic world By Rees Kassen, The Conversation As a post-antibiotic future beckons, how can humanity protect itself against the proliferation of superbugs? Research suggests 'drug sanctuaries' in hospitals could be a promising solution. Continue reading
Apr 28 Watch 12:39 Coal ash raising concerns over health risks in Puerto Rico By Ivette Feliciano, Zachary Green Residents of Guayama, home to Puerto Rico’s only coal-burning power plant for 15 years, have been diagnosed with cancer, heart and respiratory diseases that they fear are related to coal ash exposure. Ivette Feliciano reports on the concerns of Puerto… Continue watching
Apr 28 Residents of this city already worried about the coal-burning plant nearby. Then came Hurricane Maria. By Kamala Kelkar, Ivette Feliciano, Zachary Green Residents say they inhale or ingest traces of coal ash as wind carries it into their communities, covering their trees, houses, cars and land with residue. Continue reading
Apr 28 He was a champion of public health — but played a role in the horrors of Tuskegee. Should a college expunge his name? By Megha Satyanarayana, STAT Dr. Thomas Parran Jr. has been called an architect of the syphilis experiments on black men and women in Tuskegee, Alabama. Continue reading
Apr 27 The autism rate is on the rise, CDC says. Here’s what that actually means By Nsikan Akpan, Hannah Grabenstein This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the prevalence of autism is slightly higher than previously thought, but does it mean autism is becoming more common?… Continue reading