May 21 Will lessons learned from the 2014 Ebola outbreak prevent more deaths in Congo? By Larisa Epatko The spread of Ebola in West Africa in 2014-2016 was the worst outbreak since the disease's discovery. Here's how international health agencies are responding this time. Continue reading
May 20 Watch 10:52 Memphis midwives work to address racial disparities in care By Lauren Knapp, Saskia de Melker More women in America die from pregnancy-related complications than in any other developed country in the world, and black women are most affected. NewsHour Weekend's Ivette Feliciano reports on one clinic in Memphis, Tennessee, where midwives are working to facilitate… Continue watching
May 19 More patients are taking home recordings of their doctor visits. But who else could listen? By Casey Ross, STAT Tech giants have developed speech recognition and machine learning technologies that allow doctors to automatically transcribe audio recordings. Continue reading
May 18 Watch 8:42 Forthcoming Trump rule would make finding abortion services harder A planned rule from the Trump administration would repeal the requirement for federally funded clinics to counsel women on all of their family planning options, including abortion. Yamiche Alcindor puts the proposal in context and what it would mean for… Continue watching
May 18 What the White House's proposed rule to block abortion funds means for women's health By Laura Santhanam The White House proposed a plan to change the equation for abortion federal funding in the United States. Here's what that could mean for women's health nationwide… Continue reading
May 17 Watch 5:26 The surprising thing about the declining U.S. birth rate More than 3.8 million babies were born in the U.S. last year, but the birth rate drop was the largest one-year decline since 2010. Why hasn’t the downward trend changed direction, even though economic conditions have improved? Amna Nawaz explores… Continue watching
May 17 Watch 3:41 How being a parent to a child with cancer changes your life What is it like to have your child diagnosed with cancer? Monica McGuiness and Aaron Rodriguez spent two years traveling 80 miles to a hospital so that their 8-year-old son could receive treatment. McGuiness and Rodriguez share their Brief but… Continue watching
May 17 Congo reports first urban case of Ebola. Here's what that means for the outbreak By Saleh Mwanamilongo, Carley Petesch, Associated Press Congo's latest Ebola outbreak has spread to a city of more than 1 million people, a worrying shift as the deadly virus risks traveling more easily in densely populated areas. Continue reading
May 16 Those injured in Gaza's deadly protests flood local hospitals By Larisa Epatko The 2,700 people injured in the Gaza protests this week included 1,360 by live fire, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. Continue reading
May 15 Watch 14:04 How students who struggle with mental illness can find help By Jeffrey Brown These three high-achieving students at one of the world's most prestigious universities have also suffered crippling depression and been through years of therapy and medication. In the second part of his report, Jeffrey Brown hears how they got help with… Continue watching