Oct 18 Trump gives more mixed signals in bipartisan health deal By Alan Fram and Erica Werner, Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump sent more perplexing signals Wednesday about whether he backs a bipartisan Senate deal for steadying health insurance markets, saying he backs lawmakers' efforts to strike that compromise but "can never support" federal bailouts for insurers. Continue reading
Oct 18 The End of Aids? It’s a bold mission by any standard: to end the AIDS epidemic. But the tools are there, say officials of the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS. Watch our six part series on the plan. Continue reading
Oct 17 Watch Senators take a bipartisan step toward a health care fix By PBS News Hour Two leading senators reached a bipartisan deal Tuesday to stabilize health insurance markets under Obamacare. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., said their two-year compromise would fund federal subsidies that President Trump ended last week. Judy Woodruff… Continue watching
Oct 16 Watch 11:11 New Mexico deploys best practices to avoid the worst outcomes in the opioid crisis By PBS News Hour While states nationwide have been scrambling to respond to the deadly opioid epidemic, New Mexico has been hard at work with an aggressive response for years. So why have its addiction rates remained stubbornly high? Hari Sreenivasan visits a state… Continue watching
Oct 16 Watch 5:39 How drug distributors reportedly hobbled law enforcement from policing the flow of opioids By PBS News Hour An investigation by 60 Minutes and the Washington Post alleges that the companies that distribute opioid painkillers to pharmacies and doctors’ offices nationwide persuaded Congress to weaken the DEA’s ability to halt drug distribution at the height of the opioid… Continue watching
Oct 16 How a serious illness gave Eugene O’Neill his dark literary power By Dr. Howard Markel Long before he sat down to compose the dramas that have long enlightened and haunted audiences, Eugene O’Neill contracted tuberculosis, and it forever changed him. Continue reading
Oct 16 These 19 states are cracking down on fake service dogs By Michael Ollove, Stateline The American Humane Association, which promotes the welfare and safety of animals, says there are 20,000 service dogs working in the U.S. Continue reading
Oct 16 Birth control loophole opens for employers under new federal regulation By Julie Rovner, KFF Health News The regulation creates a new exemption from the requirement that most employers offer contraceptive coverage. This one is for “non-religious organizations with sincerely held moral convictions inconsistent with providing coverage for some or all contraceptive services.”… Continue reading
Oct 15 America Addicted The opioid crisis is devastating communities across the nation. Overdose deaths are at record highs. How can the epidemic be stopped?… Continue reading
Oct 15 We may soon have our first $1 million drug. Who will pay for it? And how? By Meghana Keshavan, STAT As the first gene therapies approach the market, drug makers, insurers, and patients are debating complex questions about cost, value, and payment plans. Continue reading