Oct 21 A new peanut allergy vaccine failed in a trial, but the company wants it approved anyway By Damien Garde, STAT An experimental vaccine meant to combat peanut allergy came up short in a large clinical trial, but the company still hopes it can win FDA approval. Continue reading
Oct 20 One out of six deaths worldwide were pollution-related in 2015 By Laura Santhanam That’s three times more deaths than all fatal cases of AIDS, tuberculosis or malaria, a new report says. Continue reading
Oct 20 Uninsured Americans rises to over 12 percent amid health care fight By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press The number of U.S. adults without health insurance is up nearly 3.5 million this year, as rising premiums and political turmoil over "Obamacare" undermine coverage gains that drove the nation's uninsured rate to a historic low. Continue reading
Oct 19 Watch 3:00 Extra attention is on the menu at this restaurant catering to cognitive disorders By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, a Massachusetts restaurant is leading the way for families dealing with autism, Alzheimer's and other cognitive disorders by offering a routine -- but special -- dinner reservation. Tina Martin of WGBH reports. Continue watching
Oct 19 Understanding California's Hepatitis A outbreak By Dr. Amber Robins On March 18, the California Department of Public Health first announced an outbreak of the Hepatitis A virus. Seven months later on Oct. 13, California Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency. Reported cases of Hepatitis A had more… Continue reading
Oct 19 Analysis: Teens are sleeping less. Why? Smartphones By Jean Twenge, The Conversation By 2015, 43 percent of teens reported sleeping less than seven hours a night on most nights – meaning almost half of U.S. teens are significantly sleep-deprived. Continue reading
Oct 19 Drug companies know their eyedrops are wasteful. And you foot the bill By Marshall Allen, ProPublica Last year, drug companies brought in about $3.4 billion in the U.S. alone on drops for dry eyes and glaucoma drops. Continue reading
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