Health

Sexual assault may trigger involuntary paralysis

By Francine Russo, Scientific American

“Tonic immobility” hinders the ability to fight and is linked to high rates of depression and PTSD.

Drug companies aren't making new antibiotics. Is there an economic cure?

By PBS News Hour

As drug-resistant infections proliferate, financial barriers are preventing the pharmaceutical industry from investing in new drugs to fight off superbugs. Economics correspondent Paul Solman, in a series of reports with science correspondent Miles O'Brien, explores how researchers could be incentivized…

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Senate approves bill that would allow over-the-counter sale of hearing aids

By Synclaire Cruel

The Senate passed a measure Thursday allowing people to purchase hearing aids without a doctor's prescription.

PHOTOS: How aid groups are tackling Yemen's cholera outbreak

By Larisa Epatko

“At one hospital, we visited children who can barely gather the strength to breathe,” U.N. agency leaders said in a joint statement.

Acid attacks lead London emergency doctors to call for public awareness

By Catherine Caruso, STAT

According to the Metropolitan Police in London, there were 261 acid attacks in 2015 and 454 in 2016, and the number is on pace to be even higher in 2017.

WATCH LIVE: What public health officials have learned about the opioid crisis

By Laura Santhanam

Ask the experts your questions during a 12:15 p.m. Twitterchat Wednesday and follow the conversation at 3:50 p.m. online here on the PBS NewsHour.

To fight opioid crisis, we need to increase funding for treatment, says N.C. governor

By PBS News Hour, Nick Schifrin

What needs to be done to combat the national opioid crisis? A commission organized by President Trump released its initial recommendations on Monday, saying it was time to declare a national health emergency, among other suggestions. Special correspondent Nick Schifrin…

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President Trump on tricky legal ground with 'Obamacare' threat

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press

President Donald Trump's threat to stop billions of dollars in government payments to insurers and force the collapse of "Obamacare" could put the government in a tricky legal situation.

Despite Trump's prods, Senate GOP sees no path on health care

By Alan Fram, Associated Press

Top Senate Republicans think it's time to leave their derailed drive to scrap the Obama health care law behind them. And they're tired of the White House prodding them to keep voting until they succeed.

4 things you should know about ticks and Lyme disease this summer

By Teresa Carey

Tick season is in full swing, and with it comes Lyme disease. Here's what you should know about the condition and how it spreads, according to Dr. John Aucott of Johns Hopkins University.