Mar 21 Watch 8:43 How Trump is trying to sell Republicans on the health care bill By PBS News Hour Time is ticking before a crucial House vote on the bill to replace the Affordable Care Act. President Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan are trying to close the deal, pushing for votes and privately telling members their jobs are… Continue watching
Mar 21 Why a baby's first touch may set their sense of the world By Nsikan Akpan Early medical procedures can dampen a child’s ability to perceive touch in the long run. Continue reading
Mar 21 Trump warns House Republicans of political costs if they reject GOP health bill By Alan Fram and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press President Donald Trump warned House Republicans they could lose their seats in next year's midterm elections if they failed to back the GOP health care overhaul and fulfill a long-promised goal to undo Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act. Continue reading
Mar 21 Here's how Republicans just changed their health care bill By Lisa Desjardins House Republican leaders announced several proposed changes to their health care bill late Monday. Here's a look at the provisions and what they means for the GOP's effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. Continue reading
Mar 20 Drug commercials, like prescription costs, are on the rise By Bruce Horovitz and Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News Spending on direct-to-consumer drug commercials grew 62 percent since 2012, even as ad spending for most other product types was flat. Continue reading
Mar 20 Why looking at the sun can make you sneeze By Julia Griffin Do you ever sneeze when you walk into sunlight? If so, you may have a seemingly harmless disorder and you're hardly alone. Continue reading
Mar 19 Ryan: More help for older people needed in GOP health bill By Associated Press House Speaker Paul Ryan says he will seek changes to a divisive GOP health care bill to provide more help to older people hard hit by the plan. Continue reading
Mar 18 Court blocks Mississippi law that would have shuttered state's only abortion clinic By Michael D. Regan A federal court in Mississippi on Friday ruled against a state law that would have shut down the state's lone abortion clinic in the city of Jackson. Continue reading
Mar 18 Republican health care plan creates budget problems for GOP By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press Many budget-conscious Republicans have joined Democrats in opposing the repeal-and-replace version pushed by the White House and House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis. Continue reading
Mar 18 A pricey drug cuts cardiovascular risks in clinical trial — but will insurers cover it? By Damian Garde, STAT Amgen's cholesterol drug lowered risk of cardiovascular trouble in a huge clinical trial — but the results may not be good enough for insurers to cover. Continue reading