Feb 11 In need of complex care, a Syrian child gets a second chance at a U.S. hospital By Hyacinth Empinado, STAT Jude and her family are refugees from Al-Thawrah, Syria, a town some 100 miles east of Aleppo. Their house was destroyed in a government airstrike in 2013. Continue reading
Feb 10 Watch 7:39 As HHS secretary, Tom Price has significant powers to change health care By PBS News Hour Tom Price, a Republican congressman from Georgia, was confirmed as the next secretary of health and human services overnight. The longtime opponent of the Affordable Care Act sees a smaller role for the federal government in health care. But his… Continue watching
Feb 10 5 quick ways HHS Secretary Tom Price could change health policy By Julie Rovner, KFF Health News He can interpret laws in different ways than his predecessors and rewrite regulations and guidance, which is how many important policies are carried out. Continue reading
Feb 10 A divided Senate confirms Trump’s health secretary By Alan Fram, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Republicans won Senate confirmation of President Donald Trump’s choice for health secretary early Friday in the testy chamber’s fourth consecutive brawl over Cabinet picks. Senators approved Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., to head the Health and Human Services… Continue reading
Feb 09 New federal rules require home health agencies to do far more for patients By Judith Graham, Kaiser Health News The new rules are set to go into effect in July, but they may be delayed as President Donald Trump’s administration reviews regulations that have been drafted or finalized but not yet implemented. Continue reading
Feb 09 How Swedish statistician Hans Rosling changed the way we look at health By Kristin Hugo Rosling, a Swedish statistician, doctor and viral mathematics entertainer whose TED Talks made complicated statistics more accessible, died this week at 68. Continue reading
Feb 08 Watch 14:12 Cancer immunotherapy has life-saving powers — and limits By PBS News Hour For some patients, the body’s own natural immune system is being used to fight their cancer. Meet a woman who has lived years past her doctors’ prognosis, thanks to the emerging field of immunotherapy. Then Hari Sreenivasan discusses the promise… Continue watching
Feb 08 Poor women more likely to lose jobs during breast cancer treatment, study finds By Kate Sheridan, STAT The new study also found overall between 20 and 30 percent of women diagnosed with breast cancer will lose their jobs. Continue reading
Feb 08 HHS pick Tom Price made ‘brazen’ stock trades while his committee was under scrutiny By Marisa Taylor and Christina Jewett, Kaiser Health News Health and Human Services secretary nominee Tom Price showed little restraint in his personal stock trading during the three years that federal investigators were bearing down on a key House committee. Continue reading
Feb 07 Watch 9:07 Children of color with autism face disparities of care and isolation By PBS News Hour African-American children are often diagnosed with autism at older ages than white children, missing years of potential intervention and treatment. Special correspondent John Donvan and producer Karen Zucker meet a black family who struggled to find community and resources for… Continue watching