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
Feb 07 If Obamacare is being repealed, do the uninsured need to pay tax penalties? By Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News Should people bother paying the penalty for not having health insurance when they file their taxes this year if Obamacare is repealed?… Continue reading
Feb 06 Watch Does this Obamacare experiment offer significant savings? By PBS News Hour One of the goals of the Affordable Care Act was to develop organizations that offer doctors and hospitals a deal: In exchange for more efficient care for Medicare recipients, providers receive a share of the savings as a bonus. Now… Continue watching
Feb 05 Indiana, Pence's home state, seeks federal OK to keep Medicaid expansion By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News As Congress weighs repeal of the Affordable Care Act, the home state of Vice President Mike Pence seeks to keep its Medicaid expansion under the federal health law. Continue reading
Feb 04 Women fear drug they used to halt puberty led to health problems By Christina Jewett, Kaiser Health News Despite questions about Lupron’s lasting side effects and minimal study into its safety, the FDA sped approval of the drug to market. Continue reading
Feb 04 Trump's Supreme Court pick is deeply opposed to assisted suicide By Lev Facher, STAT Neil Gorsuch opposes all forms of assisted suicide and ruled twice against the Affordable Care Act’s contraception mandate but has never ruled on abortion. Continue reading
Feb 03 GOP mulls 'repairing' Obamacare law it vowed to repeal By Alan Fram and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press GOP lawmakers insist they haven't abandoned their goal of repeal, though they face lingering disputes about whether that should come before, after or simultaneously with a replacement effort. Continue reading