Dec 29 The hidden, growing plight of eating disorders among men By Laura Beil, STAT Only now are mental health professionals starting to realize the degree to which they have vastly underestimated eating disorders among men. Continue reading
Dec 27 Watch 8:42 This West Virginia school is caring for students, when addicted parents can’t By PBS News Hour In opioid-stricken West Virginia, this school is taking on the role of parent. Lisa Stark of Education Week visits Cottageville Elementary, where students often lack food, clothes and transportation because of drug-addicted parents. In addition to increasing communication with local… Continue watching
Dec 27 Analysis: GOP united on repealing Obamacare, but disagree on how to replace it By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press Some Republicans would revise and rebrand Obamacare. Others would rip up the Affordable Care Act and not replace it. Continue reading
Dec 26 Mumps cases balloon in 2016, raising debate about need for booster vaccines By Rebecca Smith, Side Effects Public Media Mumps is back, and is having its worst year in a decade, fueled in part by its spread on college campuses. Continue reading
Dec 25 Watch 25:19 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Dec. 25, 2016 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, Dec. 25, preserving America’s first black filmmakers who were forced to work outside of white Hollywood. Later, adventurous eaters in Europe are calling crickets, mealworms, grasshoppers and other insects the newest “super food.” Hari Sreenivasan… Continue watching
Dec 25 Watch 5:11 Chefs in Europe experiment with insects By PBS News Hour In Europe, adventurous eaters are calling crickets, mealworms and grasshoppers a new “super food” due to their high levels of essential amino and fatty acids. Eating insects also has ecological benefits because they can be easier to farm than other… Continue watching
Dec 25 Fearing Medicaid cuts, states wield health data as a political weapon By Casey Ross, STAT Lawmakers who support expanding health coverage are using data to fight Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Continue reading
Dec 24 Licensing medical marijuana stirs up trouble for states By Rebecca Beitsch, Stateline States have struggled with how to give out potentially lucrative medical marijuana licenses. Continue reading
Dec 24 Frustrated by bureaucracy, activists led grassroots effort to get drugs to curb HIV infections By Donato Paolo Mancini, STAT Truvada was first approved for preventive use in the United States in 2012, and has been shown to significantly reduce the chance of infection. Continue reading
Dec 23 Watch 53:47 PBS NewsHour full episode Dec. 23, 2016 By PBS News Hour Friday on the NewsHour, President-elect Donald Trump says the U.S. would triumph in an arms race. Also: The FBI warns ISIS is urging holiday attacks, the U.S. abstains from a U.N. rebuke of Israel, more on Mr. Trump’s comments on… Continue watching