Dec 23 Watch 5:55 Ebola vaccine results are encouraging — but preliminary By PBS News Hour On Thursday, results from the World Health Organization's two-year trial studying the Ebola virus were published. They indicate that the vaccine is effective -- but it still needs to be approved by regulatory agencies. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Dr. Anthony… Continue watching
Dec 22 Drug companies fixed prices over martinis at ‘Girls Nights Out,’ lawsuit says By Liz Szabo and JoNel Aleccia and Mark Zdechlik, Minnesota Public Radio The high prices Americans pay for generic drugs may have been cooked up by pharmaceutical salespeople on golf courses, at a New Jersey steakhouse or over martinis at a “Girls Nights Out” in Minnesota. Continue reading
Dec 22 Donald Trump’s doctor breaks his silence By Ike Swetlitz, STAT On a frigid December afternoon, Dr. Harold Bornstein was talking about his most famous patient, President-elect Donald Trump. Continue reading
Dec 21 Despite rising premiums and GOP threat of repeal, 6.4 million people signed up for Obamacare so far By News Desk and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press But it's too early for supporters of the Affordable Care Act to say "I told you so."… Continue reading
Dec 21 Demand surges for clinicians serving transgender youth — and for earlier treatment By Usha Lee McFarling, STAT Researchers leading the first NIH grant for research on transgender youth hope that data will show the benefit of earlier intervention. Continue reading
Dec 20 Watch 4:47 Investigations reveal startling scope of lead in drinking water By PBS News Hour On Tuesday, Michigan’s attorney general filed new criminal charges in Flint’s lead contamination case. But Flint is not alone. Reports from both USA Today and Reuters find that lead contamination is widespread, affecting some millions of Americans, usually in rural… Continue watching
Dec 20 Watch 6:31 After Flint’s lead crisis, the ‘most important medication’ for kids is education By PBS News Hour There is a well-established link between lead exposure and learning disabilities, but early childhood education has been shown to counteract the effects. In Flint, Michigan, where the youngest residents have been the most vulnerable to lead poisoning, the city has… Continue watching
Dec 20 Watch 5:27 Worries about access fuel women’s rush to get contraception By PBS News Hour In the immediate aftermath of the election, concerns about access to birth control have spiked. For many women, there’s a fear that the incoming Trump administration will repeal the Affordable Care Act, and with it, access to free contraception. Lisa… Continue watching
Dec 20 Heroin deaths soar compared to other opioids, new study shows By Laura Santhanam Government researchers dove into death certificate data to uncover what drugs are most commonly associated with overdose deaths in the United States. These deaths are on the rise, and heroin is becoming a primarily culprit. Continue reading