Mar 03 Why this Brazilian city uses tilapia fish skin to treat burn victims By Nadia Sussman, STAT In a historic Brazilian city, burn patients look as if they’ve emerged from the waves. They are covered in fish skin — specifically strips of sterilized tilapia -- but why?… Continue reading
Mar 02 How will the Trump administration change the war on opioids? By Laura Santhanam With an historic rise in fatal drug overdoses nationwide and a new president in the White House, the future is uncertain for programs trying to combat a growing public health crisis: opioid addiction. Continue reading
Mar 02 How this Vermont experiment improves patient health at lower cost By Michael Ollove, Stateline This tiny state, with a population more rural and less diverse than the country as a whole, is embarking on an experiment that could transform the delivery of health care nationwide. Continue reading
Mar 01 Watch 7:41 Baltimore turns to a life-saving opioid overdose antidote, but it's no cure for the crisis By PBS News Hour, Frank Carlson With overdose deaths from opioids on the rise across the country, Baltimore has begun training everyday citizens to use a life-saving antidote as one tool to combat the crisis, and the approach is catching on. But while many more states… Continue watching
Mar 01 Skin cancer from tanning beds costs U.S. $343 million per year By Megan Thielking, STAT Indoor tanning has long been tied to skin cancer, the most common type of cancer in the US. Continue reading
Feb 28 AP fact check: Trump's overly downbeat view of health law By Associated Press President Donald Trump said in his speech to Congress that he's work with lawmakers to save the U.S. from "this imploding Obamacare disaster." Here's how that claim stacks up with the facts. Continue reading
Feb 28 In the war on heroin, Baltimore drug programs face an uncertain future By Laura Santhanam In 2015, Baltimore wrote a city-wide prescription for a heroin antidote. Two years later, as the city tries to expand access to addiction treatment, will the White House support its mission?… Continue reading
Feb 27 Watch 9:59 Hospitals worry an ACA repeal could harm their financial health By PBS News Hour Efforts by the Trump administration and congressional Republicans to dismantle the Affordable Care Act are underway, unnerving to some hospital executives who see uncertainty for their bottom line. If large numbers of people lose their insurance under a replacement, hospital… Continue watching
Feb 27 Column: How Mardi Gras beads get to the French Quarter By David Redmon for The Conversation A U.K. criminologist tells the dark story behind the production and use of Mardi Gras beads. Continue reading
Feb 27 Drowning in a 'high-risk insurance pool' — at $18,000 a year By Mark Zdechlik, Minnesota Public Radio One way to lower premiums: high-risk insurance pools for people with health problems. But critics say even successful high-risk pools were very expensive. Continue reading