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
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