Dec 01 Watch 54:14 PBS NewsHour full episode Dec. 1, 2016 By PBS News Hour Thursday on the NewsHour, President-elect Trump travels to Indiana in celebration of a jobs deal with Carrier. Also, recovery efforts mount as the Tennessee wildfires wane, the future of American manufacturing jobs, volunteer medics struggle to save lives in Mosul,… Continue watching
Dec 01 Treatment with hallucinogenic mushroom drug shows promise for patients with deep anxiety By Caleb Hellerman, Global Health Reporting Center It was mid-morning when Carol Vincent, the owner of a small marketing firm in Victoria, British Columbia, sat down and swallowed a capsule full of pure, synthesized psilocybin. Many people are familiar with the "natural" version, found in so-called magic… Continue reading
Dec 01 Using Ecstasy to treat PTSD: 'I felt like my soul snapped back into place' By Caleb Hellerman, Global Health Reporting Center On Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration gave an important boost to a therapy that uses MDMA, commonly known as ecstasy, to treat PTSD, clearing the way for one or more large-scale research studies. Since 2004, more than 100 patients… Continue reading
Nov 30 Watch 7:44 California's 'Salad Bowl' is cultivating more than crops By PBS News Hour In California's Salinas Valley, known as the "Salad Bowl of the World,” a push is underway to expand agriculture's adoption of technology. The mobile app HeavyConnect, for example, enables farm managers to track personnel and equipment efficiently. Special correspondent Cat… Continue watching
Nov 30 Needle exchanges, despite strong resistance in the past, are working By Andrew Joseph, STAT New data released by federal health officials Tuesday further demonstrated the value of needle exchanges, suggesting they had contributed to a major reduction in new HIV infections among people who inject drugs. Continue reading
Nov 30 Need pricey drugs from an Obamacare plan? You'll shoulder more of the cost By Jordan Rau, Julie Appleby and Elizabeth Lucas, Kaiser Health News Substantially more health plans on the federal insurance marketplaces require consumers next year to pay a hefty portion of the cost of the most expensive drugs. Continue reading
Nov 29 Who is Rep. Tom Price, Trump's pick for HHS Secretary? By Gretchen Frazee Rep. Tom Price, a fierce opponent of the Affordable Care Act, will become the next Health and Human Services secretary, if confirmed by the Senate. Continue reading
Nov 29 Watch 10:41 Will Tom Price take a 'surgical approach' to revising Obamacare? By PBS News Hour Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga) is an orthopedic surgeon and a vocal critic of the Affordable Care Act. He's also President-elect Donald Trump's choice to head the Department of Health and Human Services. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Sabrina Corlette of Georgetown… Continue watching
Nov 29 How women's health care costs could rise under TrumpCare By Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News Birth control is just the tip of the iceberg, advocates say. There are a number of other women’s health benefits that are also at risk. Continue reading
Nov 28 Texas reports possible local transmission of Zika virus By Ryan Connelly Holmes “We knew it was only a matter of time before we saw a Zika case spread by a mosquito in Texas,” said Dr. John Hellerstedt, Texas Department of State Health Services commissioner. Continue reading