Oct 21 To curb unintended pregnancy, states turn to IUDs — in the delivery room By Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News AUSTIN — Peggy Wall, a family nurse practitioner at a local community health center, treats many women in their 40s, who already have a family and find themselves confronting an accidental pregnancy. Continue reading
Oct 20 Watch 9:26 Pay for carbon pollution? Why some environmentalists don’t support this state tax By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 20 Obama to urge millennials to sign up for health care By Darlene Superville, Associated Press The enrollment season for health care that begins Nov. 1 is the final one for President Barack Obama and he wants to help it be a success. Continue reading
Oct 20 Sexually transmitted diseases in U.S. at all-time high, CDC says By Helen Branswell, STAT Rates of sexually transmitted diseases, such as syphilis and gonorrhea, have risen sharply in U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention… Continue reading
Oct 19 Watch 6:43 Using sensors to spoon-feed crops with extreme precision By PBS News Hour To profitably produce corn in on Midwestern farms, nitrogen must be added to the soil. But the practice has an unwanted environmental impact: water contamination. A University of Nebraska professor thinks he may have a solution. Special correspondent Ariana Brocious… Continue watching
Oct 19 How a golf ball-sized hole in his lung turned this doctor into an activist By Eric Boodman, STAT Like all cases of active tuberculosis, Dr. Kelly Holland's diagnosis would turn into a detective story — and a public health nightmare. Continue reading
Oct 19 White House aims for 13.8 million health care sign-ups this season By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press Facing new challenges to a legacy law, the Obama administration on Wednesday set its goals for the president's final health care sign-up season. Continue reading
Oct 19 Will raises for many home care workers help senior citizens? By Jane Gottlieb, Kaiser Health News Home care workers in at least five states are set to receive hourly increases, but critics say bigger paychecks will not impact senior citizens. Continue reading
Oct 17 Watch 8:30 Can ordinary citizens help fill gaps in U.S. health care? By Jason Kane and Sarah Varney, Kaiser Health News In the midst of radical changes in health care policy, some U.S. providers are looking to an unlikely model: Sub-Saharan Africa, where ordinary citizens are trained as medical support for their communities. In the U.S., City Health Works is following… Continue watching
Oct 17 The deadly threat of a sweltering apartment By Courtney Norris Heat can have deadly consequences. But despite complaints, few studies exist on how hot people’s apartments become, especially in public housing. A new citizen health initiative, the Harlem Health Project, is trying to help the low-income residents who are most… Continue reading