Sep 11 Watch Fifteen years after 9/11, illnesses compound for first responders By Sam Weber, Laura Fong Tens of thousands of people who worked at ground zero are still coping with the long-term health effects from the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history. 15 years after the attack, doctors and researchers continue to study the connection between… Continue watching
Sep 10 America’s most common workplace injury is hearing loss By Zhai Yun Tan, Kaiser Health News Eight years ago, Jeff Ammon, now 55, began noticing a feeling of pressure in his ears every day after work. Continue reading
Sep 10 Allergy-proof? Intelligence booster? FDA looks to rein in health claims for baby formula By Sheila Kaplan, STAT The FDA suggested this week that the $3 billion infant formula industry consider proving its claims before selling the products. Continue reading
Sep 09 FDA expresses concern over widely used ovarian cancer screening test By Sheila Kaplan, STAT The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday warned women and their doctors that current screening tests for ovarian cancer are unreliable. Continue reading
Sep 08 Twitter Chat: Going beyond the headlines on Zika, antibacterial soap and EpiPen prices By Jaclyn Diaz It’s been a hot summer for health news. At 12 pm EDT on Friday, we’ll hold an in-depth discussion with STAT’s Helen Branswell, Ike Swetlitz and Sheila Kaplan. Continue reading
Sep 08 Doctors fight to bring hospital ICUs into the modern era By Usha Lee McFarling, STAT Many ICU physicians say that ICUs are woefully — and often dangerously — out of date. Continue reading
Sep 07 Cancer ‘moonshot’ panel releases blueprint, but lacks guarantees on funding By Nsikan Akpan The cancer moonshot Blue Ribbon panel releases a 10-point plan for fighting the multifaceted disease, as Congress deliberates the funds for the initiative. Continue reading
Sep 07 How caregivers combat helplessness and aid dementia hospice patients By Rachel Bluth, Kaiser Health News Hospice’s purpose, at least one of them, is to ease a dying patient’s pain at the end of life and improve the quality of that life. But what’s to be done when a dementia patient in her waning days can’t… Continue reading
Sep 07 Meet the federal government’s pot dealer By Andrew Joseph, STAT Mahmoud ElSohly oversees acres of marijuana plants in the deep south, a swath of the country the tide of medical marijuana legalization has yet to touch. But he’s not running an illegal operation — he’s a professor of pharmaceutics and… Continue reading
Sep 06 Watch 5:28 News Wrap: Congress returns from recess to tackle funding, Zika By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, Congress came back from its summer recess with a full plate. It has less than a month to pass a funding bill and is under pressure to deliver a package to fight Florida’s homegrown Zika… Continue watching