Sep 13 Watch 54:29 PBS NewsHour full episode Sept. 13, 2016 By PBS News Hour Tuesday on the NewsHour, U.S. incomes rise for the first time in almost a decade as poverty rates drop. Also: Questions arise around Donald Trump’s charity, an Italian farm in Italy that’s run by immigrants is missing a key ingredient,… Continue watching
Sep 13 Number of uninsured Americans falls again in 2015 By Julie Rovner, KFF Health News Still, between 2013 and 2015, the first two full years the health law was in effect, the uninsured rate dropped by more than 4 percentage points. Meanwhile, the percentage of Americans with insurance for at least some part of the… Continue reading
Sep 13 One out of five children have mental illness, and schools often don't help By Jenny Gold, Kaiser Health News School has been a real challenge for them. That’s not unusual for the 1 in 5 children with a mental illness. They often suffer anxiety, difficulty focusing and social challenges. Continue reading
Sep 13 How the sugar industry artificially sweetened Harvard research By Melissa Bailey, STAT A paper recounts how two famous Harvard nutritionists, Dr. Fredrick Stare and Mark Hegsted, who are now deceased, worked closely with a trade group called the Sugar Research Foundation, which was trying to influence public understanding of sugar’s role in… Continue reading
Sep 12 Hillary Clinton, and what you need to know about pneumonia By Helen Branswell, STAT Here’s what you need to know about pneumonia. Continue reading
Sep 11 FDA weighs crackdown that could shut hundreds of stem cell clinics By Usha Lee McFarling, STAT Scientists on Monday will urge the Food and Drug Administration to crack down on rogue clinics across the country that market stem cell treatments. Continue reading
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