Aug 28 Gender inequality is a $95 billion issue in sub-Saharan Africa By Daniel Moritz-Rabson Gender inequality costs sub-Saharan Africa an average of $95 billion each year according to an annual United Nations Development Programme report published Sunday. Continue reading
Aug 28 Can Clinton save health overhaul from its mounting problems? By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press With the hourglass running out for his administration, President Barack Obama's health care law is struggling in many parts of the country. Continue reading
Aug 27 Genetically modified mosquitoes have wide support in Florida By Helen Branswell, STAT Most people in Florida — the first US state to experience local spread of the Zika virus — favor the use of genetically modified mosquitoes to combat spread of the virus, a new poll suggests. Continue reading
Aug 26 Symptomless man linked to sexual transmission of Zika for first time By Nsikan Akpan The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report a Zika case transmitted by sex with an asymptomatic person in Maryland, while the U.S. Food and Drug administration expands its advisory for blood screening. Continue reading
Aug 26 Infant anti-gas medication linked to spread of hospital infections By Chad Terhune, Kaiser Health News A surprising ingredient — infant gas relief drops — may be contributing to the contamination of medical scopes nationwide. Continue reading
Aug 26 Mylan may have violated antitrust law in its EpiPen sales to schools By Ike Swetlitz and Ed Silverman, STAT Mylan’s “EpiPen4Schools” program, begun in August 2012, offers free or discounted EpiPens to schools. Continue reading
Aug 25 Watch 3:03 A psychologist on 'making disability sexy' By PBS News Hour Dr. Danielle Sheypuk is attempting to derail the stigma around sex and people with physical disabilities. Born with Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 2, Sheypuk knows what it’s like to have a disability -- and a sex life. But she worries… Continue watching
Aug 25 Watch 6:14 News Wrap: Italian quake death toll rises to 250; Afghan university attack kills 13 By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, the death toll from Italy’s earthquake rose to 250. In Afghanistan, 13 are dead and dozens wounded after a militant strike on American University of Afghanistan, on the outskirts of Kabul. The attack began Wednesday… Continue watching
Aug 24 Watch 54:29 PBS NewsHour full episode Aug. 24, 2016 By PBS News Hour Wednesday on the NewsHour, two major earthquakes strike in 24 hours: one in Italy and one in Myanmar, killing 159 and 4, respectively. Also, Turkey launches an offensive within Syria, a look at the Clinton Foundation and why it's under… Continue watching
Aug 24 Watch 6:20 Price of EpiPens spikes, causing major health concerns By PBS News Hour Nearly everyone knows someone who carries an EpiPen due to a severe allergy. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn) is no different -- as a child, her daughter almost died from a reaction to nuts. But Mylan, the company that produces EpiPens,… Continue watching