Aug 23 Watch 3:33 Why we should be thinking of sexual intimacy in terms of pizza By PBS News Hour In her new book “Girls & Sex,” Peggy Orenstein suggests that we re-think sexual intimacy, in both education and our everyday lives. While she acknowledges the importance of the national debate on campus sexual assault, Orenstein also urges us to… Continue watching
Aug 23 Florida reports non-travel Zika case near Tampa By News Desk This is the first incidence of locally transmitted Zika virua reported outside of Miami-Dade County. Continue reading
Aug 23 What parents and the public need to know about sepsis By Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News Sepsis kills more than 250,000 people every year. People at highest risk are those with weakened immune systems, the very young and elderly, patients with chronic diseases such as diabetes, cancer or kidney disease and those with illnesses such as… Continue reading
Aug 23 Congress scolds pharmaceutical company's price hike on EpiPens By Ed Silverman, STAT Mylan has raised the list price of EpiPens more than 450 percent since 2004, after adjusting for inflation, according to Elsevier’s Gold Standard Drug Database. A pack of two EpiPens cost about $100 in today’s dollars in 2004, but the… Continue reading
Aug 22 Watch 3:04 Meet the couple on a mission to end hunger in their town By PBS News Hour The idea started at David and Alicia Blais’ dinner table: what if they could end hunger in their town? Their traveling trailer delivers meals to 200-300 people a night, motivated by the memory of their son, Daniel. Special correspondent Tina… Continue watching
Aug 22 D.A. Henderson, who led successful effort to eradicate smallpox, dies By Helen Branswell, STAT Henderson, a few weeks shy of his 88th birthday, died late Friday of complications that arose after he recently fractured a hip. Continue reading
Aug 22 Hospice interpreters use language and culture to comfort patients By Eryn Brown, Kaiser Health News Interpreters routinely help people who speak limited English — close to 9 percent of the U.S. population, and growing — understand what’s happening in the hospital. They become even more indispensable during patients’ dying days. But specialists say interpreters need… Continue reading
Aug 21 Watson goes to Asia as hospitals use supercomputer for cancer treatment By Ike Swetlitz, STAT The goal is to use Watson’s natural language processing to mine the medical literature and a patient’s records to provide treatment advice. Continue reading
Aug 20 Watch Why so many gay and bisexual men can't donate blood in the U.S. By PBS News Hour The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is asking for new scientific research as it reevaluates a controversial policy banning men from donating blood if they admit to having had sex with another man in the past year. Gay rights advocates… Continue watching
Aug 20 Watch Aetna announces it will leave exchanges in 11 states By PBS News Hour Since the Affordable Care Act took effect three years ago, more than 20 million more Americans have obtained health coverage. But this week, Aetna -- one of the nation's largest private insurers -- decided to drop out of Affordable Care… Continue watching