Aug 30 Has overmedicating seniors become 'America's other drug problem'? By Anna Gorman, Kaiser Health News An increasing number of elderly patients nationwide are on multiple medications to treat chronic diseases, raising their chances of dangerous drug interactions and serious side effects. Often the drugs are prescribed by different specialists who don’t communicate with each other. Continue reading
Aug 29 Watch 7:41 Did outcry on social media lead to Mylan's generic EpiPen? By PBS News Hour After news broke that the price of EpiPen injectors has skyrocketed, the allergy medicine’s maker, Mylan, announced its intention to offer a generic version of the product, to be sold at half the market price of the original. The New… Continue watching
Aug 29 EpiPen drugmaker announces generic version to cost half the price By News Desk Identical to the original product -- a pre-filled syringe containing epinephrine, used for life-threatening allergic reactions -- the generic will cost $300 for two. Continue reading
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