Jul 08 Community health worker numbers boosted by Affordable Care Act By Michael Ollove, Stateline Many now recognize that providing good health care has to go beyond the doctor’s office — especially for minorities and low-income people. Limited access to healthy food, environmental perils, crime, insecure housing, insufficient recreational opportunities and the absence of affordable… Continue reading
Jul 08 Elizabeth Holmes, Theranos CEO, banned from operating medical laboratory for two years By Megan Thielking, STAT Federal regulators have banned Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes from owning or operating a medical laboratory for at least two years. Continue reading
Jul 07 An architect with ALS designs a home controlled by blinks By Leah Samuel, STAT Steve Saling helped design features of the Leonard Florence Center's Dapper McDonald ALS Residence, intended to preserve the independence of those with ALS, where he is a resident. Continue reading
Jul 07 Texas denies medicaid coverage for an autism therapy despite federal directive By Kate Harrington, Kaiser Health News Parents, who say their children with autism are legally entitled to behavioral analysis, are butting heads with Texas officials. Continue reading
Jul 07 Louis Pasteur’s risky move to save a boy from almost certain death By Dr. Howard Markel Louis Pasteur was hard at work developing a rabies vaccine, using dogs as his experimental subjects. Up until now, however, he had not administered the vaccine to a human being. Continue reading
Jul 06 Watch 9:20 Until research unlocks medical understanding of marijuana, patients experiment By PBS News Hour Lenny and Amy’s 5-year-old son has epilepsy. When conventional medications caused terrible side effects, they started giving him a daily drop of cannabis oil, with dramatic results. But it’s a calculated risk: While there is anecdotal evidence of cannabis’ effectiveness,… Continue watching
Jul 06 As Epipen prices skyrocket, consumers and EMTs resort to syringes for severe allergies By Ike Swetlitz, STAT The prices of Epipen auto-injectors have soared, so many are turning to manual syringes as a cheaper alternative, but the practice may not be the safest option. Continue reading
Jul 06 Blood banks could feel the squeeze from Zika advisories By Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News As public health officials hustle to implement strategies like these to undermine the threat of the Zika virus, one such tactic could exacerbate a different health concern: maintaining the nation’s supply of donated blood. Continue reading
Jul 05 Watch 6:43 Are young kids losing the brain-boosting benefits of playtime? By PBS News Hour As kindergarten and pre-k have become more academically rigorous, some worry that the very youngest students may be missing out on crucial development through abundant playtime. But other educators believe setting high expectations for achievement helps kids, especially low-income students,… Continue watching
Jul 05 Meet the ER doctor who poured $1.3 million of his own money to study gun violence By Cynthia H. Craft, Kaiser Health News Garen Wintemute, one of the nation’s most prominent gun violence experts, finds “teaching moments” in the grief-filled days and weeks following mass shootings in America. Continue reading