Jul 11 Obama calls on lawmakers to revisit public option on health care By Josh Lederman and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press President Barack Obama is laying out a blueprint for addressing unsolved problems with his signature health law, including a renewed call for a "public option" to let Americans buy insurance from the government. Continue reading
Jul 11 The End of AIDS? By Megan Crigger, William Brangham, Jason Kane It's a bold mission by any standard: to end the AIDS epidemic. But the tools are there, say officials of the joint United Nations program on HIV/AIDS. Here's what the UNAIDS plan, known as "90-90-90," looks like. Continue reading
Jul 10 Advocates hope shaming drugmakers discourages price spikes By Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press Frustrated by the rising cost of prescription drugs, California health advocates hope sunlight and a dose of shame will discourage drugmakers from raising their prices too quickly. Continue reading
Jul 10 Looking for sober friends at a concert? Find the Deadheads with a yellow balloon By Kamala Kelkar As the music began for a third day at a music festival in northern California last Saturday morning, 38 people sat at a campsite nearby, sharing how they would get through the weekend without relapsing. Continue reading
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