May 05 FDA bans e-cigarette sales to minors in sweeping new regulations By David Nather, Dylan Scott, STAT WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration issued a sweeping set of tobacco rules Thursday that would regulate electronic cigarettes, cigars and other products for the first time, despite resistance from industry groups that say the new rules would be… Continue reading
May 04 Watch 53:46 PBS NewsHour full episode May 4, 2016 By PBS News Hour Wednesday on the NewsHour, three presidential candidates remain after Bernie Sanders scores an upset in Indiana and Donald Trump emerges as the presumptive GOP nominee. Also: The U.S. role in fighting ISIS, why half of teenagers say they’re addicted to… Continue watching
May 04 Watch 5:44 Is fatal medical error a leading cause of death? By PBS News Hour The CDC does not list “medical error” as a cause of death in its annual mortality statistics. But according to researchers from Johns Hopkins University, medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the nation. Hari Sreenivasan talks… Continue watching
May 03 Shkreli’s old company is sued for breaching sales contract for Daraprim By Ed Silverman, STAT Turing Pharmaceuticals is being sued for more than $20 million by the drug maker that sold it the rights to Daraprim. Continue reading
May 02 Watch 53:48 PBS NewsHour full episode May 2, 2016 By PBS News Hour Monday on the NewsHour, what the Indiana primary means for candidates trying to wrestle away delegates from the front-runners. Also: Amy Walter and Tamara Keith talk politics, how global terrorism has changed since Osama Bin Laden’s death, Howard Buffett’s plan… Continue watching
May 02 Watch 3:10 This is what it’s like to be arrested while suffering mental illness By PBS News Hour Paton Blough has two labels he will have to bear for the rest of his life: “bipolar” and “convicted felon.” Having been arrested during his delusional episodes, Blough uses his experiences to help train police officers in crisis management when… Continue watching
May 02 Watch 10:40 How farmer-philanthropist Howard Buffett is planting hope in Africa By PBS News Hour Howard Buffett, son of billionaire Warren Buffett, has an ambitious life goal: ending world hunger. As a farmer and philanthropist, his focus is on reviving African agriculture, which has suffered massive production failures. In collaboration with The Atlantic, Judy Woodruff… Continue watching
Apr 30 Watch 2:55 Teen birthrate reaches all-time low, CDC report says By PBS News Hour The teenage birthrate has reached an all-time low. During the last 25 years the teen birthrate has plummeted from 62 births per one thousand teenage women to 24 per thousand, according to a report released this week by the CDC. Continue watching
Apr 30 Was Walt Whitman a follower of the ‘Paleo’ diet? By Kamala Kelkar The celebrated American poet was not a fan of vegetarians. Continue reading
Apr 29 U.S. records first Zika death; Congress breaks without decision on emergency funds By Nsikan Akpan The United States has reported its first Zika-related death in Puerto Rico. The Zika virus also was spotted in tiger mosquitoes, a species with a broad range in the U.S. Continue reading