Apr 24 Watch 1:19 Thirty years after Chernobyl disaster, families say children are getting sick By PBS News Hour It will be 30 years on Tuesday since the world's worst nuclear power plant disaster took place in Chernobyl, now part of Ukraine. People who remained in the region continued eating local produce and milk with radiation levels two to… Continue watching
Apr 24 One year later, mourning the victims of Nepal’s devastating quake By Michael D. Regan One year after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake flattened sections of Nepal, hundreds of mourners gathered Sunday in the country's capital city of Kathmandu to pay homage to the nearly 9,000 people killed in the catastrophe. Continue reading
Apr 22 Watch 6:25 What’s causing a rising rate of suicide? By PBS News Hour The national suicide rate has hit its highest point since 1986, according to statistics released by the Centers for Disease Control. Among middle-aged Americans, the gender gap narrowed between men and women who took their own lives. For 10 to… Continue watching
Apr 22 Suicide rate in U.S. on the rise, with spike for girls age 10-14 By Laura Santhanam After more than a decade of decline, the suicide rate in the United States climbed 24 percent to 13 out of 100,000 people between 1999 and 2014 with men far outpacing women, according to new data from the National Center… Continue reading
Apr 21 How Canada is working with indigenous peoples to prevent suicide By Laura Santhanam The Canadian government is working with indigenous communities to improve well-being and prevent suicide. Continue reading
Apr 20 Watch 8:51 To improve lifelong health, Memphis tries rooting out childhood trauma By PBS News Hour Childhood trauma such as abuse, neighborhood violence or the death of a parent has been found to lead to dire health and social problems later in life. How can communities intervene to spare future generations the same pain and illness?… Continue watching
Apr 20 Watch 53:14 PBS NewsHour full episode April 20, 2016 By PBS News Hour Wednesday on the NewsHour, trailing presidential candidates vow to fight on despite big losses in New York. Also: Where the race for the White House goes from here, adding Harriet Tubman to the $20 bill, the Supreme Court considers controversial… Continue watching
Apr 20 Watch 6:29 How do you beat a midlife slump? New book explores ways to thrive By PBS News Hour While the stereotypical “midlife crisis” is not that common, feelings of midlife malaise are very, very common, says NPR's Barbara Bradley Hagerty. In "Reimagined: The Science, Art, and Opportunity of Midlife," Hagerty examines what causes this existential slump and offers… Continue watching
Apr 19 Watch 7:37 Why safe drinking water is no safe bet for some U.S. schools By PBS News Hour It's not just Flint, Michigan. Over the past few decades, school districts in Los Angeles, New York City, Seattle, Washington and elsewhere have found higher than acceptable lead levels in their students’ drinking water due to old plumbing systems. The… Continue watching
Apr 19 UnitedHealthcare to exit all but ‘handful’ of Obamacare markets By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News UnitedHealthcare will operate only in a “handful” of health insurance exchanges in 2017, down from 34 states this year, company officials said Tuesday. Continue reading