Apr 04 This boutique-style health plan offers yoga and free doctor visits By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News With little fanfare, UnitedHealthcare launched an independent subsidiary in January that offers unlimited free doctor visits and 24/7 access by phone. Every member gets a personal health coach. Mental health counseling is also provided, as are yoga and cooking classes,… Continue reading
Apr 03 Watch 9:09 How migrants and refugees are being welcomed in one tiny Italian village By PBS News Hour Starting tomorrow, the European Union plans to start sending back some of the 170,000 migrants and refugees who have made the dangerous journey by sea to Europe this year. Along another main migrant sea route from North Africa toward Italy,… Continue watching
Apr 02 Watch 3:29 In a first, doctors transplant organs between HIV-positive donor, recipients By PBS News Hour For the first time in the U.S., doctors performed successful surgeries that transplanted organs from one HIV-positive donor into two HIV-positive patients. Dr. Christine Durand of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss. Continue watching
Apr 01 Can Whoopi Goldberg's pot-infused bath soaks soothe menstrual cramps? By Megan Thielking, STAT Whoopi Goldberg has launched a line of marijuana-based bath products to soothe women’s menstrual pain, but is her solution backed by solid science?… Continue reading
Mar 31 Watch 4:46 News Wrap: Overpass collapses in India, killing more than 20 By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, at least 21 people died and 70 more were wounded in India when an overpass in Kolkata collapsed while under construction. Also, areas of the South were affected by severe thunderstorms, with one tornado in… Continue watching
Mar 31 President's task force aims to end discrimination in mental health coverage By Jenny Gold, Kaiser Health News Tucked in remarks the president made Tuesday on the opioid epidemic was his announcement of a new task force on mental health parity — aimed at ensuring that people with mental illnesses and substance abuse problems don’t face discrimination in… Continue reading
Mar 30 Watch 5:01 News Wrap: Newark to reform policing under DOJ agreement By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, the city of Newark, New Jersey, agreed to reform the way its police officers treat minorities under a settlement with the Justice Department. Also, President Obama commuted prison sentences for 61 drug offenders. Continue watching
Mar 30 How the transgender community finds a voice through speech therapy By Alexandra Sarabia Want to train a voice to align with a gender that is different than the one assigned at birth? Try this clinic. Continue reading
Mar 29 Watch 3:47 There was no wave of compassion when addicts were hooked on crack By PBS News Hour Faced with a rising national wave of opioid addiction and its consequences, families, law enforcement and political leaders around the nation are linking arms to save souls. But 30 years ago, it was a different story. Ekow Yankah, a Cardozo… Continue watching
Mar 29 Watch 53:56 PBS NewsHour full episode March 29, 2016 By PBS News Hour Tuesday on the NewsHour, an endorsement and a criminal charge dominate the campaign trail as attention turns to the Wisconsin primary. Also: Unions make an unlikely win at the Supreme Court, the FBI cracks a locked iPhone, Iraqi Christians take… Continue watching