Jan 07 New dietary guidelines come down hard on added sugars By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Some Americans may not have to cut back on eggs and salt as much as they once thought and eating lean meat is still OK. But watch the added sugars, especially the sugary drinks. Continue reading
Jan 07 Progress on reducing rate of uninsured Americans stalled in 2015 By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Going into President Barack Obama's last year in office, progress has stalled on reducing the number of uninsured Americans under his signature health care law, according to a major survey out Thursday. Continue reading
Jan 06 Watch 6:57 For children with disabilities, making the world a custom fit out of cardboard By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 06 3-month-old methane leak in Southern California declared state of emergency By Nsikan Akpan A methane leak in Southern California has released the equivalent of 700 million gallons of burned gasoline. Continue reading
Jan 06 Not just scribbles: How tots start learning text is symbolic By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Celebrate your child's scribbles. A novel experiment shows that even before learning their ABCs, youngsters start to recognize that a written word symbolizes language in a way a drawing doesn't — a developmental step on the path to… Continue reading
Jan 06 Having kids is exhausting, but these parents sleep the least By Laura Santhanam A new report reveals how little sleep single parents get compared to adults who either live in two-parent households or without children. Continue reading
Jan 05 Study finds gap in Medicaid’s efforts to help people stop smoking By Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News The 2010 federal health law has a provision that was supposed to make it easier for people on Medicaid to quit smoking. But in a number of states, it’s not, so far, having widespread success. Continue reading
Jan 04 Watch 7:54 Wounded vets can’t get help with in vitro fertilization costs By PBS News Hour U.S. military veterans who are having trouble starting families due to combat injuries do not get financial assistance from the V.A. for in vitro fertilization, leaving couples to pay for the costly treatments themselves. Efforts made in Congress to change… Continue watching
Jan 03 Watch 3:14 Financial incentives prompt rural hospitals to perform more surgeries—but at a greater risk By PBS News Hour An investigation by The Wall Street Journal found that surgeries performed at so-called critical access hospitals in mostly rural areas carry a greater risk of complications than those at general hospitals. And financial incentives lead the small facilities to perform… Continue watching
Jan 03 U.S. repeals meat labeling law after trade rulings against it By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press After more than a decade of wrangling, Congress repealed a labeling law last month that required retailers to include the animal's country of origin on packages of red meat. Continue reading