Dec 22 Study: Some cardiac arrest victims ignore warning symptoms By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press Sudden cardiac arrest may not always be so sudden: New research suggests a lot of people may ignore potentially life-saving warning signs hours, days, even a few weeks before they collapse. Continue reading
Dec 21 Watch 6:58 Popular health insurance co-ops ‘orphaned by politics’ By PBS News Hour As consumers rush to enroll in the insurance exchanges, one change that's complicating signups is that more than half of the state-run health co-ops -- an alternative to private insurers -- were forced to shut down this year. The government… Continue watching
Dec 21 Report: Home care workers need better job protections By Anna Gorman, Kaiser Health News A lack of oversight in the rapidly growing home care workforce could undermine new wage and labor gains for many of the nation’s 2 million workers, according to a report released Monday. Continue reading
Dec 21 Why health plans’ drug coverage can be confusing for consumers By Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News Patients getting chemotherapy or other complex medications may have a sudden panic when shopping for health insurance: Their drugs often don’t appear to be covered. Continue reading
Dec 20 Republicans change strategies on health care law By Michael D. Regan and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press Republican foes of President Barack Obama's health care law may be able to get more by chipping away at it than trying to take the whole thing down at once. Continue reading
Dec 19 Obama vetoes GOP attempt to reverse power plant regulations By Michael D. Regan President Barack Obama has vetoed two resolutions passed by Congress that would have halted climate change polices enacted earlier this year. Continue reading
Dec 18 Watch 1:33 This Detroit family’s life just changed By PBS News Hour After a recent report on how stress may be causing asthma among some kids, we share good news about one homeless Detroit family we profiled in partnership with The Detroit News. Continue watching
Dec 18 Deaths from drug overdoses reach record-high levels in 2014 By Joshua Barajas Nearly 50,000 people died from drug overdoses in the U.S. in 2014, a new record driven by the deaths of heroin addicts and people misusing prescription painkillers, new federal statistics showed. Continue reading
Dec 16 The dangers of texting while parenting By Laura Santhanam Picture this: A family vacation in the Caribbean. Powder white sand, turquoise waves. Eraina Reed’s son plays in the surf as the water washes over her feet. It’s peaceful, serene…and then… Bzzzt. Suddenly, Reed’s iPhone, which she happens… Continue reading
Dec 16 Spending bill would extend health care to 9/11 responders By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press First responders who rushed to the World Trade Center after the Sept. 11 attacks, spent weeks cleaning up the site and later became sick will have access to federal health benefits for the rest of their lives. Continue reading