Oct 19 Why some prescription drugs are so expensive By Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News The news last month that Turing Pharmaceuticals had raised the price of a drug by 5,000 percent renewed a public conversation about how drug prices are set in the U.S. Continue reading
Oct 18 Watch 1:55 Organizers scrap viral tests of Rio’s sewage-filled waters ahead of Olympics By PBS News Hour The organizers of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, said this week they do not plan to test the human sewage-laden waterways that will be home to aquatic events for viruses that athletes fear could make them… Continue watching
Oct 16 What a year of tracking my sleep taught me about sleep By Hari Sreenivasan It’s 3:45 a.m. as I write this. More than half of Americans surveyed this spring report very good or good sleep quality. Not me. Depending on when you ask, I’d probably fall into the 36 percent who rate their… Continue reading
Oct 16 Dementia also takes toll on unpaid caregivers, study shows By Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News Unpaid caregivers and family members spend more than 100 hours a month, on average, assisting elderly people with dementia who live in the community and not in residential care or nursing homes, according to a new study. The time commitment… Continue reading
Oct 15 Scottish nurse now ‘critically ill’ after she recovered from Ebola By Joshua Barajas A Scottish nurse who recovered from Ebola nearly a year ago is now critically ill, the Royal Free Hospital in London said Wednesday. Continue reading
Oct 13 Is #NoBraDay actually raising breast cancer awareness? By Colleen Shalby Of the more than 150,000 tweets mentioning #NoBraDay that have surfaced over the past day, roughly 10 percent make any mention of “breast cancer,” the reason for the hashtag altogether. Continue reading
Oct 13 Do women need an annual pelvic exam? By Sandra G. Boodman, Kaiser Health News It’s the latest battle over screening: Should healthy women skip annual pelvic exams?… Continue reading
Oct 11 Watch 10:39 In car-centric Texas, cities reap economic boon from light rail By PBS News Hour Light rail train systems across the U.S. are growing by luring economic development around new tracks and stations. In Dallas and Houston, mass transit systems have spurred billions in development. Special Correspondent Karla Murthy reports in this installment of "Urban… Continue watching
Oct 10 Watch 1:31 Scientist who discovered HIV says achieving remission in patients may be ‘feasible’ By PBS News Hour More than 30 years after she identified one of the most pernicious viruses to infect humankind, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering HIV, is retiring. Barré-Sinoussi says even though a cure may never… Continue watching
Oct 08 For Gates, better training for front line workers key no matter the challenge By Kyla Calvert Mason Bill and Melinda Gates tell the PBS NewsHour's Gwen Ifill about lessons learned from their decade plus in philanthropy -- especially their reflections on work to end the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Continue reading