Nov 26 Fewer plans, less choice for low-income seniors shopping Medicare drug coverage By Susan Jaffe, Kaiser Health News Next year, a premium increase may mean some low-income Medicare drug beneficiaries must pay a larger share for their medicine. Continue reading
Nov 25 Watch 6:38 Can you cook delicious meals on just $4 a day? By PBS News Hour Can someone receiving food stamp benefits eat well on an average budget of $4 per day? That was the simple question that Leanne Brown set out to answer as a student, and now it's the core of her new cookbook,… Continue watching
Nov 24 Liberian boy dies after new Ebola cases emerge By Joshua Barajas After a fresh round of Ebola cases were announced in Liberia last week, a 15-year-old boy has died of the disease, the first fatal case for the embattled country after it was twice declared Ebola-free this year, health officials said… Continue reading
Nov 23 Watch 3:48 3-D printers put limb prosthetics for kids in reach By PBS News Hour A professor from upstate New York is transforming the world for young people in need of limbs. WXXI's Innovation Trail offers his story in his own words. Continue watching
Nov 23 Watch How to grow an Ebola vaccine with a tobacco plant By PBS News Hour What looks like an ordinary greenhouse is actually an around-the-clock Ebola vaccine factory. At a facility in Kentucky, plants are being injected with a protein in order to spur them into producing one of the three antibodies used in the… Continue watching
Nov 23 For some people's diets, ice cream is … a good thing? By Alexandra Sarabia A new study finds a successful diet hinges less on what you eat and more on who you are. Continue reading
Nov 21 Skull of bear that inspired Winnie-the-Pooh on display in London museum By Andrew Mach The skull of the bear that inspired A.A. Milne’s much-loved character Winnie-the-Pooh is now on display at the Royal College of Surgeons’ Hunterian Museum in London. Continue reading
Nov 21 New Ebola cases hit Liberia months after nation declared free of virus By Andrew Mach Three new cases of Ebola emerged in Liberia this week, more than two months after the World Health Organization declared the country free of the deadly virus. Continue reading
Nov 19 Watch 54:29 PBS NewsHour full episode Nov. 19, 2015 By PBS News Hour Thursday on the NewsHour, French police confirm that the man who led the Paris attacks was killed in a violent raid on an apartment outside the city. How did he return to Europe from Syria without detection? Also: American politicians… Continue watching
Nov 19 4 innovative toilet designs to talk about on World Toilet Day By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins In honor of World Toilet Day, we have compiled a list of a few innovative toilet designs that show promise in helping to solve sanitation and ecological problems. Continue reading