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
Oct 08 Twitter chat: Addressing the mental health stigma By Jaclyn Diaz, Margaret Sessa-Hawkins For people living with a mental illness, factors such as isolation, stigma, delayed care and inadequate community support can be barriers to living well. Join @NewsHour for a Twitter chat to discuss these issues at 1 p.m. EDT Friday. Continue reading
Oct 06 Watch 7:08 Ann Romney on her battle with multiple sclerosis and the race for the White House By PBS News Hour Ann Romney, wife of former governor and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, had what appeared to be the perfect life. In her new memoir, "In This Together: My Story," she writes about what it was like grappling her identity after… Continue watching
Oct 03 Fiorina makes claims on Planned Parenthood a campaign centerpiece By Bill Barrow, Associated Press Republican presidential hopeful Carly Fiorina has spent the last two weeks repeating an erroneous description of videos secretly recorded by anti-abortion activists. That seems bound to continue as she makes her opposition to Planned Parenthood a centerpiece of her 2016… Continue reading
Oct 02 When a secret president ran the country By Dr. Howard Markel All during September of 1919, President Woodrow Wilson became thinner, paler and ever more frail. Unfortunately, the president refused to listen to his body. He had too much important work to do. Continue reading
Sep 30 Watch Giving millions more access to care, Medicaid expansion strains California's health system By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 30 Watch 5:32 American Academy of Pediatrics decides relationship with Coke is not so sweet By PBS News Hour Coca-Cola, the world's largest producer of sugary beverages, had been a partner and sponsor of the American Academy of Pediatrics. But the Academy is now ending its relationship after revelations that the company has paid for scientific research playing down… Continue watching