Sep 30 Is your private health data safe in your workplace wellness program? By Jay Hancock, Kaiser Health News “The privacy issues are profound,” said Pam Dixon, executive director of the World Privacy Forum, an advocacy group. “If people are being asked to wear a biometric electronic device, or use a mobile app or work within a wellness program,… Continue reading
Sep 30 WHO says everyone with HIV should be treated By Gretchen Frazee The World Health Organization is recommending anyone infected with HIV begin treatment as soon as possible after diagnosis, making an additional nine million people eligible for treatment. Continue reading
Sep 29 Watch 7:08 Is profit or innovation driving the rising costs of drugs? By PBS News Hour Turing Pharmaceuticals sparked outcry when it raised the price of a single pill from $13 to $750. Judy Woodruff discusses the rising costs of prescriptions drugs with Dr. Peter Bach of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Dr. Thomas Stossel… Continue watching
Sep 29 Autism, puberty and one family's struggle to raise their teenage sons By Heidi de Marco, Kaiser Health News Puberty is causing chaos in Alexander’s once-predictable world. Continue reading
Sep 27 Watch 4:14 How data is helping asthmatics breathe easier By PBS News Hour Since 2012, an innovative project in Louisville, Kentucky, has been collecting data on hundreds of the city's asthmatics by attaching GPS trackers to their inhalers to help residents better manage their asthma, monitor air pollution and shape future public health… Continue watching
Sep 26 U.S. aims to cut HIV infections of young women in Africa By Julie Pace, Associated Press The Obama administration is announcing a $300 million program to drastically reduce HIV infections in girls and young woman in 10 sub-Saharan African nations hard hit by the virus. Continue reading
Sep 23 After controversy, pharmaceutical company will lower price of AIDS drug By Michelle Harven After outrage from the public and even presidential candidates, Turing Pharmaceuticals has announced it will reduce the price of the drug whose cost had previously increased by more than 5,000 percent practically overnight. Continue reading
Sep 22 Column: Parents, use this Lady Gaga video to talk to your sons about rape By Wendy Thomas Russell If you are the parent of a boy between the ages of 11 and 18, Lady Gaga has just given you a golden opportunity to talk about rape. And, not to put too fine a point on it, but what… Continue reading
Sep 22 U.S. pharmaceutical company raises price of AIDS medication by 5,000 percent By Alison Moore The price of Darapim, a 62-year-old medical treatment used by AIDS patients, has increased by more than 5,000 percent after being acquired by pharmaceutical company Turing Pharmaceuticals for $55 million on August 10. Continue reading