Mar 17 Report: 16.4 million Americans gained health insurance under Obamacare By Julie Rovner, KFF Health News Those gaining insurance since 2010 include 2.3 million young adults aged 18 to 26 who were able to remain on their parents’ health insurance plus another 14.1 million adults who obtained coverage through expansions of the Medicaid program, new marketplace… Continue reading
Mar 17 Can countries survive their move to the middle class? By Larisa Epatko HANOI, Vietnam -- Vietnam has pulled itself up economically over the decades. One of the consequences? Diminishing donor funds. Continue reading
Mar 17 What it's like to be a midwife in one of the most remote parts of Vietnam By Larisa Epatko DIEN BIEN PHU, Vietnam — Quang Thi Un, 29, said she didn’t give much thought to becoming a midwife or really any line of work until her brother, a teacher, sent her to a new midwifery training program in Vietnam. Continue reading
Mar 16 Watch 6:58 Why home care workers struggle with low wages By PBS News Hour With most aging Americans wanting to stay in their own homes, the need for in-home caregivers is skyrocketing. But unlike most other jobs, there's no federal guarantee that these workers get minimum wage or overtime. Special correspondent Kathleen McCleery reports… Continue watching
Mar 16 App's terms of service give away your SSN, medical history By Daniel Costa-Roberts Do you know what you’re agreeing to when you click “I agree” on a website’s terms of service form?… Continue reading
Mar 15 South Korea announces app to combat student suicide By Daniel Costa-Roberts In an effort to curb the country's student suicide problem, South Korea's education ministry announced a smartphone app designed to screen students' social media posts, messages and web searches for words related to suicide, AFP reported Friday. Continue reading
Mar 14 USDA: Strain of highly contagious bird flu detected in Kansas By Daniel Costa-Roberts The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced that a strain of highly contagious bird flu was detected in a poultry flock in Leavenworth County, Kansas, the latest flare-up in a multistate outbreak threatening U.S. poultry producers. Continue reading
Mar 14 Nearly sold to pay off debt, Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo art on view in Detroit By Carey Reed An exhibition celebrating Mexican artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo is set to open in Detroit on Sunday, featuring artwork that was almost sold at auction last year to help pay off the city's crippling debt. Continue reading
Mar 14 New sign-up window under health care law opens tomorrow By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press Several million people hit with new federal fines for going without health insurance will get a second chance to sign up starting Sunday, and that could ease the sting of rising penalties for being uninsured. But as the enrollment window… Continue reading
Mar 12 Efforts to instill empathy among doctors is paying dividends By Sandra G. Boodman, Kaiser Health News The patient was dying and she knew it. In her mid-50s, she had been battling breast cancer for years, but it had spread to her bones, causing unrelenting pain that required hospitalization. Jeremy Force, a first-year oncology fellow at Duke… Continue reading