• At a resurrected climate conference, concerns loom that CDC scientists may be silenced

    At a resurrected climate conference, concerns loom that CDC scientists may be silenced

    Feb 18, 2017 04:30 PM EDT

    ... climate change including the recent increase in natural disasters and the spread of infectious diseases. READ NEXT: Climate change is speeding up the spread of Lyme disease “Walls will not keep these pathogens out,” Jha said to the audience. “No borders are going to protect us. That’s what awaits ...

  • How CRISPR gene editing puts scientists in the driver's seat of evolution

    How CRISPR gene editing puts scientists in the driver's seat of evolution

    Jan 06, 2017 12:24 AM EDT

    ... running up in Nantucket trying to target Lyme disease. Can you explain what they're hoping to do there? MICHAEL SPECTER: Mostly, people think about Lyme disease in deer. And there is a relationship. But the real reservoir for Lyme is the white-footed mouse. At Kevin Esvelt at MIT ...

  • Meet the mite, the tiny bugs in your mattress, your tea and on your face

    Meet the mite, the tiny bugs in your mattress, your tea and on your face

    Sep 02, 2016 05:11 PM EDT

    ... representing more than 10 thousand species. NewsHour paid a visit to the facility to see what’s under everyone’s skin. Ticks -- the blood-sucking, Lyme disease-carrying subclass cousin of mites -- are considered the largest of the kind, but most mites are much smaller. The tiniest mite on record ...

  • There's a story living in your beer's DNA

    There's a story living in your beer's DNA

    Jul 10, 2015 06:18 PM EDT

    ... focused on grey and Hawaiian monk seals, and studied the animals’ DNA, which she extracted from their tissue and fecal matter. But a diagnosis of Lyme disease crippled her immune system and derailed her scientific career. It was during her eventual recovery that she opened the small business with her ...

  • How Dr. Heimlich got his maneuver 40 years ago

    How Dr. Heimlich got his maneuver 40 years ago

    Jun 16, 2014 02:00 PM EDT

    ... Editor’s note: Heimlich still insists that his method works for drowning victims.) For decades, Dr. Heimlich also advocated treating patients with cancer, HIV and Lyme disease by infecting them with malaria but both his theories and research on this issue have long since been discredited by other scientists and ...

  • News Wrap: Volcanic eruption in Indonesia forces evacuation of 100,000

    News Wrap: Volcanic eruption in Indonesia forces evacuation of 100,000

    Feb 15, 2014 01:23 AM EDT

    ... a series of coastal towns today. JOHN RAY: It is unrelenting, barely a chance to catch your breath between crushing waves. From Chesil Beach to Lyme Regis and beyond, the wild southwest wet and windy, with worse still to come. You might watch in awe of nature, but much wiser ...

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    School Shooter: 'My Grand Plan Was Suicide by Cop'

    Feb 18, 2013 11:10 PM EDT

    In 2001, Andy Williams opened fire on his high school campus, killing two and wounding 13. In a recent phone call with science correspondent Miles O'Brien, he reflects on that shooting from California's Ironwood State Prison.

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    New Poll Reveals Stakes for Wednesday's Debate

    Oct 01, 2012 01:05 PM EDT

    Mitt Romney campaigns last week in Wayne, Pa. Photo by Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images. Heading into Wednesday night's debate, President Obama holds a narrow lead over Mitt Romney nationally and a more sizeable advantage in the battleground states that will ultimately decided the November election. According to the latest Washington Post/ABC News...

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    Advisory Panel: Essential Health Benefits Package Must Be Affordable

    Oct 07, 2011 02:21 PM EDT

    The government moved a step closer Friday toward defining what "essential benefits" would be offered by companies selling coverage to millions of Americans in new insurance exchanges. In a 297-page report, the Institute of Medicine, a federal advisory panel, laid out criteria and methods the Department of Health and Human Services should use in developing...

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    Baker: The Best Econ Books I've Read Recently

    Mar 10, 2010 07:27 PM EDT

    This week, we are running guest posts from some of our favorite economists about the best economics book they’ve read in recent months. Dean Baker: Amidst all the tracts on health care written by policy wonks in the last couple of years, people are likely to find Sick and Tired: How America’s Health Care System...