Jul 09 Sixth graders ditch traditional lessons to create video game businesses By April Brown It took seven people to create the “Golden Medallion” spy adventure video game and its advertising campaign. They did their own coding, conducted a beta test, created a website, a commercial and an instagram feed, and they came up with… Continue reading
Jul 04 Dissenting justices argue Wheaton contraception decision ‘undermines confidence’ in Supreme Court By Mark Sherman, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- A divided Supreme Court on Thursday allowed, at least for now, an evangelical college in Illinois that objects to paying for contraceptives in its health plan to avoid filling out a government document that the college says would… Continue reading
Jun 30 Watch Pediatric cancer survivors face lifetime of health challenges By PBS News Hour Thanks to better treatments, more people are surviving cancer. But those treatments come with a downside: Survivors, especially those who got sick as children, are at greater risk for other significant health issues later. The NewsHour's Cat Wise profiles a… Continue watching
Jun 27 Watch Fixing the disconnect between Medicare and Medicaid to serve the most vulnerable Americans By PBS News Hour Providing long term care at a reasonable cost — especially for low-income Americans who are elderly or have disabilities — has long been a challenge in the U.S. In California, long term care providers are coordinating in order to tackle… Continue watching
Jun 26 Senators call for training, legislation to improve handling of campus sexual assault By Kyla Calvert Mason The Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee spent Thursday morning in a hearing about how campuses handle reporting sexual crimes and how they can better be prevented from Department of Education officials, students and sexual violence prevention advocate. Continue reading
Jun 25 Watch Supreme Court limits law enforcement cell phone searches, TV signal streaming By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 22 Great white shark population on the rise after years of decline By Xander Landen Although there are now more great whites swimming in U.S. waters, they are still rarely spotted by humans. There have been only 649 confirmed sightings of the great white between 1800 and 2010. Continue reading
Jun 22 Lawmakers concerned chocolate e-cigarettes may lure teens By Vic Pasquantonio As of January of this year, there were more than 460 e-cigarette brands available for purchase online, and around 7,700 flavors, including Swedish fish, roasted marshmallow and vanilla cupcake. Continue reading
Jun 18 Watch Searching for the holy grail of snake bite antidotes By PBS News Hour Although snake bites are rarely fatal in the United States, every year about 100,000 people die worldwide after being bitten by venomous snakes. A California doctor has developed a nasal spray treatment that may be able to help some snake… Continue watching