Jul 10 People with disabilities denied voting rights, group says By Michael R. Blood, Associated Press LOS ANGELES — At a time when election officials are struggling to convince more Americans to vote, advocates for the disabled say thousands of people with autism spectrum disorder, cerebral palsy and other intellectual or developmental disabilities have been systematically… Continue reading
Jul 09 Watch California school integrates play with learning By PBS News Hour At first glance, it might seem like the students who attend the private K-12 New Roads School in Santa Monica, California, are simply playing video and computer games all day. But these students are actually taking part in a new… Continue watching
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