Dec 17 Martin Shkreli, accused of drug price gouging, charged with securities fraud By News Desk Martin Shkreli, chief executive and founder of Turing Pharmaceuticals, was arrested at his Manhattan home Thursday morning and charged with securities fraud. Continue reading
Oct 21 Watch 2:23 Sobering stories of drug addiction in West Virginia By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares video of the day, high schoolers from one of our Student Reporting Labs attended a community forum in West Virginia on drug addiction. They share some personal stories from community members on how addiction has affected… Continue watching
Oct 21 Watch 7:50 Police, prosecutors call for fewer arrests of nonviolent offenders By PBS News Hour More than 130 law enforcement officials from around the country have gathered in Washington to push for reform. Chicago Police Department Superintendent Garry McCarthy and Benjamin David, district attorney from New Hanover and Pender Counties in North Carolina, talk with… Continue watching
Oct 19 Watch 6:58 How a police officer’s snap judgment saved NBA player Caron Butler By PBS News Hour To see Caron Butler on the basketball court today, you'd have little sense of how far this NBA player has come. As a young boy, he had the dream and the skills, but nearly threw it away for a life… Continue watching
Oct 07 Drug inmates with long line of offenses among those freed early By Eric Tucker, Associated Press Drug criminals once described by prosecutors as unrepentant repeat offenders are among those poised to benefit from new sentencing guidelines that are shrinking punishments for thousands of federal prisoners. 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 Watch 55:02 PBS NewsHour full episode September 29, 2015 By PBS News Hour Tuesday on the NewsHour, more than 60 nations commit to taking down the Islamic State. Also: How Russia will affect the war in Syria, how the Volkswagen scandal that led to a massive recall all began, what’s driving the high… Continue watching
Sep 15 Panel backs aspirin for heart health in only certain adults By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press A government task force says a daily low-dose aspirin could help certain people in their 50s and 60s prevent a first heart attack or stroke -- and they might get some protection against colon cancer at the same time. Continue reading
Sep 14 These new heart failure treatments show promise, but at a huge price By Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News Two new treatments for congestive heart failure cost too much in the short term and would drive up spending by insurers and government programs, a nonprofit group said in an analysis released Friday, just days after the same researchers took… Continue reading
Aug 17 White House launches initiative to combat heroin use By Associated Press The White House is launching a new $5 million initiative to combat heroin use and trafficking of the drug, particularly in states along the East Coast. Continue reading