Health Aug 12 Early study results suggest 2 Ebola treatments are saving lives The preliminary findings prompted an early halt to a major study on the drugs and a decision to prioritize their use in Congo, where a yearlong outbreak has killed more than 1,800 people. By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press
Health Jun 03 U.S. aims to help more cancer patients try experimental drugs Instead of making doctors plead their case first to companies and then to the FDA, the FDA will become the initial step and will assign a staffer to quickly do the paperwork. By Marilynn Marchione, AP Chief Medical Writer
Health Mar 26 Can new medications shift the battle against drug-resistant TB? Multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis kills nearly half its victims, even when treated with second-line drugs. Patients can beat it, but the road isn’t easy. By Caleb Hellerman, Janet Tobias, Global Health Reporting Center
Science Feb 03 Physicians, ethicists urge Congress not to pass ‘right-to-try’ legislation Dozens of doctors, medical ethicists, and lawyers are warning Congress that legislation to allow Americans with life-threatening conditions access to unapproved, experimental drugs risks harming patients’ health. By Ike Swetlitz, STAT
Jul 31 Watch 5:01 How long-lasting is promising Ebola vaccine protection? By PBS News Hour A clinical trial in Guinea found that an experimental vaccine was 75 to 100 percent effective in blocking new infections of the Ebola virus. Hari Sreenivasan speaks to Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health about the vaccine. Continue watching
Aug 21 Watch American doctor speaks out about his Ebola recovery By PBS News Hour The 33-year-old American doctor Kent Brantley was infected with the Ebola virus while working in a hospital in Liberia, but has reportedly made a full recovery. Standing alongside the medical team that treated him in Atlanta’s Emory University Hospital, Brantley… Continue watching
Aug 19 As Ebola fatalities hit 1,200, some victims on ZMapp show signs of recovery By Sarah Corapi The world’s worst outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus has now claimed the lives of more than 1,200 people, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. While the disease has carved a destructive path through several West African nations, Liberia recorded… Continue reading
Aug 12 Watch Is talk of ‘magic bullet’ Ebola treatments distracting from more important measures? By PBS News Hour Judy Woodruff leads a conversation with Lawrence Gostin of Georgetown Law and Jonathan Moreno of the University of Pennsylvania on using untested drugs to fight the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the possibility of a new experimental vaccine from Canada,… Continue watching
Aug 12 Watch WHO approves use of untested drugs to fight Ebola, but supply may be running out By PBS News Hour An ethics panel of the World Health Organization unanimously approved using untested drugs to treat Ebola in West Africa, where more than 1,000 people have died from the outbreak so far. A shipment of the U.S.-made drug ZMapp is expected… Continue watching