Oct 20 Watch 5:08 Pilot oxygen backup system offers new hope for Ugandan hospitals plagued by power cuts By Fred de Sam Lazaro The pandemic is bringing new attention to a critical health care challenge plaguing many countries: A shortage or unreliable supply of medical oxygen. It’s also prompting many medical providers to look at ways to fix the problem. Special correspondent Fred… Continue watching
Oct 07 WATCH: Federal grand jury indicts 18 former NBA players for defrauding health care plan By Larry Neumeister, Tim Reynolds, Associated Press Eighteen former NBA players were charged Thursday with pocketing about $2.5 million illegally by defrauding the league's health and welfare benefit plan in a scam that authorities said involved claiming fictitious medical and dental expenses. Continue reading
Jun 18 Watch 6:19 Despite improving conditions, COVID will 'scar' a generation of health care workers By William Brangham On Thursday night, we looked at problems in Louisiana, where COVID-19 vaccination rates are lagging behind the rest of the country. William Brangham now turns focus to how vaccines have improved life dramatically in New York, but the toll on… Continue watching
Jun 17 Watch 5:11 In Louisiana, government skepticism is hurting vaccination rates. Will incentives help? By William Brangham While COVID-19 vaccination rates in some parts of the country are approaching nearly 70%, other areas are seeing rates flatten or even decline. As William Brangham reports, vaccinations in the southern U.S. have been especially slow, with no southern state… Continue watching
May 10 U.S. restores transgender health protections, reversing Trump policy By Associated Press The action by the Department of Health and Human Services affirms that federal laws forbidding sex discrimination in health care also protect gay and transgender people. Continue reading
May 03 WATCH: How the U.S. compares to the world on health care — a PBS NewsHour event By Dan Cooney, Vaishnavee Sharma What questions about affordable health care and the U.S. health care system would you like to hear answered? Send us your questions for our live event. Continue reading
Apr 21 Watch 4:22 The U.S. spends nearly $4 trillion on health care, but inequities still exist. Here's why. By William Brangham, Jason Kane The U.S. spends nearly $4 trillion on health care, yet inequities in care continue to persist. With 30 million Americans uninsured during the pandemic, is universal health care the answer? William Brangham explores the matter in our new documentary, "Critical… Continue watching
Apr 19 WATCH: 'Critical Care: America vs. the World' - A PBS NewsHour special By Jason Kane, William Brangham This broadcast is an update to NewsHour’s “The Best Health Care?” series which examined how high-income nations have achieved health care coverage for their populations at a much lower cost, with better outcomes. Continue reading
Apr 09 In rural areas with health care shortages, these doctors are answering the call By Corey Meador Despite some early hopes that isolation might protect rural areas of America from the worst of the pandemic, COVID-19 has infiltrated small communities in every corner of the country. And many of those places… Continue reading
Feb 24 Watch 12:24 With a history of abuse in American medicine, Black patients struggle for equal access By Yamiche Alcindor, Rachel Wellford, Bria Lloyd, Lizz Bolaji Black Americans have historically faced discrimination and even abuse by medical professionals, issues that have again come to the forefront during the pandemic. We here from Americans who have directly experienced discrimination, and Yamiche Alcindor speaks with Dr. Vanessa Northington… Continue watching