Mar 13 How health care inequity could make the COVID-19 crisis worse By Isabella Isaacs-Thomas A notable range of factors, including income and immigration status, significantly impact who has access to affordable health care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Continue reading
Mar 11 Sanders banked on young voters. Here’s how the numbers have played out By Courtney Vinopal The independent Vermont senator’s progressive platform did appeal to a majority of young voters in many of Tuesday’s primary races. But they did not turn out in as high numbers as older voters did. Continue reading
Feb 25 Democrats debate whether Medicare for All is liability in 2020 election By Associated Press Former South Bend, Ind., mayor Pete Buttigieg says the cost of Bernie Sanders’ health care plan “adds up to four more years of Donald Trump.”… Continue reading
Feb 25 Long-term survivors of HIV/AIDS reflect on what they’ve witnessed and endured By Grace Birnstengel, Next Avenue "Those of us who are longtime survivors — there are other things popping up now because we weren’t expected to live this long," one HIV survivor said. Continue reading
Feb 20 How the psychology of a $4.99 price tag might influence who undergoes heart surgery By Eric Boodman, STAT The older you get, the likelier it is that an operation’s risks outweigh the benefits. Yet to arbitrarily — and perhaps, unknowingly — fixate on the threshold at which patients pass from their 70s into their 80s seems like an… Continue reading
Feb 04 WATCH: Democrats chant ‘HR 3,’ the drug costs act that died in Senate By Associated Press "H.R. 3! H.R. 3!" chanted Democrats, jumping to their feet Tuesday night, holding up three fingers. Continue reading
Jan 14 Democrats revive debate over which kind of health care system is best By Associated Press Joe Biden suggested that Bernie Sanders wasn’t being “candid” with voters over the cost of his single-payer insurance idea. Continue reading
Jan 08 Watch 9:25 How a growing trove of genetic data is informing medical breakthroughs By Miles O'Brien Individualized medicine, in which treatments are customized based on a patient’s unique DNA, is a rising field. Along with an ever-expanding genetic database, it offers tantalizing promise for solving some of medicine's most daunting challenges. But individualized medicine also carries… Continue watching
Jan 07 Watch 9:17 Bernie Sanders on Iran, health care and Democratic electability By Judy Woodruff, Candice Norwood As President Trump's decision to kill a prominent Iranian general continues to draw scrutiny, what does Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, a candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, think of the move? Sanders joins Judy Woodruff to explain why the… Continue watching
Dec 30 Are health care claims overblown about artificial intelligence? By Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News Many health industry experts fear AI-based products won’t be able to match the hype. Continue reading