Jul 24 Has the moment for environmental justice been lost? By Talia Buford, ProPublica Facing Trump’s proposals for cutting programs that help minorities and the poor, Democrats scramble to make up for missed opportunities to protect them. Continue reading
May 17 Twitter Chat: Can healthy eating replace medicine? By Lora Strum Join us at 1 p.m. EDT on Thursday for an online conversation about using nutrition to treat obesity-related chronic conditions such as heart disease, stroke and Type 2 diabetes. Continue reading
May 08 5 healthy recipes that are doctor-approved By Mary Beth Durkin, Food4Thought Producer While filming a story on the growing movement to put teaching kitchens in doctors’ offices, we picked up some great recipes. Continue reading
Apr 30 Column: 5 questions to ask during your hospital stay By Elisabeth Rosenthal You can protect your financial health while in the hospital by asking the right questions. Continue reading
Apr 22 Cherokee Nation files lawsuit targeting CVS and other pharmacies in opioid crisis By Megan Thielking, STAT “These drug wholesalers and retailers have profited greatly by allowing the Cherokee Nation to become flooded with prescription opioids,” the lawsuit alleges. Continue reading
Apr 19 Hospital inspections, kept secret, may soon become public By Charles Ornstein, ProPublica The federal government has proposed requiring that accreditors release reports on the problems they find during hospital inspections. Right now, the reports are secret. Continue reading
Mar 17 Trump OKs changes in GOP health care bill, winning support By Alan Fram and Erica Werner, Associated Press President Donald Trump agreed to add fresh Medicaid curbs to the House Republican health care bill Friday, bolstering the measure with support from some conservative lawmakers but leaving its prospects wobbly. House leaders discussed other amendments calibrated to round up… Continue reading
Feb 16 House GOP struggles for consensus on replacing health law By Alan Fram, Associated Press House Speaker Paul Ryan told reporters Thursday that the GOP would deliver legislation to repeal and replace the ACA, but offered no details. Continue reading
Feb 11 In need of complex care, a Syrian child gets a second chance at a U.S. hospital By Hyacinth Empinado, STAT Jude and her family are refugees from Al-Thawrah, Syria, a town some 100 miles east of Aleppo. Their house was destroyed in a government airstrike in 2013. Continue reading
Feb 10 Watch 7:39 As HHS secretary, Tom Price has significant powers to change health care By PBS News Hour Tom Price, a Republican congressman from Georgia, was confirmed as the next secretary of health and human services overnight. The longtime opponent of the Affordable Care Act sees a smaller role for the federal government in health care. But his… Continue watching