Health

Funding for children's health insurance at risk

By PBS News Hour

A Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, was created in 1997 to give insurance to children whose guardians make too much money for Medicaid, but not enough to afford it on their own. Last year, nearly 9 million were enrolled,…

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Urban noise pollution is worst in poor and minority neighborhoods and segregated cities

By Joan A Casey, Peter James, Rachel Morello-Forsch, The Conversation

Nationwide, neighborhoods with higher poverty rates and proportions of black, Hispanic and Asian residents have higher noise levels than other neighborhoods.

Senate Republicans say they'll push ahead with plan to repeal Obamacare

By Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell intends to bring up a GOP health care bill on the Senate floor next week. That's according to McConnell's spokesman, David Popp. The legislation by Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Bill Cassidy of…

Column: Doctors have the power to help their patients thrive financially

By Andrea Levere

As your wealth declines, so, too, does your health. We all need to be a little more creative about how to tackle both, writes Andrea Levere, president of Prosperity Now.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.