Nov 28 Watch 10:03 San Francisco bolsters anti-AIDS campaign with new funding By PBS News Hour NewsHour's John Carlos Frey reports in this updated segment on San Francisco's plan to zero out the number of new HIV infections. The city's public health officials, doctors, and activists have made huge strides battling the epidemic and are now… Continue watching
Nov 21 New Ebola cases hit Liberia months after nation declared free of virus By Andrew Mach Three new cases of Ebola emerged in Liberia this week, more than two months after the World Health Organization declared the country free of the deadly virus. Continue reading
Nov 18 Lab-grown vocal cords offer hope of treating voice disorders By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press Wednesday, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison reported the first lab-grown replacement vocal tissue that appears pretty close to the real thing — and that produced some sound when tested in voice boxes taken from animals. Continue reading
Nov 13 Goal of new produce safety rules: prevent illness outbreaks By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press The Obama administration wants you to eat your fruits and vegetables. They also want the produce to be safe. Continue reading
Oct 31 Watch 3:27 Breast cancer now as common among black women as white, report says By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 31 Trump to release plan aimed at improving veteran health care By Jill Colvin, Associated Press Donald Trump outlined an unreleased position paper to improve veterans' health care and other services on Saturday, as he faces continued criticism for failing to provide policy specifics. Continue reading
Oct 18 Watch 1:55 Organizers scrap viral tests of Rio’s sewage-filled waters ahead of Olympics By PBS News Hour The organizers of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, said this week they do not plan to test the human sewage-laden waterways that will be home to aquatic events for viruses that athletes fear could make them… Continue watching
Oct 16 What a year of tracking my sleep taught me about sleep By Hari Sreenivasan It’s 3:45 a.m. as I write this. More than half of Americans surveyed this spring report very good or good sleep quality. Not me. Depending on when you ask, I’d probably fall into the 36 percent who rate their… Continue reading
Oct 15 Watch 6:39 These hunter-gatherer tribes sleep less than you, and sleep better By PBS News Hour By studying the habits of three hunter-gatherer groups who live much the way humans have for thousands of years, a team of scientists is challenging conventional wisdom about how much sleep we need. Hari Sreenivasan goes to UCLA to learn… Continue watching
Sep 30 Is your private health data safe in your workplace wellness program? By Jay Hancock, Kaiser Health News “The privacy issues are profound,” said Pam Dixon, executive director of the World Privacy Forum, an advocacy group. “If people are being asked to wear a biometric electronic device, or use a mobile app or work within a wellness program,… Continue reading