Jan 16 Watch 5:22 What you need to know about this season's brutal flu By PBS News Hour This year's flu outbreak is the most widespread the Centers for Disease Control has ever seen. Doctor visits are climbing and pediatric deaths from the illness are up as well. What makes it so severe? Dr. Amber Robins of Georgetown… Continue watching
Dec 17 Watch 10:31 How an unregulated chemical entered a North Carolina community's drinking water By Sam Weber, Laura Fong One of about 85,000 chemicals registered in the United States are not tested for in drinking water. One of them is GenX, a man-made compound that manufacturing facilities have discharged into North Carolina’s Cape Fear River for decades. In the… Continue watching
Dec 16 Watch 10:39 Long Island residents worry their tap water is unsafe By Sam Weber, Laura Fong While most of the country’s tap water is tested for hundreds of pollutants, including volatile chemicals, pesticides, metals and bacteria, it is not always safe to drink. In the first of a two-part series, NewsHour Weekend’s Hari Sreenivasan reports from… Continue watching
Dec 10 Watch 3:46 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,… Continue watching
Oct 07 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. Continue reading
Sep 20 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… Continue reading
Jul 26 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. Continue reading
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