Oct 16 First nurse to contract Ebola in Dallas being flown to Maryland By Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The revelation that a second Dallas nurse who is ill with Ebola was cleared to fly the day before her diagnosis raised new alarms as leaders of the nation's public health system prepared to defend their efforts to… Continue reading
Oct 11 Ebola airport screenings may seem intrusive, but they're legal, experts say By Eric Tucker, Associated Press The government's authority to screen airline passengers for potential Ebola exposure and order them quarantined if necessary is far-reaching and rooted in the Constitution and federal law, public health experts say. Continue reading
Oct 11 Would you switch your favorite drink if it cost more? By William Brangham, Elisabeth Ponsot As San Francisco considers a tax on sugary beverages, NewsHour Weekend spoke with residents as they bought their favorite drinks. We asked: if the price of their beverage of choice increased, would it change their consumption behavior?… Continue reading
Oct 10 Highly effective, long-acting contraceptives still don't get full coverage in many health care plans By Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News New research suggests that teenagers are more likely to choose long-acting contraceptives when cost is removed from the equation. And free coverage of such methods is required by the health law. But now, a study has found that free coverage… Continue reading
Oct 08 Watch Meet the disease detectives tracking Ebola at the CDC By PBS News Hour Go inside the Emergency Operations Center at the CDC, the information hub where doctors and scientists are at the front lines of the effort to contain and control the Ebola virus. Special correspondent Kathleen McCleery reports from Atlanta on the… Continue watching
Oct 06 Watch Fifth American Ebola victim returns to U.S. for treatment - Part 1 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 03 Watch A doctor's argument against living longer By PBS News Hour Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, an oncologist and one of the country's leading health care experts, says by age 75 he would opt out of medical treatments in order to not prolong his life in favor of letting nature take its course. Continue watching
Sep 23 National Institute of Health will examine 'effect of sex' in preclinical testing By Ashira Morris Preclinical scientific research is done primarily on male subjects. This inequality obscures results and can be dangerous for women, who experience both illness and treatment differently than men. Continue reading
Sep 18 White House orders government plan to combat antibiotic resistance By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Signaling the seriousness of the threat posed by antibiotic-resistant germs, President Barack Obama on Thursday ordered the government to create a national plan to fight them by early 2015. Continue reading
Sep 17 Why more Americans need to broach end-of-life conversation By Jenny Gold, Kaiser Health News It is time for conversations about death to become a part of life. That is one of the themes of a 500-page report, titled "Dying In America," released Tuesday by the Institute of Medicine. Continue reading