Jul 06 Watch Fungal disease 'Valley Fever' proves tricky to diagnose By PBS News Hour KVIE reports on Valley Fever, a fungal disease that is is not always taken seriously in its early stages -- and can be easily misdiagnosed. 40 percent of people who come down with symptoms are able to keep the fungus… Continue watching
Jul 05 FLOTUS ready to 'fight until the bitter end' on nutritious meals in school By Darlene Superville, Associated Press "The last thing that we can afford to do right now is play politics with our kids' health, especially when we're finally starting to see some progress on this issue," Mrs. Obama said at the White House. Continue reading
Jul 04 More than half of privately insured women get free birth control By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press Recent data from the IMS Institute document a sharp change during 2013. The share of privately insured women who got their birth control pills without a copayment jumped to 56 percent, from 14 percent in 2012. The law's requirement that… Continue reading
Jun 29 Watch Hospitals turning to data brokers for patient information By PBS News Hour A new report this week describes how hospitals are buying information from data brokers to determine how likely you are to get sick and what it may cost to treat you. For more on this Shannon Pettypiece of Bloomberg News… Continue watching
Jun 28 Watch Are generic drugs being delayed to market? By PBS News Hour Are generic drugs being delayed to market by so-called "pay for delay" deals between drug companies? The deals happen after generic drug companies challenge the patents on brand-name drugs. The settlements include a date that the generic drug can enter… Continue watching
Jun 28 Courts weigh in on generic drug delays By Megan Thompson In legal battles over drug patents, a brand-drug company will sometimes make a payment to a generic manufacturer that opponents allege is meant to delay the generic to market. Continue reading
Jun 26 Drink up -- New York City's soda ban is dead By Lorna Baldwin New York's highest court ruled Thursday not to reinstate a ban on big sodas. Continue reading
Jun 21 Watch 'Right to try' law gives terminal patients access to drugs not approved by FDA By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 02 Doctors turn to artificial intelligence when they're stumped By Daniela Hernandez, Kaiser Health News Tech titans like Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Apple already have made huge investments in artificial intelligence to deliver tailored search results and build virtual personal assistants. That approach is starting to trickle down into health care too, thanks in part… Continue reading
May 29 Better medical information needed on youth sports concussions, Obama says By Darlene Superville, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is a lover of games played on hard courts, baseball diamonds and in 10-yard increments. His two daughters are active in sports and, like many parents with children on athletic teams, he worries about their… Continue reading