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How Should Doctors Help Terminally Ill Patients Prepare for Death?
"You don’t have to spend much time with the elderly or those with terminal illness to see, over and over and over again, how medicine fails the people it is supposed to help," says renowned surgeon and author Dr. Atul Gawande.
October 17, 2014
Representatives Push for Travel Ban at Ebola Hearing
Following the death of the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S., members of Congress questioned officials from several government agencies about the U.S. response to the disease.
October 16, 2014
How Congress Has Tried to Regulate Antibiotic Use in Animals
It's not just the current Congress. For more than a decade, almost every proposed bill has failed.
October 14, 2014
What is the FDA Doing About the Problem?
For nearly 40 years, the FDA has struggled to rein in the use of antibiotics on America's farms. Now, it's trying a new approach.
October 14, 2014
How It's Different in Europe
In 2006, the E.U. banned certain kinds of antibiotic uses on the farm. But critics say there's no evidence that the restrictions have led to a decrease in drug-resistant infections in humans.
October 14, 2014
Inside an Early Attempt to Restrict Antibiotic Use on Farms
In 1977, then FDA Commissioner Donald Kennedy tried -- and failed -- to tackle the problem.
October 14, 2014
Can E. Coli in Supermarket Meat Cause UTIs?
There's been an increase in stubbornly hard-to-treat urinary tract infections, and Dr. Lance Price is testing to see whether supermarket meat may be the cause.
October 14, 2014
A New Season — and New Ways to Experience FRONTLINE
From your iPad to YouTube to Flipboard, we are where you are.
October 14, 2014
Courts Block Texas, Wisconsin Voter ID Laws
The decisions come amid a flurry of court challenges to laws that will affect how people vote in the November election.
October 10, 2014
Death by Fire: An Update
Did a Texas prosecutor cut a deal with a jailhouse informant that helped convict an innocent man?
October 7, 2014
Florida Gov. Opens New Investigation into O'Connell Death
Authorities initially concluded that Michelle O'Connell killed herself with a gun that belonged to her boyfriend, a deputy sheriff. A new special prosecutor will now take up the case.
October 3, 2014
Sharp Increase Seen in Sales of Antibiotics for Use in Farm Animals
The new data from the FDA comes amid concerns that their use is contributing to increasing drug-resistant infections in humans.
October 2, 2014