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Can’t Pay Medical Bills? Trump Administration Suggests Getting a Loan16:20 One-third of Americans shoulder health care debt. Insurers are being asked to consider lending money to Obamacare consumers who can’t afford higher deductibles. The Researcher Who Didn’t Want to Know15:48 Her decades of work on Huntington’s disease helped lead to the creation of a genetic test for the devastating condition. Why didn’t she take it herself? A Newer Approach to Editing Embryos Ignites Debate15:16 Fertility specialists, biotech companies and ethicists are divided over whether progress in early gene editing would wipe out diseases or trigger a rush toward enhancement. Medicare Advantage Plans Often Deny Seniors Access to Special Care, Analysis Shows6:07 Two reports by U.S. investigators reveal how Medicare Advantage is quick to reject requests for short-term nursing home or inpatient rehab services. ‘Clumsy Diplomacy': Inside the U.S.-Kenya Feud Over an Ebola Camp10.června Hundreds of Kenyans have marched through the streets to oppose a quarantine facility that would be reserved exclusively for American patients. Have a Thorny Medical Question? Your Doctor May Be Using A.I. for That.8.června OpenEvidence, a fast-growing start-up, is using artificial intelligence to help doctors find answers to clinical questions for diagnosis and treatment. Robert Coles, Pulitzer-Winning Child Psychiatrist, Is Dead at 978.června His five-volume “Children of Crisis” series, published between 1967 and 1977, drew on his conversations with American children whose voices were not often heard. RFK Jr. Appears Disengaged on Many Health Department Matters Beyond Vaccines7.června Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has demonstrated little interest in managing his sprawling department as he focuses on food and vaccine policies, according to colleagues. YouTuber and Wife Ended Pregnancy After Down Syndrome Diagnosis. They Got Death Threats.6.června After Jesse Ridgway, a popular YouTuber, and his wife, Ashley, revealed the news, death threats followed. Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway Is Placed on Lung Transplant List5.června News of Crown Princess Mette-Marit’s worsening condition comes as a number of scandals have plunged the royal family into a deep crisis. How Gold Is Driving the Spread of Ebola5.června Mining has been the lifeblood of this remote Congolese hill town for decades. Now, it is fueling the spread of a devastating outbreak. In a First, Scientists Precisely Edit Human Embryo Genes5.června Researchers relied on a newer gene-editing technique that may make it possible to engineer embryos, a prospect that has long alarmed bioethicists. Bernard Roizman, Virologist Who Demystified Herpes, Dies at 964.června He mapped the herpes simplex virus genome, revealing how it invades cells. His work also helped lay the groundwork for potential vaccines and gene therapies. |