PBS News Hour - Health

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The latest medical news, analysis and reporting. (Updated periodically) PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Recent Episodes
  • What the new FDA commissioner says about possible restrictions on abortion medication
    Apr 24, 2025 – 2:02
  • Religious directives at Catholic hospitals complicate emergency care for pregnant women
    Apr 24, 2025 – 9:12
  • How the closure of EPA offices puts poor and minority communities at risk
    Apr 20, 2025 – 5:20
  • How synthetic braiding hair may be putting Black women’s health in jeopardy
    Apr 19, 2025 – 7:19
  • What research reveals about the rise in autism diagnoses and why vaccines aren’t the cause
    Apr 16, 2025 – 7:17
  • ‘Good science takes time’: Researcher skeptical autism cause will be found by September
    Apr 16, 2025 – 5:12
  • Why insurance companies are denying coverage for prosthetic limbs
    Apr 13, 2025 – 5:49
  • Why patients are getting hit with surprise hospital fees for routine medical care
    Apr 12, 2025 – 8:00
  • Man whose blood helped develop measles vaccine weighs in on recent outbreak
    Apr 8, 2025 – 5:52
  • Are gummy vitamins as effective as traditional vitamin pills?
    Apr 5, 2025 – 5:40
  • How private equity’s increasing role in health care is affecting patients
    Apr 2, 2025 – 8:21
  • CDC the latest federal agency to face leadership shakeup and cuts
    Mar 26, 2025 – 6:11
  • Why IUD insertions are painful for many patients and what can be done better
    Mar 23, 2025 – 6:07
  • Nurse reflects on struggles of working the frontlines during COVID
    Mar 21, 2025 – 4:09
  • The COVID pandemic’s lingering physical and mental toll, five years later
    Mar 9, 2025 – 8:31
  • What’s behind the growing measles outbreak and how the Trump administration is responding
    Mar 8, 2025 – 4:53
  • News Wrap: Nearly 200 people infected with measles in Texas
    Mar 7, 2025 – 6:24
  • Dementia risk in the U.S. after age 55 higher than previously thought, study finds
    Mar 1, 2025 – 6:52
  • Health officials concerned as FDA cancels meeting to update flu vaccines
    Feb 27, 2025 – 10:47
  • West Texas measles outbreak spreads amid vaccine hesitancy in some communities
    Feb 25, 2025 – 7:01
  • What Trump’s IVF executive order means for access to fertility assistance for Americans
    Feb 23, 2025 – 5:30
  • Epidemiologist analyzes Trump administration’s strategies against bird flu
    Feb 19, 2025 – 5:55
  • Examining the truth about fighting fires in California amid water management claims
    Feb 18, 2025 – 5:59
  • As winter swimming gains popularity, the benefits and risks of taking an icy plunge
    Feb 15, 2025 – 4:13
  • The possible long-term impact of Trump’s cuts to medical research funding
    Feb 11, 2025 – 9:32
Recent Reviews
  • Page Larkin
    Short, sweet, succinct
    Great five minutes of Health News.
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