Health & Safety

News Brief: Health Care Deal, Travel Ban Blocked By Hawaii Judge

6:07am October 18, 2017

Senators reached a deal to stabilize the Affordable Care Act insurance markets for 2 years. President Trump's third executive order restricting travel from some countries to the U.S. has been blocked.

Senators Reach Deal To Stabilize ACA Insurance Markets For 2 Years

10:24pm October 17, 2017

by Alison Kodjak

The bipartisan agreement could help stabilize insurance premiums next year so that younger, healthier people will buy policies. President Trump has embraced it, but other GOP leaders have not.

One of many grocery stores in Venezuela where the shelves are bare. Even in regions such as Latin America that do well overall, there are glaring exceptions, such as Venezuela, where political turmoil has created massive price inflation and food shortages

Health & Safety

Why World Hunger Isn't Going Away As Fast As We'd Hoped

5:10pm October 17, 2017

by Nurith Aizenman

There have been decades of progress in the fight against hunger. But the rosy numbers don't tell the whole story.

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Macaques are social animals, whether in a group enclosure like this one at the Gelsenkircen zoo in western Germany, or in the wild. But many research monkeys are still housed in separate cages.

Scientists Push To House More Lab Monkeys In Pairs

5:01pm October 17, 2017

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

Enhancing a research monkey's life by housing it with a pal often doesn't hurt the study, says a researcher who's done it. In her own experience, she says, "it actually helped to improve the science."

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Bipartisan Health Care Bill Aims To Stabilize Individual Market And Keep Premiums Down

5:01pm October 17, 2017

by Susan Davis

Senators leading bipartisan health care talks say they have a deal to restore subsidies to insurers that President Trump announced last week that he was ending. But it's not clear whether it can pass.

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Trump Still Hasn't Fulfilled Promise To Declare Opioid Epidemic As A National Emergency

5:01pm October 17, 2017

by Tamara Keith

President Trump's nominee to head the Drug Enforcement Administration pulled out amid controversy. This leaves Trump without a permanent heads at Department of Health and Human Services and the DEA. All the while, his promised declaration of a national emergency on opioids has yet to materialize.

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After Taking On Big Tobacco 20 Years Ago, Former Mississippi AG Is Trying Again With Opioids

5:00pm October 17, 2017

When Mike Moore was Mississippi's attorney general, he spearheaded the 50-state lawsuit against Big Tobacco. Now, he's trying to do the same thing against opioid manufacturers and distributors.

Fireworks are set off on the eve of last year's Diwali festival.

Fear Of Toxic Smog Leads India To Limit Diwali Fireworks

3:57pm October 17, 2017

by Julie McCarthy

The festival has been blamed for cloaking New Delhi and other cities in an unhealthy haze, but the solution has drawn plenty of criticism.

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Deputy U.S. Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announces the indictment of two Chinese nationals for conspiring to distribute fentanyl in a news conference at the Justice Department on Tuesday.

Justice Department Indicts 2 Chinese Nationals In Synthetic Opioid Case

3:20pm October 17, 2017

by Ryan Lucas

Among the charges is conspiracy to distribute large quantities of fentanyl, a significant factor in the opioid crisis. Every year, thousands of Americans overdose on the drug.

Piece By Piece: The End Of Obamacare

2:27pm October 17, 2017

With the enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act fast approaching and the president pushing forward on his promise to dismantle it, what's at stake?