Health & Safety

As Trump Alters Affordable Care Act, Programs To Aid, Enroll Users Are Cut

8:04am October 15, 2017

by Renee Montagne

Washington is slashing funding to "navigator" programs that enroll people in health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. Some are being closed entirely, just weeks ahead of the enrollment period.

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Tape worm pills were once advertised as a way to stay thin.

'Quackery' Chronicles How Our Love Of Miracle Cures Leads Us Astray

8:04am October 15, 2017

by April Fulton

Tobacco enemas? Mercury pills? Ice pick lobotomies? A new book explains how throughout history, miracle "cures" often didn't just fail to improve people's health, they maimed and killed.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says he is joining with peers in California and several other states to file a lawsuit to protect the insurers' subsidies.

Health & Safety

Trump Decision to End Insurance Subsidies Sparks Outrage, Lawsuits

5:58pm October 14, 2017

by Alison Kodjak

Several state attorneys general say they'll sue to protect the subsidies that help defray costs for low-income consumers. Many physician groups say they oppose the administration's action.

Zainabu Hamayaji went to extreme lengths to protect her family from being abducted by Boko Haram.

To Save Her Children, She Pretended To Be Crazy

4:27pm October 14, 2017

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

Zainabu Hamayaji went to extraordinary lengths to protect her 10 children from being abducted by Boko Haram.

The post-fire entryway of the Anova school, which was located in Santa Rosa's Luther Burbank Center for the Arts.

A School For Kids With Autism Copes With Fire's Physical And Emotional Damage

11:47am October 14, 2017

by Devin Katayama

Dealing with a fire or other natural disaster is hard on anyone, from evacuation to aftermath. And people with physical or developmental disabilities have particular needs, say emergency planners.

White House Actions Could Undermine ACA's Insurance Markets

8:02am October 14, 2017

by Alison Kodjak

President Trump has vowed to get rid of the Affordable Care Act. But with Congress failing to do that, Trump took action this week that could hurts the program.

A 19-year-old woman talks with nurse Valeria Zafisoa at a traveling contraception clinic in eastern Madagascar run by the British nonprofit group Marie Stopes International.

U.S. Slashes Funds For Family Planning In Madagascar

7:00am October 14, 2017

by Jason Beaubien

The Trump administration has cut off funding to international groups that perform or promote abortion. That could mean a shutdown of family planning clinics in the African island.

People in the March for Life near the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 27.

Health & Safety

New Rule On Moral Objections To Contraception Aimed At 2 Groups

6:00am October 14, 2017

by Julie Rovner

The administration's decision to allow some employers to bypass a requirement to provide no-cost contraceptives to women on moral grounds would benefit specific anti-abortion groups.

One of the most famous African dog breeds, the basenji is closely related to street dogs found throughout West Africa.

Dogs And People Have More In Common Than You Might Think

5:46pm October 13, 2017

by Michaeleen Doucleff

It looks like dog DNA has evolved in lockstep with our DNA. A new study finds evidence in Nigeria's street dogs.

Week In Politics: Trump Announces End To Obamacare Subsidy Payments

5:28pm October 13, 2017

Ana Kasparian, host for The Young Turks network, and John Phillips of The Orange County Register, CNN, and KABC discuss the end of cost-sharing reduction subsidies by the government.

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