3 Flu Deaths in Guilford County
Public health officials say a third person in Guilford County has died from the flu.
Health & Safety
Experimental Tool Uses Light To Tweak The Living Brain
An experimental technique called optogenetics is starting to change the way researchers look at the brain. The tool allows them to switch entire brain circuits on and off using light, and may help figure out what's going wrong in brain ailments from epilepsy to depression.
Helping Families Have The Most Difficult Conversation
The Conversation Project is encouraging families to discuss their end-of-life preferences before it's too late. Founder Ellen Goodman speaks with NPR's Linda Wertheimer about helping people initiate these conversations, and why they are so important.
Administration Extends Health Insurance Deadline Again
A midnight deadline to sign up for health coverage under the Affordable Care Act that starts Jan. 1 has been extended by a day. The White House describes the extension as an effort to accommodate people in different time zones.
Moral Monday Protestors Demand Medicaid Expansion
N.C. Moral Monday activists make a final push to gain Medicaid expansion.
How An Obscure Government Code — 834 — Became Big In 2013
The fate of insurance coverage for millions rests on a form called the 834, the government code for electronic files. It's a number that would never have become a big deal had HealthCare.gov rolled out smoothly in the fall.
HIV Treatment Keeps A Family Together And Growing In Kenya
When a Kenyan woman was diagnosed with HIV, she thought it meant the end of her marriage and her hopes to have children. But with the help of HIV therapy, Benta Odeny not only protects her husband from the virus, but she also has a healthy, HIV-negative daughter.
GlaxoSmithKline To Stop Paying Doctors To Promote Its Drugs
GlaxoSmithKline says it will stop paying doctors to speak on its behalf at conferences and will also stop paying for doctors to attend conferences where marketing takes place. The company is also changing the way it compensates its global sales force. Some of the changes will go into effect by early 2015, others will take a bit longer.
Another Setback for Targacept
Winston-Salem based Targacept has been dealt another blow.