AP (Aug. 25, 2016) In Iran, a unique system allows people to buy and sell kidneys. The program has been championed by some Western doctors as a way to cut time for lifesaving transplants. However, some ethicists worry about taking advantage of the poor. (Aug. 16)
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Reuters - News Video Online (Aug. 24, 2016) It's acquiring part of AstraZeneca's antibiotics business for about $1.5 billion. As Fred Katayama reports, Pfizer has been on a shopping spree of late before it decides whether to split the company.
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Newsy (Aug. 24, 2016) These microbeads are reportedly a danger to the environment and human health.
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Newsy (Aug. 24, 2016) Only three other people in the U.S. have survived a Naegleria fowleri infection in the past 50 years.
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AP (Aug. 24, 2016) Now FDA-approved, the process of genetically engineered mosquitoes mating with wild mosquitoes in order to produce sterile offspring is being considered by mosquito officials in the Florida keys. (Aug. 23)
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AP (Aug. 24, 2016) More than one thousand residents of an Indiana public housing complex have been in a state of panic and uncertainty since authorities informed them that their homes must be destroyed because of lead contamination. (Aug. 24)
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Reuters - Innovations Video Online (Aug. 24, 2016) Children with muscular diseases could have their strength boosted by a new wearable device designed by Royal College of Art graduate Xinyang Tan. Liane Wimhurst reports.
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AP (Aug. 24, 2016) The pharmaceutical company that manufactures EpiPens is facing scrutiny for hiking prices on the life-saving allergy injection pens. Tonya Winders, CEO of the Allergy & Asthma Network, says the pricing needs to be adjusted. (Aug. 24)
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Reuters - Innovations Video Online (Aug. 24, 2016) A cognitive psychologist in Montreal wanted to see how the musical mind responds to different compositions, so he looked inside Sting's brain.
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AP (Aug. 24, 2016) Inspectors in Tampa are putting anti-mosquito pellets in pools and standing water around empty homes. This comes after Florida officials announced five new Zika cases, one of them in the Tampa Bay region. (Aug. 24)
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Newsy (Aug. 24, 2016) In a new study, one kind of houseplant absorbed 94 percent of the acetone in the air.
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AP (Aug. 24, 2016) A Mississippi firefighter who received the world's most extensive face transplant after a burning building collapsed on him said Wednesday that he 'now has hope' for the first time in 15 years. (Aug. 24)
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Newsy (Aug. 24, 2016) A new software program aims to show the areas in developing countries that need clinics and other aid the most.
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Reuters - Innovations Video Online (Aug. 23, 2016) A newly developed eye test offers the hope of far earlier diagnosis of Parkinson's disease, a devastating condition usually discovered too late in patients for effective treatment. The non-invasive, inexpensive, diagnostic test could also be used to monitor how patients respond to treatment. Jim Drury reports.
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AP (Aug. 23, 2016) It's been just over a year since 9-year-old Zion Harvey received a double-hand transplant, and he said Tuesday what he really wants to do is play football. The nation's youngest hand transplant patient has been going through extensive rehab. (Aug. 23)
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Newsy (Aug. 23, 2016) Previous research might have underestimated that risk by up to 60 percent.
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Reuters - Innovations Video Online (Aug. 23, 2016) Norwegian researchers have developed a novel way to keep children recovering from long-term illness connected to their friends and their education from their sickbed. An avatar robot is placed at the child's desk and controlled by the pupil from their home via cameras, microphones, and speakers, allowing them to contribute to lessons and avoid the crippling social isolation caused by long-term absence. Matthew Stock reports.
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Reuters - US Online Video (Aug. 23, 2016) Nine-year-old Zion Harvey is celebrating one year since receiving the world's first bilateral hand transplant courtesy of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Penn Medicine and Shriners Hospitals for Children. Jillian Kitchener reports.
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AP (Aug. 23, 2016) While brain injuries from concussions in the NFL have garnered a lot of attention, experts are now studying similar injuries in domestic abuse victims. A Phoenix hospital has launched a program to assist survivors who have suffered head trauma. (Aug. 23)
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Reuters - News Video Online (Aug. 22, 2016) Pfizer is paying a hefty premium for the much sought-after prostate cancer drug maker, Medivation. Fred Katayama reports.
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