HealthOur Dogs Can Get Lyme Vaccines And We (Still) Can't. When Might We?New vaccines or antibodies against Lyme disease in humans won't be available for several years at best, but at least there are projects underway, including clinical trials that began this year. CommonHealthJul 21, 2017The Week That Was: Senate Health Distress, Harvard Square's Pizza Problems And MoreThe Senate health care bill floundered without enough GOP support and Harvard Square rejected yet another pizza shop. All that and more from Tom Keane's weekly news roundup.CognoscentiJul 21, 2017Glioblastoma Is A Grim Diagnosis, But There Are Some Signs Of HopeWith rapid progress in research, the longer Sen. John McCain and other glioblastoma patients can hang on, the better their chances that some new treatment will help them. PlayCommonHealth03:45Jul 20, 2017'A Bridge To A Not-So-Distant Past': An Appreciation Of John McCainLike a mastodon roaming among melting glaciers, writes Andrew Carleen, John McCain feels like a relic of a fading epoch in Washington. CognoscentiJul 20, 2017Veterans With PTSD Push VA For Access To Service DogsThere's controversy over whether dogs can help PTSD patients, and whether the government should pay for them.PlayHere & Now04:11Jul 20, 2017For The Navajo Nation, Fry Bread Is A Source Of Pride — And Poor NutritionThe greasy fried dough is a Navajo staple. But it's also a source of poor nutrition on a reservation labeled a food desert by the U.S. government.PlayHere & Now05:12Jul 20, 2017Diagnosing Heavy Drug Use In The Legal ProfessionEilene Zimmerman has written in The New York Times about her ex-husband, a well-known patent lawyer who died of complications from drug addiction.PlayHere & Now09:45Jul 20, 2017What Is Glioblastoma? Sen. John McCain Diagnosed With Brain CancerHere & Now's Robin Young talks with Dr. Barbara O'Brien, a professor of neuro-oncology, about what glioblastoma is and how it's treated.PlayHere & Now05:25Jul 20, 2017Who Killed The GOP Health Care Bill? The American PeopleOn this essential issue, writes Miles Howard, we have finally found common ground.CognoscentiJul 20, 2017Gov. Baker, If You Met My Immigrant Patients, You'd Support 'Safe Communities Act'A primary care doctor describes the fear she sees among her immigrant patients and wishes the governor could see it as well, in hopes it would persuade him to support a "sanctuary state" bill. CommonHealthJul 19, 2017Children's Hospital Association: Cutting Medicaid Would Hurt Children's Health CareMark Wietecha, president and CEO of the Children’s Hospital Association, discusses what kind of health care revisions he wants to see.PlayHere & Now05:08Jul 19, 2017Toxicologist Questions Role Of Fentanyl In 10-Year-Old Miami Boy's DeathAuthorities are now looking into how the boy may have come in contact with the powerful painkiller.PlayHere & Now05:37Jul 19, 2017Data Errors Cause Delay In U.S. News Hospital Rankings ReleaseHere & Now's Lisa Mullins talks with STAT's Casey Ross about how the rankings are done, and why they matter to both hospitals and consumers.PlayHere & Now03:44Jul 19, 2017Caution, Not Relief, In Mass. After Senate GOP Leaders Drop Health Care BillUncertainty about what’s next on Capitol Hill is stoking anxiety for many who work in or depend on health care, including those in Massachusetts.PlayCommonHealth03:45Jul 19, 2017Obamacare: What Doesn’t Kill It Makes It StrongerThe Affordable Care Act has never been in better standing with the American public than it is today, writes John E. McDonough.CognoscentiJul 18, 2017Latest Study: No, Treadmill Desks Don't Make You DumberSome past research has suggested there may be a cognitive price to walking while working, but a new study finds no impairment in executive function. CommonHealthJul 18, 2017History Calls Mitch McConnell’s BluffFor years, the House speaker treated Obamacare as a tribal talking point, writes Steve Almond. But sooner or later, that kind of cynical power mongering catches up with you.CognoscentiJul 18, 2017GOP Health Care Bill CollapsesWith announcements from two more GOP Senators last night, a bill to repeal and replace Obamacare is doomed to fail. PlayRadio Boston07:59Jul 18, 2017Gov. Baker Pushes Lawmakers For MassHealth ReformIn June, Gov. Baker announced a suite of proposals to rein in MassHealth spending.PlayRadio Boston14:32Jul 18, 2017Map: Where Lyme Disease Is Worsening In Mass.Lyme disease is a big -- and growing -- problem in Massachusetts. Here's a county-by-county look. CommonHealthJul 18, 2017Next Page
Our Dogs Can Get Lyme Vaccines And We (Still) Can't. When Might We?New vaccines or antibodies against Lyme disease in humans won't be available for several years at best, but at least there are projects underway, including clinical trials that began this year. CommonHealthJul 21, 2017
The Week That Was: Senate Health Distress, Harvard Square's Pizza Problems And MoreThe Senate health care bill floundered without enough GOP support and Harvard Square rejected yet another pizza shop. All that and more from Tom Keane's weekly news roundup.CognoscentiJul 21, 2017
Glioblastoma Is A Grim Diagnosis, But There Are Some Signs Of HopeWith rapid progress in research, the longer Sen. John McCain and other glioblastoma patients can hang on, the better their chances that some new treatment will help them. PlayCommonHealth03:45Jul 20, 2017
'A Bridge To A Not-So-Distant Past': An Appreciation Of John McCainLike a mastodon roaming among melting glaciers, writes Andrew Carleen, John McCain feels like a relic of a fading epoch in Washington. CognoscentiJul 20, 2017
Veterans With PTSD Push VA For Access To Service DogsThere's controversy over whether dogs can help PTSD patients, and whether the government should pay for them.PlayHere & Now04:11Jul 20, 2017
For The Navajo Nation, Fry Bread Is A Source Of Pride — And Poor NutritionThe greasy fried dough is a Navajo staple. But it's also a source of poor nutrition on a reservation labeled a food desert by the U.S. government.PlayHere & Now05:12Jul 20, 2017
Diagnosing Heavy Drug Use In The Legal ProfessionEilene Zimmerman has written in The New York Times about her ex-husband, a well-known patent lawyer who died of complications from drug addiction.PlayHere & Now09:45Jul 20, 2017
What Is Glioblastoma? Sen. John McCain Diagnosed With Brain CancerHere & Now's Robin Young talks with Dr. Barbara O'Brien, a professor of neuro-oncology, about what glioblastoma is and how it's treated.PlayHere & Now05:25Jul 20, 2017
Who Killed The GOP Health Care Bill? The American PeopleOn this essential issue, writes Miles Howard, we have finally found common ground.CognoscentiJul 20, 2017
Gov. Baker, If You Met My Immigrant Patients, You'd Support 'Safe Communities Act'A primary care doctor describes the fear she sees among her immigrant patients and wishes the governor could see it as well, in hopes it would persuade him to support a "sanctuary state" bill. CommonHealthJul 19, 2017
Children's Hospital Association: Cutting Medicaid Would Hurt Children's Health CareMark Wietecha, president and CEO of the Children’s Hospital Association, discusses what kind of health care revisions he wants to see.PlayHere & Now05:08Jul 19, 2017
Toxicologist Questions Role Of Fentanyl In 10-Year-Old Miami Boy's DeathAuthorities are now looking into how the boy may have come in contact with the powerful painkiller.PlayHere & Now05:37Jul 19, 2017
Data Errors Cause Delay In U.S. News Hospital Rankings ReleaseHere & Now's Lisa Mullins talks with STAT's Casey Ross about how the rankings are done, and why they matter to both hospitals and consumers.PlayHere & Now03:44Jul 19, 2017
Caution, Not Relief, In Mass. After Senate GOP Leaders Drop Health Care BillUncertainty about what’s next on Capitol Hill is stoking anxiety for many who work in or depend on health care, including those in Massachusetts.PlayCommonHealth03:45Jul 19, 2017
Obamacare: What Doesn’t Kill It Makes It StrongerThe Affordable Care Act has never been in better standing with the American public than it is today, writes John E. McDonough.CognoscentiJul 18, 2017
Latest Study: No, Treadmill Desks Don't Make You DumberSome past research has suggested there may be a cognitive price to walking while working, but a new study finds no impairment in executive function. CommonHealthJul 18, 2017
History Calls Mitch McConnell’s BluffFor years, the House speaker treated Obamacare as a tribal talking point, writes Steve Almond. But sooner or later, that kind of cynical power mongering catches up with you.CognoscentiJul 18, 2017
GOP Health Care Bill CollapsesWith announcements from two more GOP Senators last night, a bill to repeal and replace Obamacare is doomed to fail. PlayRadio Boston07:59Jul 18, 2017
Gov. Baker Pushes Lawmakers For MassHealth ReformIn June, Gov. Baker announced a suite of proposals to rein in MassHealth spending.PlayRadio Boston14:32Jul 18, 2017
Map: Where Lyme Disease Is Worsening In Mass.Lyme disease is a big -- and growing -- problem in Massachusetts. Here's a county-by-county look. CommonHealthJul 18, 2017
