190 Delta Passengers Make Emergency Exit After Tires Shred During Landing

Passengers were forced to evacuate a Delta Airlines plane on Wednesday after one of the tires popped on the landing gear. The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed that the incident occurred around 6 p.m., when a Delta aircraft made a rough landing at Georgia’s Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Audio caught the moment pilots detected an issue. “It … Read more

Jimmy Carter Took on the Awful Guinea Worm When No One Else Would — And Triumphed

Jimmy Carter took great pride in pointing out that the United States didn’t start any new wars during his term as president. But after he left office, he launched a war against “neglected” diseases — diseases in far-off lands that most Americans will never suffer from and may not have even heard of. Diseases like … Read more

Reentry Programs to Help Former Prisoners Obtain Health Care Are Often Underused

When Matthew Boyd was released from a Georgia state prison in December 2020, officials sent him home without medicines he uses to manage chronic heart and lung conditions and high blood pressure, he said. Less than a month later, he spent eight days in an intensive care unit, the first of more than 40 hospital … Read more

Journalists Discuss Insulin Prices, Gun Violence, Distracted Driving, and More

Midwest KHN correspondent Bram Sable-Smith discussed the Eli Lilly news on insulin prices on “PBS NewsHour” and insulin prices on Slate’s “What Next” on March 1. Click here to watch Sable-Smith on “PBS NewsHour” Click here to hear Sable-Smith on “What Next” Read Sable-Smith and Samantha Young’s “Eli Lilly Slashed Insulin Prices. This Starts a … Read more