Big Pharma Gets a Wake Up Call!

Drug companies and heath insurance providers are beginning to talk about a new arrangement...one in which drug companies only get paid for a treatment if it works as planned. Discussion on this "pay-for-performance" plan is the result of a whole new generation of costly cancer drugs that are more precise and promise more dramatic results, but in cases aren't living up to their claims.

Choosing Death Over Vaccines?

My managing editor Rachael hit a vaccine clinic here in Boca Raton before visiting Haiti and Ethiopia for the first time. Seven vaccinations, a whole lot of paperwork and two very sore arms later she called me with some striking news. I suspected she was talking about the virtually non-existent immunization system in many developing countries whose people are...as a result...plagued by such preventable diseases as measles and typhoid. But, it turned out she was talking about the U.S. Watch it now right here on KBTVonline!

DIRT ! Yet another fear with Global Warming?

For years scientists have clamored about Global Warming and the imminent destruction of our planet. It's led to hybrid cars, international agreements and lots of "green awareness." But it turns out that atmospheric warming may be the least of the world's problems...at least according to a few experts who are warning of a new imminent threat to the planet: dirt loss!