Health Oct 02 100 people being monitored for Ebola in Dallas While the patient with Ebola remains in critical condition in Dallas, Texas, medical staff are tracing everyone who may have possibly been exposed to the infectious disease. There are around 100 people currently being monitored for symptoms and more may…
Nation Sep 24 Honoring the often invisible public servants They are civil servants, and the recipients of the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals; better known as the Sammies. On September 22, hundreds of federal leaders and employees gathered to honor these recipients. Two of the honorees…
Health Sep 24 One family’s lessons from learning to cope with Alzheimer’s Every 67 seconds someone in the United States develops Alzheimer's, two-thirds are women. Pam White is one of them. But to documentary filmmaker Banker White, Pam is not just another Alzheimer’s patient, she is his mother. His film “The Genius…
World Sep 16 The U.S. takes ‘command and control’ of Ebola epidemic President Obama will announce today a surge of U.S. support including hundreds of millions of dollars and thousands of military personnel to countries in West Africa suffering from the Ebola epidemic. The effort is a response to the World Health…
World Sep 11 Emotions run high as Scotland independence polls show a close vote One week from today, Scots will head to the polls to vote on becoming an independent country.
Nation Sep 05 Your cheat sheet to the Scotland independence vote On September 18, Scotland’s citizens will go to the polls to answer a really big question: “Should Scotland be an independent country?” This question, of course, raises lots of other questions about what a yes vote might mean for the…
World Aug 29 First Ebola case reported in Senegal as virus spread picks up speed Ebola has spread to a fifth country as the Ministry of Health in Senegal announced it’s first case today. A university student from Guinea is receiving treatment for Ebola in Dakar, the nation’s capital. He had contact with Ebola patients…
Health Aug 28 Ebola outbreak could affect 20,000 people before it’s over Controlling the epidemic could cost $490 million and will need the help of thousands of local health workers and hundreds of international experts.
Health Aug 27 CDC director: ‘Ebola will get worse before it gets better’ The end is, unfortunately, not in sight for West African countries stricken with Ebola, according to Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Nation Aug 14 From Michael Brown to the Central Park Five, race changes how victims are portrayed While the unfolding events in Ferguson, Missouri, continue to disturb observers around the country, the emerging narrative is familiar. Historian Craig Steven Wilder offers his take on how citizens are responding in the streets and on social media, as well…