Apr 02 Obama Reveals Brain Mapping Project EmbedVideo(6101, 482, 304); President Barack Obama describes a new brain mapping initiative today in a speech from the White House. President Barack Obama unveiled the BRAIN Initiative today, a new collaborative effort to map the human brain and better… Continue reading
Apr 01 Mutating Gonorrhea and ‘Superbugs’ Coming Soon to a Town Near You? This World War II advertisement informs the soldiers about a new "wonder drug" that can cure gonorrhea. The disease is one of many diseases -- including the infamous "superbugs" -- now showing resistance to all modern medicines. Photo courtesy… Continue reading
Mar 29 How a Doctor Discovered U.S. Walls Were Poisonous By Dr. Howard Markel In a monthly column on the PBS NewsHour website, Dr. Howard Markel revisits moments that changed the course of modern medicine. Above: A child with high levels of lead in her blood stands next to a peeling lead paint… Continue reading
Mar 26 Live Chat with ‘Pandora’s Lunchbox’ Author Melanie Warner In her new book, "Pandora's Lunchbox," Melanie Warner explains what she considers "processed food" and how it affects the human body. She spoke to PBS NewsHour recently and described seven foods she says claim to be healthy… Continue reading
Mar 26 ‘The World Needs You, Badly,’ Edward O. Wilson Tells Young Scientists Biologist Edward O. Wilson studies fire ants at Harvard University on Sept. 8, 1975. Photo by Hugh Patrick Brown/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images. Edward O. Wilson's "Letters to a Young Scientist" arrived in the mail this week. Continue reading
Mar 26 Should Gunshot Wounds Be Treated Like a Disease? Havilah Phillips, a sister of a 15-year-old shooting victim in Newark, is comforted during his memorial service in 2011. Photo by Aristide Economopoulos/The Star-Ledger. NEWARK, N.J. | The floor of the trauma bay was slippery with blood the… Continue reading
Mar 25 Dr. Sampson Davis Takes Your Questions on Guns, Poverty and Health Dr. Sampson Davis will join PBS NewsHour for a live chat 1 p.m. ET Tuesday. Do you have questions for him? Leave them in the comments section below or tweet them to @NewsHour using #healthchat. Dr. Sampson Davis… Continue reading
Mar 25 NPR/CPI Report: Deadly Work, Little Oversight in Nation’s Grain Bins The 2010 rescue and recovery effort at Bin No. 9, right, spanned 13 hours. More than 200 people worked to rescue Piper and recover the bodies of Whitebread and Pacas. Photo by John W. Poole/NPR On a scorching July day… Continue reading
Mar 25 Gunshot Deaths Pushing Some E.R. Doctors To Activism Dr. Katie Bakes, an emergency department physician in Denver, says treating gunshot victims has led her to 'hate guns.' But not all E.R. doctors feel the same way. Story by Eric Whitney of Colorado Public Radio; photo courtesy of… Continue reading
Mar 22 Watch Should the U.S. Treat Gunshot Wounds Like a Disease? Dr. Sampson Davis explains why he thinks gun violence needs to be tackled like a disease. Continue watching