Mar 16 Watch Whooping Cough Returns to California After Decades of Decline Joanne Faryon of KPBS in San Diego reports on the resurgence of whooping cough in California after decades of the disease's decline. Continue watching
Mar 16 Watch Japan's Radiation Leak: What Are Health Risks Locally, Globally? Foreign governments have advised citizens to leave northeastern Japan due to the threat of radiation. Gwen Ifill talks with nuclear engineer Lake Barrett and Columbia University's Norman Kleiman about the possible health consequences from the ongoing nuclear crisis. Continue watching
Mar 16 Watch Japan's Nuclear Crisis Raises Energy Questions in U.S. The nuclear crisis in Japan is raising questions in the U.S. about nuclear power. Continue watching
Mar 16 Judy Woodruff: Research, Health and the Spending Debate -- Part One For all their efforts, movie stars/Oscar hosts Anne Hathaway and James Franco weren't enough to lift the TV viewing audience for the Academy Awards this year over what they were in 2010. An average of 37 million Americans watched, versus… Continue reading
Mar 16 The 'Fukushima 50': Nuclear Workers Stay Behind to Brave Plant's Woes By Lea Winerman As the nuclear crisis continued in Japan Wednesday, the world's attention turned to small corps of thus far anonymous workers who make up the last line of defense against a nuclear catastrophe at the earthquake and tsunami-damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi plant. Continue reading
Mar 16 Explosion, Fire at Nuclear Plant Trigger Radiation Fears in Quake's Aftermath By News Desk 8:20 a.m. ET Damage to the second reactor is shown at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in this image released by Digital Globe. Click to view larger. 6:15 p.m. ET Another fire has broken out at the Fukushima… Continue reading
Mar 16 In Denver, Mobile Clinic for the Homeless Returns By Lea Winerman Last year, the NewsHour profiled a mobile clinic for the homeless that was about to close due to budget cuts. Now, after months of searching for funding, the clinic is back on the streets. Continue reading
Mar 15 In Japan, Fears of Radiation Exposure Grow as Nuclear Crisis Worsens By Lea Winerman A doctor checks uses a geiger counter to check the level of radiation on a woman while a soldier in gas mask looks on at a radiation treatment centre in Nihonmatsu city in Fukushima prefecture on March 13, 2011. Photo… Continue reading
Mar 15 Mexico Drug Cartels Moving in on Guatemala Routes The security situation in northern Guatemala is deteriorating as Mexico-based drug cartels extend their reach into the neighboring country. Continue reading
Mar 14 Japan's Nuclear Crisis: Does it Compare to Three Mile Island, Chernobyl? By Jenny Marder Even as Japanese officials try to sort out whether jolted nuclear reactors could slip into full meltdown after Friday's massive earthquake and tsunami, experts are weighing in on how events unfolding there compare to previous high-profile nuclear disasters. The… Continue reading