Apr 15 Watch Merck Faces New Questions Over Vioxx Risks, Research Pharmaceutical company Merck knew in 2001 that its arthritis drug Vioxx could harm patients and used staffers to "ghostwrite" favorable research on the drug, articles in the Journal of the American Medical Association report. Susan Dentzer examines the charges. Continue watching
Apr 08 After 25 Years, AIDS Vaccine Research Makes Mid-course Correction By PBS News Hour It took 47 years to develop a polio vaccine, 42 to develop a measles vaccine and 105 for typhoid. So historically speaking, at 24 years in, research on the AIDS vaccine is still young. Continue reading
Mar 27 Watch Volunteers Shape Frontlines of TB Fight in Bangladesh Tuberculosis -- a potentially fatal but treatable lung disease -- infects 300,000 people in Bangladesh every year. Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on a success story in the country's fight against TB, which relies on local women trained to spot… Continue watching
Mar 26 U.S. Seeks AIDS Vaccine Research Overhaul By Admin, PBS News Hour The head of the federal government's AIDS vaccine research program said Tuesday that the focus should shift from large-scale human vaccine trials back to basic research. Continue reading
Mar 21 Watch Extended Interview: Dr. William Davis Dr. William Davis, a family practice physician at Winona Family Medicine, discusses the use of electronic health records. Continue watching
Mar 21 Watch Extended Interview: Dr. Charles Shepard Dr. Charles Shepard spoke to NewsHour health correspondent Susan Dentzer about the benefits and bumps along the road in using electronic health records. Continue watching
Mar 21 Watch Extended Interview: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael Leavitt U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt spoke to Susan Dentzer about Electronic Health Records. Continue watching
Mar 21 Watch Extended Interview: Cerner Corp. President Trace Devanny Trace Devanny, president of Cerner Corp., spoke to NewsHour health correspondent Susan Dentzer about the difficulties in getting the U.S. health care system to adopt electronic record-keeping practices. Continue watching
Mar 10 Watch Probe Finds Traces of Common Pharmaceuticals in U.S. Drinking Water An investigation by the Associated Press found trace amounts of many types of pharmaceuticals -- including painkillers, antibiotics and anti-seizure medications -- in the drinking water of 24 American cities. A reporter who worked on the story describes the findings. Continue watching
Feb 18 Watch USDA Orders Record Beef Recall in Wake of Slaughterhouse Scandal The USDA has ordered a California company to recall a record 140 million pounds of ground beef as part of a federal investigation into animal abuse and health code violations. A representative of the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service… Continue watching