Jan 03 China Criticized for Not Sharing Bird Flu Information By PBS News Hour Despite requests from the World Health Organization and other international health bodies, China is still not sharing virus samples from animals infected with the H5N1 strain of the bird flu. Continue reading
Jan 03 Rescue Teams Struggle to Reach Trapped Miners in West Virginia By PBS News Hour Rescue workers continued Tuesday evening to dig into the mine shaft in Tallmansville, W.Va., where 13 coal miners have been trapped since Monday morning when an explosion blocked their path. Continue reading
Jan 03 Watch Mine Safety Issues Examined as Search Continues For Coal Miners The search for 13 miners continued Tuesday in West Virginia. Following an update from a reporter, an expert discusses mine safety issues. Continue watching
Dec 26 Watch Revisiting a Wounded Warrior A Health Unit report revisits the family of a soldier left paralyzed and brain damaged after he was wounded in a Baghdad market in June 2003. Continue watching
Dec 26 Watch Interview: The Brisenos As a part of her reporting on how one soldier badly wounded in Iraq is faring after the return home, Health Correspondent Susan Dentzer sat down with Joe and Eva Briseno, the parents of the fallen warrior. The following is… Continue watching
Dec 14 Watch American Red Cross Troubles The chief executive of the American Red Cross resigned amid criticism of the charity's disaster relief efforts, including its response to Hurricane Katrina. After a background report, a public service professor discusses the problems facing the Red Cross. Continue watching
Dec 12 Watch Oregon Fights Meth Labs In an attempt to crack down on the production of the highly-addictive and destructive drug methamphetamine, officials in Oregon tightened access to medicines containing pseudoephedrine, an ingredient found in many common medicines and a main component used to make the… Continue watching
Dec 12 Watch Mistrial for Merck An update on the first federal trial against Merck and Co. over its painkiller Vioxx, which ended in a mistrial Monday. Continue watching
Dec 01 Watch Aids Epidemic Still Spreading A World Health Organization initiative to provide anti-retroviral drugs to people with AIDS in low-income countries fell short of its goal of three million people by 2005. Two experts discuss the effectiveness of the initiative and the challenges of fighting… Continue watching
Nov 28 Embattled Drugmaker Merck Announces 7,000 Job Cuts By PBS News Hour In an effort to recover from major financial losses sustained by controversy over its bestselling painkiller Vioxx, drugmaker Merck & Co. announced it would cut 7,000 jobs over the next three years and close five of its manufacturing plants. Continue reading