Nov 25 Watch Stem Cell Ethics Questions An update on the ethics troubles of a key scientist in the field of embryonic stem cell research. Continue watching
Nov 16 China Confirms First Human Cases of Bird Flu By PBS News Hour China's Ministry of Health confirmed on Wednesday its first human cases of bird flu, heightening fears of a global flu pandemic that could kill millions. Two of the three cases in China have already killed those infected. Continue reading
Nov 16 Watch Morning After Pill Controversy The NewsHour's health corespondent discusses the controversy behind Plan B emergency contraceptive, commonly known as the morning after pill, after the Government Accountability Office issued a report on the Food and Drug Administration's refusal to make the drug available over… Continue watching
Nov 11 Watch Mark McClellan on Medicare Drug Plan Health correspondent Susan Dentzer talks with Mark McClellan, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, about how to navigate the choices in Medicare's new prescription drug plan. Continue watching
Nov 11 Watch New Medicare Prescription Plan Nov. 15 is the first day to sign up for a new prescription plan under Medicare. A health unit report explains the plan designed to help seniors afford their prescriptions drugs. Continue watching
Nov 09 Health Experts Unveil Global Strategy to Tackle Bird Flu By PBS News Hour International health experts met for three days ending Wednesday in Geneva to hammer out a global strategy against bird flu. Continue reading
Nov 04 Watch Discussing the Tragedy of AIDS in South Africa Jeffrey Brown talks about the tragedy of AIDS in South Africa with author Edwin Cameron. Continue watching
Nov 01 Rehnquist Absent from Bench, Undergoes Cancer Treatment By Admin, PBS News Hour Chief Justice William Rehnquist missed the Supreme Court's first day Monday at the advice of his doctors who are treating his thyroid cancer with radiation and chemotherapy. Continue reading
Nov 01 Watch Pandemic Flu Plan Announced President Bush unveiled a flu response plan for the United States amid concerns that the H5N1 strain of the bird flu that has infected birds and on rare instances humans in Asia and Europe, will become a worldwide pandemic. A… Continue watching
Oct 20 Watch Assessing the Bird Flu Crisis The death of a man in Thailand raised the avian flu death toll to 61, causing health officials across the world to look more closely at plans to prevent a pandemic. Following a background report, experts discuss the bird flu… Continue watching