Dec 03 Watch Stark Statistics on AIDS/HIV from the U.N. Two days after World AIDS day, Gwen Ifill and health experts assess the 2001 U.N. statistics on AIDS/HIV cases and provide explanations for the growing numbers. Continue watching
Nov 30 Investigators Find Anthrax-Tainted Letter in Connecticut Investigators at the Centers for Disease Control have identified an anthrax-tainted letter in Connecticut, giving a clue to how an elderly woman died from the disease. Continue reading
Nov 30 Artificial Heart Robert Tools, the world's first recipient of a self-contained mechanical heart, died today after suffering multiple-organ system failure. Continue reading
Nov 29 Watch Preventing Smallpox Susan Dentzer reports on the administration's plans to prevent an smallpox outbreak should it be used as a form of bioterrorism. Continue watching
Nov 28 Bush Administration Orders Smallpox Vaccine By ordering 155 million doses of the smallpox vaccine today, the administration has increased the nation's stockpile to cover the entire population by the end of next year. Continue reading
Nov 21 Elderly Woman Dies of Inhalation Anthrax in Connecticut A 94-year-old woman from Oxford, Conn. died today of inhalation anthrax, becoming the fifth American to die from the most deadly form of the disease in recent months. Continue reading
Nov 21 Watch Anthrax Threat: Dr. Jeffrey Koplan, Director of the CDC An interview with Dr. Jeffrey Koplan, director of the Centers for Disease Control, after an elderly Connecticut woman died from inhalation anthrax. Continue watching
Nov 20 Watch Dr. D.A. Henderson Several decades ago, Dr. Donald A. Henderson was instrumental in working towards the eradication of the deadly virus smallpox. On November 1st, Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson named Henderson director of the new Office of Public Health Preparedness. Continue watching
Nov 20 Watch Battling Bioterrorism As fears of bioterrorism continue, one famous scientist, Dr. D.A. Henderson, has been named to lead the new Office of Public Health Preparedness. Continue watching
Nov 08 Watch Coping with Stress in the Post-Sept. 11 World Health correspondent Susan Dentzer explores the ways people are coping with post-traumatic stress and the paths to recovery in the post-Sept. 11 world. Continue watching