Feb 22 Harvard President Summers’ Remarks About Women in Science, Engineering By PBS News Hour Harvard President Lawrence Summers faced intense criticism for remarks he made about the shortage of women in the sciences and engineering at a Jan. 14 closed-door conference. Continue reading
Feb 22 Watch Women and Science Harvard University President Lawrence Summers continues to feel the heat over controversial remarks he made at a conference last month. Continue watching
Feb 22 Watch Women and Science Harvard University President Lawrence Summers continues to feel the heat over controversial remarks he made at a conference last month. Continue watching
Feb 16 Watch Kyoto Fallout The Kyoto Treaty, signed in 1997 to combat global warming, went into effect Wednesday. Gwen Ifill leads a discussion on the newly enacted treaty and the U.S. decision not to participate. Continue watching
Feb 16 Watch Deep Sea Chemicals Scientists around the world are looking to coral reefs for the next big medical breakthrough. Correspondent Betty Ann Bowser explores the potential of these "rainforests of the sea" to provide the raw materials for life-saving drugs in the second of… Continue watching
Feb 07 Watch VA Hospital Takes Steps to Avoid Medical Mistakes Studies show thousands of Americans are killed or injured each year due to avoidable mistakes. Susan Dentzer looks at how one health care system is trying to stop medical errors before they happen. Continue watching
Feb 07 Watch Dr. Wachter and Dr. Leape on Medical Errors In 1999, a study of medical errors found that the number of people killed by mistakes in care equaled one jumbo jet full of passengers crashing every day. Two of the researchers that uncovered these statistics, Dr. Robert Wachter and… Continue watching
Feb 07 Watch Dr. Perlin on Medical Errors One of the medical organizations that has invested the most in technology aimed at reducing medical errors is the Veterans Administration. The following is an extended transcript of Dr. Jonathan Perlin, undersecretary for health affairs at the Department of Veterans… Continue watching
Feb 07 Watch Dr. Bagian on Medical Errors One of the medical organizations that has invested the most in technology aimed at reducing medical errors is the Veterans Administration. The following is an extended transcript of Dr. James Bagian, director of the National Center for Patient Safety at… Continue watching
Feb 01 Watch Extended Interview: Dr. David Sinclair Scientists have isolated a series of genes found in many different plants and animals that seem to control the aging process. Dr. David Sinclair, associate professor of pathology at Harvard Medical School, talks about how these anti-aging genes work and… Continue watching