Apr 01 Watch Robert MacNeil Previews ‘Autism Now’ Series on NewsHour PBS NewsHour co-founder Robert MacNeil describes the story of "Autism Now."… Continue watching
Jun 23 Watch Uncertainty Over Health Effects of Oil Cleanup Worry Some Along Gulf As the oil cleanup along the Gulf Coast continues, Betty Ann Bowser reports on the health worries related to the ongoing oil disaster that are arising for some coastal residents and cleanup workers. Continue watching
May 24 Watch News Wrap: Afghanistan Tops Iraq in Total U.S. Troop Presence In other news Monday, the U.S. military announced that its forces serving in Afghanistan are now larger than those serving in Iraq. Also, a state of emergency was declared in parts of Jamaica following gun battles with a drug gang… Continue watching
Feb 04 Journal Retracts Study Backing Vaccine-Autism Link By Talea Miller This week, the British medical journal the Lancet formally retracted a 1998 study that helped set off the debate over the safety of vaccines and whether they may be connected to later diagnoses of autism in children. Continue reading
Oct 06 Watch In Netherlands, Insurers Compete Over Quality of Care In the first of a series on health care abroad, Ray Suarez looks at how the Netherlands achieved a massive health care overhaul four years ago. Continue watching
Aug 28 Watch Mourners Prepare to Bid Kennedy a Final Farewell Kwame Holman reports on the scene in Boston, where mourners braved long lines to bid a final farewell to Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass. Continue watching
May 22 Watch Fear of Vaccine Dangers Leads Some Families to Opt Out of Routine Care An increasing fear of alleged dangers from child vaccinations, including autism and allergies, has led to an upsurge in the reported cases of measles this year. Betty Ann Bowser examines why some parents are opting against routine vaccinations for their… Continue watching
Nov 29 Watch Gene Map of Brain Offers Hope for Alzheimer’s, Autism A new tool for medical research, the Allen Brain Atlas, provides a three-dimensional catalog of all the genes active in the brain and has revealed clues to diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Lou Gehrig's, as well as conditions such… Continue watching