Oct 03 What happens to hospital business when Ebola is in the ER? By Lauren Silverman, KERA Hospitals compete for patients, and Emergency Departments play a big role in business. So what happens to business when a hospital takes on a patient with Ebola? On Thursday afternoon, there was no wait time at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital’s… Continue reading
Oct 02 Watch News Wrap: Hong Kong leader offers meeting while warning protesters not to storm buildings By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, the leader of Hong Kong’s government defied calls for him to step down and warned protesters not to storm buildings. Gwen Ifill speaks with Demetri Sevastopulo on what’s driving young protestors. Also, as many as… Continue watching
Oct 02 100 people being monitored for Ebola in Dallas By Sarah McHaney While the patient with Ebola remains in critical condition in Dallas, Texas, medical staff are tracing everyone who may have possibly been exposed to the infectious disease. There are around 100 people currently being monitored for symptoms and more may… Continue reading
Oct 01 Liberian Dallas residents worry about Ebola in their neighborhood By Stella M. Chávez and Dianna Douglas, KERA Ebola was the talk of Vickery Meadow in northeast Dallas Wednesday. It’s a refugee-rich neighborhood with a significant West African population – and it’s where a man was visiting before he became the first person in the United States diagnosed… Continue reading
Oct 01 Watch Dallas Ebola patient in "serious, but stable" condition By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 30 CDC's Frieden confirms first U.S. case of Ebola is in Dallas By Ellen Rolfes The first ever case of Ebola in the U.S. has been diagnosed in Dallas. Continue reading
Sep 23 Dallas artist creates rainbows with 60 miles of thread By Alison Jardine, KERA Dallas artist Gabriel Dawe makes physically imposing and yet nebulous sculpture of thread stretched between points on the ceiling and points on the floor. He creates a multifaceted geometric shape, the color changing like a rainbow as the viewer’s eye… Continue reading
Jun 24 Remembering 'Freedom Summer,' the civil rights effort that changed America 50 years ago By Lyndsay Knecht, KERA Fifty years ago this summer, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law. But that didn’t come without a price. It was the era of the Freedom Summer, a brave and bloody campaign to get blacks registered… Continue reading
Nov 22 Watch JFK's life, legacy and leadership honored on 50th anniversary of his final day JFK's life, legacy and leadership honored on 50th anniversary of his final day… Continue watching
Nov 21 Watch 17:33 MacNeil and Lehrer remember the shock, special sorrow of JFK's assassination On Nov. 22, 1963, Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer were young reporters both covering President John F. Kennedy's visit to Texas. The NewsHour's founders share with Judy Woodruff their indelible memories of JFK's assassination as they recount their feelings of… Continue watching