Oct 08 Watch Meet the disease detectives tracking Ebola at the CDC By PBS News Hour Go inside the Emergency Operations Center at the CDC, the information hub where doctors and scientists are at the front lines of the effort to contain and control the Ebola virus. Special correspondent Kathleen McCleery reports from Atlanta on the… Continue watching
Sep 22 Watch What’s the worst-case scenario if Ebola can’t be slowed? By PBS News Hour In Liberia, the total number of cases of the Ebola virus is being doubled about every three weeks. Dr. Kevin De Cock, the director of the CDC Center for Global Health, says that unless the outbreak is slowed down, there… Continue watching
Sep 15 Watch Study finds half of U.S. adults at risk for health problems related to elevated blood sugar By PBS News Hour One out of three Americans over 20 is pre-diabetic and another 29 million already have diabetes. According to a recent report, the risk for some cancers is 15 percent higher for someone with higher-than-normal blood sugar. Gwen Ifill speaks with… Continue watching
Sep 10 Watch What you need to know about the rare respiratory virus affecting kids By PBS News Hour A respiratory virus has infected hundreds of children in the U.S., sending them to emergency rooms across the country. The rare strain causes asthma-like symptoms and can exacerbate the disease. Jeffrey Brown learns more from Dr. Anne Schuchat of the… Continue watching
Aug 15 Watch Fighting, waterborne disease plague South Sudanese displaced during rainy season By PBS News Hour Eight months of civil war in South Sudan has forced more than 1.5 million people out of their homes. Even those who found shelter in United Nations camps around the country endure desperate living situations, made worse by the country’s… Continue watching
Jul 23 How concerned should we be about the mosquito-borne Chikungunya virus? By Jenny Marder On Thursday, federal officials announced that the tropical Chikungunya mosquito-borne disease had been transmitted for the first time within the United States, infecting two Florida residents. What’s notable about these cases is that the people affected reported no recent… Continue reading
Oct 29 Watch Will polio outbreak inspire international community to do more about Syria? Will polio outbreak inspire international community to do more about Syria?… Continue watching
Oct 24 Watch News Wrap: President Obama urges Congress to take action on immigration reform News Wrap: President Obama urges Congress to take action on immigration reform… Continue watching
Aug 20 Watch Dramatically Revised Lyme Disease Statistics Raise New Questions About Risk Dramatically Revised Lyme Disease Statistics Raise New Questions About Risk… Continue watching
Jul 30 Watch Doctors Propose New Cancer Definition to Avoid Unnecessary Treatments Doctors Propose New Cancer Definition to Avoid Unnecessary Treatments… Continue watching