Jul 07 WHO's 21-step program to better tackle Ebola-level health crises By Larisa Epatko A panel of health experts recommended a top-to-bottom restructuring of the World Health Organization on Tuesday in light of its failure to quickly respond to the Ebola crisis. Continue reading
Jul 03 Want to spot an outbreak before your friends? Look at this map By News Desk PBS NewsHour science correspondent Miles O’Brien visits the headquarters of HealthMap, an organization that uses the Internet track outbreaks as they evolve. Continue reading
Jun 17 This rockstar scientist wrote a song about her friends who died from Ebola By News Desk In the world of science, Harvard geneticist Pardis Sabeti is a rock star. She also fronts a guitar-heavy alternative rock band from Boston. Continue reading
Jun 17 Watch 3:23 To cope with Ebola tragedy, this Harvard scientist turned to guitar-heavy alternative rock By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 12 Watch 9:29 Why testing an Ebola vaccine isn't so easy By PBS News Hour In Sierra Leone and Liberia, where the Ebola epidemic has been a nightmare, the promise of a vaccine offers hope. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien reports on the challenges of conducting experimental drug trials there and the desperate need to find… Continue watching
Jun 12 The real killer in the Ebola epidemic By Miles O'Brien Some disasters are more transparent than others. As we departed JFK airport on our way to Brussels and ultimately Freetown, Sierra Leone, we flew right over the Rockaways and Broad Channel, NY. Photojournalist Cameron Hickey was sitting right beside me. Continue reading
Jun 12 Watch 1:41 Flying a drone in the Crew Bay slum of Freetown, Sierra Leone By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 10 How close is the Ebola vaccine? By Caleb Hellerman, Global Health Reporting Center Is the world prepared to fight the next Ebola outbreak? NewsHour provides an update on Ebola vaccine testing in West Africa. Continue reading
Jun 10 What my Ebola scare taught me By P. J. Tobia Miles O’brien has given NewsHour viewers a look into the heart of West Africa’s Ebola outbreak, digging deep into the science, medicine and cutting edge research unfolding along with the crisis. But behind the science are human beings. Doctors and… Continue reading