Nov 18 Watch In California, Facing Down a Family Physician Shortage In the latest in a series on health reform, Betty Ann Bowser reports from California on what's being done to inspire medical students to address a shortage of primary care doctors. Continue watching
Nov 18 Top 5 Global Health Headlines: Cholera Crossing Borders, Organ Traffickers Targeting Slums By Talea Miller A Ministry of Health body-collection team picks up cholera victims in Haiti. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images Cholera Spreads to DR, Miami Cases of cholera have been confirmed in two people in the Dominican Republic and in Miami. Both… Continue reading
Nov 17 Watch Frustration Boils Over in Haiti as Riots Disrupt Efforts to Contain Cholera The number of cholera deaths in Haiti climbed to 1,100 as riots broke out in two northern cities. Gwen Ifill speaks with Miami Herald Caribbean correspondent Jacqueline Charles in Port-au-Prince, who says that the unrest is hampering efforts to contain… Continue watching
Nov 15 What We’re Reading: Deaf Dolphins, Shuttle Trouble, Cat Fluid Mechanics Beached Dolphins Often Deaf, Study Finds "In a world where hearing is as valuable as sight," deafness may be a major factor in what's stranding dolphins on seashores, The Washington Post reports. Researchers studied dolphins and other marine… Continue reading
Nov 11 Global Health Watch: Cholera in Haiti, TB Numbers Leveling Off By Talea Miller We are starting a new feature on the Rundown from our global health unit. Once a week, we'll be publishing a roundup of important health stories around the world you should know about. Here are our top five from… Continue reading
Nov 10 Watch Haiti Struggles to Rebuild From Earthquake, But Progress Is Slow Jon Snow of Independent Television News revisits some places he went after Haiti's deadly earthquake earlier this year to see how the recovery effort is going. Continue watching
Nov 09 Cholera Reaches Port-au-Prince, More Cases Expected By Talea Miller Cholera has officially spread to Port-au-Prince, where more than a million people are living in crowded tent camps and slums, prime conditions for spreading the highly contagious disease. Testing confirmed a 3-year-old boy living in one of those tent… Continue reading
Nov 09 Watch In Pakistan, Volunteer Doctors Try to Fill Health Care Void After Floods Special correspondent Saima Mohsin traveled with a team from the humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders as it worked to treat Pakistan's flood victims, many of whom have had little access to health care months after the waters first rose. Continue watching
Nov 05 Watch Research Shows CT Scans Can Reduce Lung Cancer Deaths A National Cancer Institute trial found that screening by 3-dimensional X-ray tests known as "spiral CT scans" reduced lung cancer deaths by 20 percent over five years. But the test has its drawbacks, including increased exposure to radiation and false… Continue watching
Nov 04 Watch What Does a Republican House Mean for Health Care Reform? Many Republicans campaigned on a platform that included a plan to "repeal and replace" the health reform law. What happens now that they've regained control of the House? Jeffrey Brown gets three views on what's ahead in Washington. Continue watching