Dec 01 Former Surgeon General Koop Calls AIDS ‘Forgotten Epidemic’ By Talea Miller Former Surgeon General of the United States C. Everett Koop spoke with Ray Suarez for World AIDS Day. Continue reading
Dec 24 Watch As Global Temperatures Rise, So Too Do Health Risks While there may be debate over what's causing global climate change, there are far fewer questions about the effect of a warming planet on human health, reports Ray Suarez. Continue watching
May 20 Watch Health Officials Race to Create H1N1 Flu Vaccine At the World Health Organization's annual meeting this week, a main topic was the ongoing effort to develop a vaccine against the H1N1 swine flu virus. Betty Ann Bowser reports on efforts to create a new vaccine and concerns over… Continue watching
Apr 28 Watch Swine Flu’s Spread Prompts New Restrictions in Mexico As the cases of swine flu in the U.S. and abroad continue to mount, Mexico's Ambassador to the U.S., Arturo Sarukhan, discusses efforts to contain the illness and defends how the Mexican government initially responded to the outbreak. Continue watching
Nov 30 Watch Tanzania Implements HIV Prevention Measures as World Marks AIDS Day As part of a U.S.-backed fight against HIV infection in Tanzania, student groups perform plays and stage other events in a bid to develop new techniques that will help prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS. Susan Dentzer examines these programs on… Continue watching
Oct 17 Drug-resistant Staph Infections on the Rise, Study Finds By PBS News Hour A dangerous bacterial infection that's resistant to standard antibiotics now kills more Americans each year than HIV/AIDS, according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Continue reading