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
May 01 Students in rural Indiana are suddenly experts on HIV By Jason Kane AUSTIN, Ind. -- Holli Reynolds didn't entirely understand what HIV was when the news broke earlier this year that 11 people in her tiny town had tested positive for the virus that causes AIDS. Neither did her classmates -- a… Continue reading
Jan 25 Watch 5:32 'Completely avoidable': Vaccination could have prevented Disneyland measles outbreak By PBS News Hour U.S. health officials say the recent measles outbreak that began at Disneyland in Southern California continues to ripple across the nation with approximately 100 cases reported so far. How great a risk does this pose and how can people protect… Continue watching
May 02 Officials confirm first MERS case in the U.S. By Sam Lane U.S. health officials have identified the first American infected with Middle East respiratory syndrome, or MERS. 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
Jan 09 Watch More Than 40 States See Widespread Flu Infection Last year, cases of influenza were at extremely low levels, but the virus has returned with a vengeance. Gwen Ifill talks to Dr. Julie Morita of the Chicago Health Department and Dr. William Schaffner of Vanderbilt University about the current… Continue watching
Oct 16 Watch More Drugs May Have Been Tainted, Linked to Meningitis Outbreak More Drugs May Have Been Tainted, Linked to Meningitis Outbreak… Continue watching
Oct 08 Watch Tainted Steroid Drugs Caused Deadly Meningitis Outbreak In Nine States Tainted Steroid Drugs Caused Deadly Meningitis Outbreak In Nine States… Continue watching
Jan 14 Watch Cholera Outbreak Compounds Haiti's Woes Jeffrey Brown looks at the battle against a cholera epidemic in Haiti, one year after a devastating earthquake upset an already fragile infrastructure. Continue watching