Health Aug 02 Local health authorities race to contain the highly contagious monkeypox virus By Stephanie Sy, Dorothy Hastings
Health Feb 20 New Chinese virus cases decline, but tracking method revised again Another 114 people reportedly died from the new illness, COVID-19, as health inspectors went door-to-door to attempt to find every infected person in the worst-hit city of Wuhan. By Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press
Health Feb 05 Novel coronavirus unknowns complicate quarantines around the world With important details about the illness and how it spreads still unknown, officials and medical personnel are struggling. By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press
World Jan 20 Human-to-human transmission of coronavirus confirmed in China A respiratory expert said two people in Guangdong province in southern China caught the disease from family members. By Yanan Wang, Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press
Health Jun 19 Watch 8:25 Why the race to stop the next flu outbreak starts at state fairs and the beach Public health officials agree the constantly mutating influenza virus has the potential to cause a major outbreak and a deadly global crisis. For the second part of the NewsHour’s series on preparing for such a pandemic, we examine how research… By William Brangham, Jason Kane
Aug 18 Watch 6:02 We’re not close to being prepared for the next pandemic, says this doctor By Judy Woodruff, Jason Kane Is the world ready for the next pandemic? Dr. Raj Panjabi of Last Mile Health joined Judy Woodruff at the Spotlight Health Conference in Aspen, Colorado, to discuss the challenges and importance of preventing, identifying and preparing for the next… Continue watching
Jan 28 Watch 6:04 Why is Zika virus spreading so quickly? By PBS NewsHour Weeks ago, hardly anyone in the U.S. knew what the Zika virus was. Now the mosquito-borne illness is raising serious fears, especially for pregnant women. Judy Woodruff talks to Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health about the… Continue watching
Sep 18 Watch More Cases of Contaminated Spinach Reported Across Country Over one-hundred people in at least twenty-one states have become sick by eating spinach contaminated with E. coli bacteria according to the Food and Drug Administration, which advised consumers not to eat any fresh spinach until further notice. Continue watching