Dec 01 Watch When Will We See an AIDS-Free Generation? On World AIDS Day, President Obama pledged Thursday to provide HIV treatment for millions more around the world. Jeffrey Brown discusses the state of the epidemic with U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Ambassador Eric Goosby, clinic director Dr. Patricia Nkansah-Asamoah and… Continue watching
Nov 16 ‘Espresso’ Machine of TB Tests Cuts Diagnosis Time By Talea Miller A new machine that can detect multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in record time may revolutionize treatment. Continue reading
Oct 31 Watch For Some Patients, Drug Shortage Creates Life-and-Death Situation Concerns Rise Over Shortages of Prescription Drugs… Continue watching
Sep 15 Walter Reed Closes the Door on an Era By Francine Uenuma After more than a century, the storied Walter Reed Army Medical Center is closing its doors. Patients are being transferred to Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland, which will officially become Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Continue reading
Aug 29 Watch Emergency Departments Struggle With Growing Drug Shortages Headline: Emergency Departments Struggle With Growing Drug Shortages… Continue watching
Aug 22 Overtreating Malaria in Sub-Saharan Africa By Talea Miller In countries throughout sub-Saharan Africa, health workers often treat patients for malaria even when a test indicates the parasite isn't present. The practice worries many health experts. Continue reading
Aug 15 Watch In Defense of Flogging: Controversy Over Prisons and Punishment Peter Moskos argues flogging as an alternative to sending people to prison. Continue watching
Jun 10 Watch Dance Helps Parkinson’s Patients Harness Therapeutic Power of Movement Special correspondent Dave Iverson looks at a unique program that uses dance as therapy for people with Parkinson's disease. Continue watching
Jun 08 Watch Search for Effective PTSD Treatments Shows Some Promise As part of a new partnership with the NewsHour, Jay Shefsky of WTTW's "Chicago Tonight" reports on scientists' search for effective treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder. Continue watching
Jun 06 Watch New Promise Shown in Treatments for Melanoma, Breast Cancer Two studies have doctors energized about the prospects for treating people with advanced cases of deadly skin cancer and the prospects for a new breast cancer drug. Judy Woodruff discusses the latest developments with Dr. George Sledge of The American… Continue watching