Health Sep 13 How Walter Reed earned his status as a legend and hospital namesake By Dr. Howard Markel
Health Aug 15 There’s buzz around Zika, but could yellow fever become the next pandemic? Yellow fever could be on the verge of exploding out of central Africa and spreading to Asia, which has never before suffered a major outbreak. The most likely route of transmission: any one of the thousands of unvaccinated Chinese expatriates… By Emily Baumgaertner, Scientific American
World Aug 15 Watch Amazing engineering and ‘bittersweet’ politics built the Panama Canal The Panama Canal, opened 100 years ago,, is lauded as an achievement for the U.S. But with the opportunity to unlock America’s economic power, came soaring costs, engineering problems and a steep death toll. Gwen Ifill talks to Orlando Pérez,… By PBS News Hour
World Aug 15 Watch Triumph of 100-year-old Panama Canal came with dangerous costs A century ago, the Panama Canal -- an enormous engineering feat that grew American commerce and transformed global trade -- was completed. But the waterway’s history is complicated, filled with its share of fatalities and political tensions. Gwen Ifill looks… By PBS News Hour
Science Jul 23 How concerned should we be about the mosquito-borne Chikungunya virus? On Thursday, federal officials announced that the tropical Chikungunya mosquito-borne disease had been transmitted for the first time within the United States, infecting two Florida residents. What’s notable about these cases is that the people affected reported no recent… By Jenny Marder