Nigeria Deals With Polio Outbreak
Although health workers in have eliminated the crippling disease polio in most parts of the world, it is still a major problem in Nigeria where poverty and distrust of the vaccines have stalled...
View ArticleAnimals Give Diseases to Human Neighbors
In parts of Southeast Asia, setting a bird free from its cage is a tradition that symbolizes improving a person’s soul. But public health workers are now concerned that birds in markets in the region...
View ArticleFlu Vaccine Approved
Since the swine flu outbreak began last spring and spread to more than 100 countries researchers have been working around the clock to come up with an effective shot in sufficient quantities before too...
View ArticleTanzania’s Brain Drain
Tanzania has a brain drain problem; not enough doctors to treat its more than 40 million people. To combat this, the Tanzanian Government now trains clinical workers to treat most of the common...
View ArticleCDC racing to stop Ebola
DOWNLOAD VIDEO The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is working to contain the Ebola virus in West Africa and prevent further deaths. The current Ebola outbreak began in the African nation of...
View ArticleSecond Ebola diagnosis shows danger for health workers
DOWNLOAD VIDEO The second diagnosis of Ebola in the U.S. has raised concerns about how to keep health workers safe while treating sick patients in hospitals. Nurse Nina Pham was infected with Ebola...
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Lesson plan: How new inventions are revolutionizing how we help people with...
New groundbreaking technology may help improve the lives of people who are paralyzed or experienced severe limb weakness due to illness or injuries in major accidents. For decades, scientists have been...
View ArticleAntibiotics keep animals healthy, but some dangerous superbugs are resistant
DOWNLOAD VIDEO Note: the video may be stopped after approximately five minutes. As high-density, industrial-scale livestock feeding operations become the norm, farmers have had to take extra steps to...
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Asbestos still causing harm amid broken regulatory system
DOWNLOAD VIDEO Directions: Read the summary, watch the videos and answer the discussion questions below. You may want to turn on the “CC” (closed-captions) function and read along with the transcript...
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What students should know about the coronavirus
An Airport Express train service attendant wears a surgical mask and goggles while assisting passengers at Hong Kong International Airport, Jan. 30, 2020. Photographer: Ivan Abreu/Bloomberg via Getty...
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