“Science correspondent Miles O’Brien has spent the past few weeks in Seattle, reporting on the COVID-19 pandemic and producing a film for FRONTLINE about how things unfolded in the city where the disease made its U.S. debut. He joins William Brangham to discuss the global push to find an effective vaccine and therapeutic treatments, plus…
“In April 2018, Dr. Cassandra LeClair survived a car crash that not only broad-sided her daily existence, it sent her careening back to childhood trauma that she had not previously disclosed or dealt with. Dr. LeClair spent her days teaching others to communicate effectively and share their stories all while keeping a devastating secret that…
“The coronavirus continues to spread in the U.S. along with the economic ripple effects of the nationwide shutdown. In Utah, a state that relies heavily on tourism, thousands of people have applied for unemployment benefits. Liz Adeola, host and producer for PBS Utah, joins Hari Sreenivasan from Salt Lake City with more.” Find more from…
“A new policy at New York City’s public hospitals requires medical workers who call in sick to produce a doctor’s note. “We know that people just need a mental health day,” says Sean Petty, a registered nurse at a public hospital in the Bronx who is organizing a protest against the policy. “Thousands of us…
Thulani Ngazimbi and his family lived a comfortable life in Zimbabwe, but seeing the country’s economy heading toward a downturn, his parents made the ultimate sacrifice to uproot for what they hoped would be a better life in America. “They both had really good jobs but I think the way the economy was going, if…
“Maria Lobifaro is a nurse at a VA hospital in Brooklyn that has been converted to care only for coronavirus patients. Already, more than 30 deaths related to COVID-19 have occurred there. Lobifaro, a member of the largest union for registered nurses in the country, joins William Brangham to discuss how her job these days…
“The spread of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases is exacerbated by changes in land use and encroachment of human populations on diverse wildlife areas, according to zoologist and disease ecologist Peter Daszak. While people in power, including President Trump, tout rumors that the coronavirus originated in a Chinese lab, decades of research shows a clear…
COVID-19, Coronavirus, the Pandemic, toilet paper. One cannot hide from the most game-changing event in our lifetime. Yes, even greater than 9/11. We’re going to have to go back to World War Two, the Depression, and the Influenza Epidemic of 1918-19 to compare what is happening to the world today. Thomas Fields and I are…
“Sonya Dunbar is known as the “Geriatric Tooth Fairy” because of her passionate care for the oral hygiene of the nation’s greatest generation who reside in long-term care facilities. Guided by decades of dental experience in private practice, in skilled nursing facilities, and in academia, Sonya provides hands-on and in-service training to staff members to…
“As many grocery store workers and gig economy shoppers work without protection as demand for groceries soars from millions of Americans staying home, we speak with a personal shopper who worked for the delivery app Instacart. Instacart workers went on strike in late March to demand the company implement appropriate safety measures and give them…