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Ebola: Sounding the Alarm
When people in West Africa started dying of a mysterious illness in early 2014, no one knew the deadliest Ebola outbreak in history had begun. How did it get so bad?
May 5, 2015
After Ebola: Are We Ready for the Next Epidemic?
Even the WHO says the world is unprepared for the next large-scale disease outbreak. What must be done?
May 5, 2015
New Clues Emerge On How Ebola Spread through West Africa
A New York Times investigation finds that the start of Ebola's spread in West Africa may stretch back earlier than officials have said.
May 5, 2015
WATCH: Inside the Troubled Early Days of Guinea's Ebola Response
In March 2014, the mysterious disease that had been spreading in Guinea's forest region was officially confirmed as Ebola. The discovery called for aggressive action, but the government didn't know how to respond.
May 5, 2015
Is Our Food Safety Process Broken?
Meat and poultry sold to consumers comes with a USDA seal that reads "inspected and passed," but a new report says holes in the process are leaving millions at risk of a foodborne illness.
April 30, 2015
The Nation's Biggest Chicken Seller is Moving Away from Antibiotics
Tyson Foods says it will nearly eliminate from its chicken production the use of antibiotics that are medically important for humans.
April 28, 2015
Can a New White House Plan Catch Up to the "Superbug" Threat?
An ambitious five-year plan aims to stem the spread of potentially deadly drug-resistant bacteria, but some critics say the effort does not go far enough.
March 27, 2015
What's Next for the Vaccine Debate? Live Chat 3/25 3:00 pm ET
Join us for a live chat about "The Vaccine War" with producer and director Kate McMahon, Lisa Aliferis from the KQED blog State of the Health, UC Berkeley professor Arthur Reingold, and Carl Krawitt from the film. You can leave a question now.
March 24, 2015
Seth Mnookin: How the Vaccine War Has Changed
"What we've learned in the last five years is that once you scare someone, you can't just unscare them," says Mnookin, a science writer who has reported extensively on the vaccine debate.
March 24, 2015
"The Time Was Right to Revisit This Issue": Behind the Scenes of "The Vaccine War"
Making "The Vaccine War" was a unique journey for Jon Palfreman and Kate McMahon -- and some of the film's most striking footage came about in unexpected ways.
March 24, 2015
A Very Short History of Vaccines in America
Mass immunization in America dates as far back as George Washington, who once wrote that his soldiers had more to dread from smallpox "than from the sword of the enemy."
March 24, 2015