U.N. Report Puts Global HIV Infections at 38 Million May 31, 2006 • A United Nations report on the status of the global AIDS epidemic estimates that there are 38 million people infected with HIV. The spread of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is slowing in the Caribbean and some parts of Africa. But it is taking off in Russia and Eastern Europe. U.N. Report Puts Global HIV Infections at 38 Million Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5441251/5441252" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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The Discovery of AIDS, 25 Years Later May 30, 2006 • On June 5, 1981, the Center for Disease Control published its first report on what has come to be known as Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, or AIDS. Guests talk about the devastating effects of the disease in the past quarter-century. The Discovery of AIDS, 25 Years Later Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5439596/5439597" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Epicenter of AIDS Is Found: Africa, 1930 May 25, 2006 • Scientists say they have pinpointed the origin of the AIDS virus. It all started in southern Cameroon in West Central Africa around 1930, according to a study published online by the journal Science. The virus that started the global pandemic passed from chimps to humans in that area. Epicenter of AIDS Is Found: Africa, 1930 Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5431256/5431257" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Health WHO Leader Dies After Surgery for Blood Clot May 22, 2006 • The doctor who led the World Health Organization's battles against SARS and bird flu has died following surgery for a blood clot on the brain. Dr. Lee Jong-Wook, the first South Korean to head a U.N. agency, was 61. WHO Leader Dies After Surgery for Blood Clot Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5423217/5423218" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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World Millions of Sudan's Refugees Begin to Return Home May 22, 2006 • Africa's longest civil war in Sudan has pushed millions of refugees out of their homes in the country's southern region. Now, in the wake of a peace agreement between forces in the south and the government in Khartoum, those refugees are returning home. Richard Lough reports on the challenges those refugees face, and what they might find when they get home. Millions of Sudan's Refugees Begin to Return Home Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5422559/5422561" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Health Officials Keep Close Watch on Bird Flu Researchers Fan Out to Find Bird Flu in Alaska May 19, 2006 • In Alaska alone, the goal is to test and screen more than 15,000 birds this summer and fall. Despite the looming danger, the surveillance effort is still somewhat of a work in progress. Researchers Fan Out to Find Bird Flu in Alaska Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5416755/5417086" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Movies Film Portrays Bird Flu Outbreak in U.S. May 12, 2006 • A made-for-TV movie this week, Fatal Contact, is a fictional account of a bird-flu strain that mutates to pass easily between people. Scientists talks about what the movie got right and what it got wrong. Film Portrays Bird Flu Outbreak in U.S. Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5401179/5401180" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Thembi's AIDS Diary Project Tours the United States May 9, 2006 • Farai Chideya talks with Joe Richman, head of the nonprofit radio production company Radio Diaries, and Thembi Ngubane, a young, HIV-positive woman who recorded an audio diary charting her life in South Africa with Richman's help. Thembi's AIDS Diary Project Tours the United States Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5393153/5393154" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Health Officials Keep Close Watch on Bird Flu Protecting Chickens from Avian Flu May 5, 2006 • Are backyard chickens the great American bird flu threat? A poultry expert weighs in on how people who keep flocks of chickens at home in the United States can protect their birds -- and their families and neighbors -- from the threat of avian flu. Protecting Chickens from Avian Flu Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5386289/5386290" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Health Officials Keep Close Watch on Bird Flu U.S. Releases Second Phase of Bird-Flu Plan May 3, 2006 • The White House presents a new plan for implementing its national strategy in the event of an avian-flu pandemic. Phase one was released in November. Guests examine the administration's action plan. U.S. Releases Second Phase of Bird-Flu Plan Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5379880/5379881" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Health Weighing the Potential Risks of Nanotech April 28, 2006 • What are the potential environmental and health risks of nanotechnology? And what can be done to make sure that small tech doesn't lead to big problems? Weighing the Potential Risks of Nanotech Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5369304/5369305" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Health Researchers Say Gene Therapy Increased Cancer Risk April 28, 2006 • New research shows that an effort to cure X-SCID (also known as the "bubble boy disease") using gene therapy may have had an unintended consequence -- causing cancer in people who tested the therapy. Researchers Say Gene Therapy Increased Cancer Risk Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5369307/5369308" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Analysis Your Health Slate's Medical Examiner: Shots for World Travelers April 27, 2006 • Does travel to exotic lands always require special vaccinations and medications? Madeleine Brand speaks with Slate contributor and Yale University medical professor Dr. Sydney Spiesel about what precautions travelers should take before setting off. Slate's Medical Examiner: Shots for World Travelers Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5366527/5366528" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Research News Vaccine for Marburg Virus Tests Well in Monkeys April 27, 2006 • Researchers say they've successfully treated monkeys who were infected with Marburg virus, a cousin of the Ebola virus. This is the first time a vaccine has been shown to be effective as a treatment for deadly viruses like Marburg. Vaccine for Marburg Virus Tests Well in Monkeys Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5365842/5365843" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Thembi's AIDS Diary April 25, 2006 • More than 5 million South Africans live with AIDS. Thembi Ngubane was 16 when she was diagnosed. She talks about living with AIDS and how she works to keep the disease from destroying her spirit. Thembi's AIDS Diary Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5361895/5361896" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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