Month: April 2020

  • Why antibody tests, a crucial step toward overcoming COVID-19, are still unreliable | Miles O'Brien Productions

    Why antibody tests, a crucial step toward overcoming COVID-19, are still unreliable

    Testing, both for active cases of COVID-19 and for antibodies indicating prior exposure to the disease, will be critical to resuming economic activity. In addition, scientists are racing to develop therapies for people who do get infected — especially those who become seriously ill. PBS NewsHour science correspondent Miles O’Brien joins Judy Woodruff to discuss…

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  • Coronavirus Pandemic | Miles O'Brien Productions

    Watch our PBS FRONTLINE documentary: Coronavirus Pandemic

    How did the U.S. become the country with the worst known coronavirus outbreak in the world? FRONTLINE investigates the American response to COVID-19 — from Washington state to Washington, D.C. — and examines what happens when politics and science collide. Written, directed, and produced by Miles O’Brien – with help from the Miles O’Brien Productions crew…

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  • We need a vaccine to vanquish COVID-19. Here's how scientists are trying to find it | Miles O'Brien Productions

    We need a vaccine to vanquish COVID-19. Here’s how scientists are trying to find it

    PBS NewsHour 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…

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