Category: Health

  • New COVID-19 model shows why early action matters | Miles O'Brien Productions

    New COVID-19 model shows why early action matters

    A newly released analysis of coronavirus’ spread in the U.S. suggests a haunting hypothetical: that if social distancing and stay-at-home orders had been implemented only a week earlier, more than 30,000 lives might have been saved. But that alternate scenario relies upon computer-based modeling that has its limitations. PBS NewsHour science correspondent Miles O’Brien joins…

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  • What computer-based models can tell us about coronavirus -- and what they can't | Miles O'Brien Productions

    What computer-based models can tell us about coronavirus — and what they can’t

    For months, scientists and public officials have relied upon computer-based models to try to predict the trajectory or the coronavirus outbreak. But models are not crystal balls, and all of them involve human assumptions. PBS NewsHour science correspondent Miles O’Brien reports on how the efforts that go into making these models — and their ultimate…

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  • Are Americans in medical crisis avoiding the ER due to coronavirus? | Miles O'Brien Productions

    Are Americans in medical crisis avoiding the ER due to coronavirus?

    Since the coronavirus pandemic gripped the United States, Americans have been told to avoid emergency rooms and hospitals if possible. But now there are reports from across the country that suggest the warning may be in fact too effective, as some patients experiencing urgent health problems are not seeking the treatment they need. PBS NewsHour…

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  • 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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