What went wrong for the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab? This film investigates how safety scares and vaccine nationalism threatened to derail the ‘workhorse vaccine for the world’. Combining compelling insider interviews with archive footage and original journalism, this film investigates how early missteps with a Covid-19 vaccine by the pharma company Oxford-AstraZeneca was blown up by politicians across the US and Europe. It navigates through the twists...

Effective exam preparation requires thorough and systematic revision. While different people approach revision in different ways, there are some basic techniques that all students will find helpful. This film covers a range of study and revision techniques, focusing on knowledge and understanding, application, analysis and evaluation. Edexcel’s Sharon Hague and Head of Sixth Form Brian McGowan provide an excellent insight for students on preparing...

Using Alabama as a case study in rural health, this NewsHour program discusses a CDC report that shows that maternal deaths nearly doubled over three years, with over 1,200 deaths in 2021. In rural communities, where maternal mortality is almost double urban rates, there is a constant struggle to access lifesaving maternal healthcare. With support from the Pulitzer Center and in collaboration with the Global Health Reporting Center, Stephanie Sy reports...

The coronavirus pandemic, twice as deadly for Black Americans than whites, has highlighted racial disparities with roots in the past. The history of polio shows that racial and health disparities are not new, and that often they have been deliberately ignored.

Dr. Jackson searches past and present America for healthy, sustainable communities of all sizes and shapes that can serve as models for the rest of the nation. His journey takes him to Roseto, PA, Prairie Crossing, IL, New York City, Charleston, SC, and the forgotten 1960s urban renewal project of Lafayette Park in Detroit, MI, the brainchild of 4 men, including visionary architect, Mies van der Rohe. Also included are walkability expert, Dan Burden,...

Dr. Richard Jackson MD MPH, investigates the link between our nation’s obesity and Type 2 Diabetes epidemic with urban sprawl fueled by car dependency. To prevent disease through better urban planning, Boulder, CO redesigns the city to make bicycles a safe alternative transportation. Two Denver suburbs transform dead malls into mixed use and public transit-centered communities. An abandoned mall in Georgia gains new life as a K-8th grade charter...

Even though it is only 90 miles from the coast of Florida, Cuba feels a world away. The classic cars, the architecture, the music, and the people all combine to create the sights and sounds of Havana. Dr. Sanjay Gupta traveled to Havana to learn more about the Cuban healthcare system. Despite being one of the poorest countries, Cuba's healthcare is relatively strong in many ways. From a big emphasis on screenings and preventative care to vaccine innovations,...

The COVID-19 crisis took our world by storm. It changed the world that we knew. Overnight, life became a lesson in how to manage a global crisis locally. Here are the stories of some of those leaders and citizens in the state of Arizona.

Whether they are needed to ensure properly dispensed prescriptions, monitor a patient's recovery, or make an urgently needed diagnosis, accurate health records are crucial to a patient's safety. This program highlights the important work of health information technicians and shows how electronic health records can help make medical care both safer and more efficient. In-depth commentary on medical information technology and its challenges comes from...

The U.S. spends twice as much per person on health care as the average industrialized nation, yet its outcomes are often worse. The reason? The U.S. is the only developed country that has turned medicine into a largely unregulated, for-profit enterprise. Inspired by Maggie Mahar's acclaimed book, Money-Driven Medicine: The Real Reason Health Care Costs So Much, this program offers a behind-the-scenes look at America's