The new NOVA special, "Vaccines: Calling the Shots," explores the lingering global resistance to vaccination campaigns. Case studies from around the world explain just how bad the impact can be when groups opt out of childhood shots.
Cancer's viewed by many as a disease of the developed world. Alternately, it's viewed as too hard or too expensive to prevent or treat. But often, those views simply aren't true. In Uganda, Dr. Jackson Orem, the country's first, and for a time only, cancer doctor is showing the way.
Dr. Andrea Price, an OBGYN, says some of her patients are confused and dismayed by these new recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. We hear what she recommends.
A new study is raising concerns about Gardasil, a vaccine that protects against human papillomaviruses. The Takeaway speaks with Diane Harper, researcher for the clinical trials, Sheila Rothman of Columbia University, and parent Kenye Jones-Downing.