In August 1964, in the central African country known today as the Democratic Republic of Congo, a militant rebel group called the Simbas seized nearly...

Before I became a reporter, I was a medical epidemiologist with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and lived in Africa in the 1980s. I ...

The tropical disease known as lymphatic filariasis, or elephantiasis, affects 120 million people worldwide. The devastating parasitic illness causes l...

They’re at a point in their lives where they could be playing with their grandchildren, working in the garden, or on a cruise, instead, these seniors ...

Georgia is well known for its agricultural products, like peaches, pecans, and chickens. Now in the tiny town of Camilla, one farm is turning out an u...

In the 1920s, 30s, 40s and 50s bluesman Blind Willie McTell traveled throughout the south, but Thomson, Georgia - his birthplace - was a frequent stop...

Jellyfish are a nuisance to fisherman and a hazard to swimmers. But some fisherman have learned that they are also a valuable export to China where th...

For the past 100 years, Grady Hospital in Atlanta has been providing health care to the poor and uninsured. In 2007, budget and staff cuts threatened ...

Can new management and program directions at Atlanta's Grady Hospital make a difference. Produced for WABE, January 2012

Can a system of primary care at Atlanta's Grady Hospital, make a difference? Produced for WABE January 2012