Category Healthcare

The Shrug In Baghdad – The Miracle In Des Moines – November 20, 1997

. . .or click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – November 20, 1997 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A busy day, depending on where you were, this November 20th in 1997. If you…

Mobilization For Human Needs – 1935 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – The 1935 Mobilization for Human Needs – October 24, 1935 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Slowly digging out from a devastating depression, America was still a long ways off from prosperity.…

The Ebola Scare Of 1995 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Ebola fears in Canada – May 17, 1995 – NPR News Report – Gordon Skene Sound Collection With the news in recent weeks of the Ebola Virus, rearing its plague-ridden head…

Reaganomics; The Prune And Slice Era – September 24, 1981

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio – Frontline Reports-World News Roundup – Sept 24, 1981 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this day was a glimpse of things to come. The Reagan Budget was…

Nervous Days – August 1, 1994

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – August 1, 1994 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this first day of August in 1994 was another mixed bag of hopeful and nervous. Hopeful,…

Racing Against Time – July 24, 1994

Click on the link here for Audio Player – ABC Radio News – July 24, 1994 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection On this July 24th in 1994, news was about the U.S. mission to send relief and supplies to the…

Bill Goes To China – AIDS Goes Back To Square One – July 1, 1998

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – July 1, 1998 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Starting off with depressing news for this first day of July in 1998. The World AIDS Conference in…

Losing Entire Generations Of People – June 27, 2000

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup: Late Edition – June 27, 2000 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this June 27th, fourteen years ago was somber and pessimistic on a number of…

Dr. Michael DeBakey Has A Few Words About Artificial Hearts In 1966 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC Radio – Meet The Press – Interview With Dr. Michael DeBakey – May 1, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As one of the pioneers in medical research towards the…