Category Medicine

February 17, 2000 – Talking Anthrax – Talking Votes

February 17, 2000 – CBS World News Roundup – Late Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 17, 2000 – A lot going on – an election year, higher interest rates and the Pentagon defends its program to vaccinate…

Hospital 1940s

Affordable Healthcare In America 1941 – Past Daily Weekend Reference Room

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‘I’d Like A Can Of Beer’ – The Jarvik 7 – November 27, 1984

– CBS World News Roundup – November 27, 1984 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Cautiously optimistic news for this day in Medicine. Jarvik 7 artificial heart recipient William Schroeder, who only three days earlier wasn’t expected to last the…

Strides In Modern Medicine – 1954 – Past Daily Reference Room

– Listen To Washington: 2nd International Conference Of Cardiologists – Sept. 14, 1954 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – 61 years ago, a Heart Specialist was considered a rarity in the medical profession. At the 2nd International Congress Of Cardiologists…

Getting To The Heart Of Things – September 14, 1985

– CBS World News Roundup – September 14, 1985 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 14, 1985 – a day where both pessimism and promise were running neck and neck. The pessimistic part came with news of the successful…

Oveta Culp Hobby and Eisenhower - 1954

July 7, 1954 – Oveta Cup Hobby And The Eisenhower Health Plan

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President Eisenhower - 1955

The Polio Scandal – An Eisenhower Press Conference – May 18, 1955

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Bush Era Healthplans, Reagan Era Hanky-Panky, Vietnam Era No-Shows – February 6, 1992

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – February 6, 1992 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Another crack at some sort of affordable healthcare started making the rounds, this February…

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 Subject Was LSD – 1967 – Past Daily Weekend Reference Room/Pop Chronicles

Click on the link here for Audio Player – NET: Newsfront – Discussion on potential Chromosome damage with LSD use – Sept. 6, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As 1967 took alternate turns between violent and paisley, the groundswell…