Medical issues following a disaster

What if one of the most common surgeries performed in the world turned out to be no better than a fake one — and we kept doing it anyway? 

There's a vaccine for your dog. There isn't one for you. And that's not an accident — it's a scandal. 

Millions of Americans need mental health care and can't get it — so should we lower the bar on who gets to provide it? 

Is there any way we can stop natural disasters being so damaging? 

Disasters don’t just happen. Like anything in life, there’s usually a buildup. In the case of the Chernobyl disaster, the series of failures stretched back more than a decade. But what happened the day before the explosion? 

Learn how to describe a situation that is getting worse and might end in disaster. 

Natural disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes and hurricanes all have the power to cause deadly destruction. One event can lead to another, causing a chain reaction of devastation that can take years to rebuild from. But do all natural events have to turn into a disa ... Show More

The great falling away will happen before the second coming. 

What’s the worst that could happen? And why is it that’s generally the first thing we think about; the worst possible scenario! Listen in as we learn how to stop thinking the worst, or in technical terms, catastrophizing. 

<p>Hurricane Otis, which killed more than two dozen people in southern Mexico this week, exemplified a phenomenon that meteorologists fear will become more and more common: a severe hurricane that arrives with little warning or time to prepare.</p><p>Judson Jones, who covers natu ... Show More