While public health officials work to contain the spread of COVID-19 and monkeypox, there is new concern about the polio virus after a polio case was confirmed in Rockland County in July, the first in the U.S. since 2013. The virus has also been detected in Orange County. We speak with Dr. Daniel Pastula, a neuro-infectious disease expert at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and an expert on polio.
Former Massachusetts State Senator Ben Downing, a native of Pittsfield, is running for governor. Downing, a Democrat who spent a decade in the Senate...
It was on March 1, 2020 that New York state confirmed the first case of a novel coronavirus that would eventually change everyday life...
More than 7,000 American Peace Corps volunteers were evacuated amid the coronavirus pandemic. WAMC’s Ian Pickus interviews one: his brother, Neil Pickus.