Aug 1st, 2008 · Congress wants to know who is to blame for the lag time between the onset of the latest salmonella outbreak and the identification of the suspected peppers. Some House members say the FDA was slow. The agency says it was a very complicated outbreak.
May 19th, 2006 · Modernization in China has created a host of problems for farmers -- among them, the loss of farmland to industry and the onset of industrial pollution. The plight of one village illustrates the difficulties.
Apr 19th, 2008 · In his debut novel, author Stefan Merrill Block tells the story of an aging hunchback and a pimply teenager who live hundreds of miles apart in Texas. The two characters are united by early onset Alzheimer's and by a shared fantasy world.
Apr 7th, 2008 · Alan Cheuse reviews Stefan Merrill Block's debut novel The Story of Forgetting, which intertwines three narratives -- of memory, loss and fantasy -- in a family coping with early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
Nov 30th, 2007 · When Charles Jackson was 13, he learned that his mother's side of the family has a particular gene that can cause early-onset Alzheimer's. Now Jackson is coming to terms with how the disease will affect him -- and his family.
May 19th, 2007 · Ten years ago, President Bill Clinton set a goal: find a vaccine for HIV within a decade. Researchers are now looking not just for a definitive cure, but also for a way to stave off the onset of illness and subdue the virus in an infected person.
Mar 5th, 2007 · The early onset of presidential campaigning has Democratic and Republican hopefuls already working hard to win support for their White House bids.
Nov 17th, 2006 · Science writer D.T. Max talks about a family that suffered from a disease called fatal familial insomnia. Upon onset of the disease's symptoms, typically around middle age, sufferers become unable to sleep. They die within months. We'll talk with the author about one family's case, and their efforts to find a cure.