Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Measles cases across the US have soared to a 35-year high with two fatalities from the illness announced this summer. This, as the Trump administration has reduced the number of recommended childhood vaccines.
Meanwhile, a record-breaking Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is claiming thousands of lives. #ebola #measles #vaccine #disease #epidemic #heat
Host: Anand Naidoo
Guests:
Yaneer Bar-Yam is President of the New England Complex Systems Institute.
Manenji Mangundu is Oxfam's Country Director for the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Dr. Walter A. Orenstein is Professor Emeritus at Emory University's School of Medicine and the former Director of the United States Immunization Program at the Centers for Disease Control.
00:00 Measles outbreak and Ebola crisis
01:21 Ebola outbreak in the DRC worsens
03:33 Why this Ebola outbreak is so difficult to contain
05:44 How Uganda successfully contained its Ebola outbreak
08:17 Could Ebola spread beyond the Democratic Republic of Congo?
10:18 The race to develop a vaccine for the Ebola outbreak
12:48 Why conflict and displacement are fueling Ebola's spread
13:33 Could the Ebola outbreak become a global health crisis?
15:23 Why community action is key to stopping Ebola
16:17 Measles cases hit a 35-year high in the United States
17:13 Trump administration cuts recommended childhood vaccines
20:12 Why measles is making a dangerous comeback
22:20 What's driving the rapid spread of measles?
24:07 MMR vaccine changes and the autism debate
26:02 Vaccine mandates, parental rights and public health
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Measles cases across the US have soared to a 35-year high with two fatalities from the illness announced this summer. This, as the Trump administration has reduced the number of recommended childhood vaccines.
Meanwhile, a record-breaking Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is claiming thousands of lives. #ebola #measles #vaccine #disease #epidemic #heat
Host: Anand Naidoo
Guests:
Yaneer Bar-Yam is President of the New England Complex Systems Institute.
Manenji Mangundu is Oxfam's Country Director for the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Dr. Walter A. Orenstein is Professor Emeritus at Emory University's School of Medicine and the former Director of the United States Immunization Program at the Centers for Disease Control.
00:00 Measles outbreak and Ebola crisis
01:21 Ebola outbreak in the DRC worsens
03:33 Why this Ebola outbreak is so difficult to contain
05:44 How Uganda successfully contained its Ebola outbreak
08:17 Could Ebola spread beyond the Democratic Republic of Congo?
10:18 The race to develop a vaccine for the Ebola outbreak
12:48 Why conflict and displacement are fueling Ebola's spread
13:33 Could the Ebola outbreak become a global health crisis?
15:23 Why community action is key to stopping Ebola
16:17 Measles cases hit a 35-year high in the United States
17:13 Trump administration cuts recommended childhood vaccines
20:12 Why measles is making a dangerous comeback
22:20 What's driving the rapid spread of measles?
24:07 MMR vaccine changes and the autism debate
26:02 Vaccine mandates, parental rights and public health
Watch CGTN LIVE on your computer, tablet or mobile
cgtnnow.com/featured/events/cgtn-live-now-1
Subscribe to CGTN America on YouTube
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