The IRE Resource Center is a major research library containing more than 23,250 investigative stories — both print and broadcast. These stories are searchable online or by contacting the Resource Center directly (573-882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org) where a researcher can help you pinpoint what you need. Browse or search the tipsheet section of our library below. Stories are not available for download but can be easily ordered by contacting the Resource Center:
Search results for "pandemic" ...
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TAMIFLU-The Backstory of a Blockbuster
This collaborative investigation between RSI (Swiss Italian Television) and CBC/Radio-Canada looks at how a "drug that reduces flu symptoms' duration by only one day can become a 10 billion dollar blockbuster stockpiled by governments around the world"
Tags: TAMIflu; broadcast; international; pandemic
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City Adrift: New Orleans Before and After Katrina
This book takes readers on "a journey from the time the storm hit on Aug. 29, 2005 through its aftermath, as well as the progress of the city's efforts to rebuild and what the future might hold. Through interviews with homeowners and health officials, first responders and politicians, as well as firsthand experience, this unique collection of voices paints a detailed portrait of what happened, what went wrong and why, and on a broader scale, examines how local and federal officials prepare for and react to such catastrophic events whether a killer hurricane, terrorist attack or potential pandemic flu."
Tags: hurricane Katrina; federal officials; local officials; homeowners; catastrophic events; storms; progress of New Orleans; aftermath
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Divine Intervention: U.S. AIDS Policy
"The Center’s year-long investigation revealed how rigid rules and funding earmarks of President's Bush $15-billion initiative to fight HIV/AIDS abroad- the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief- hinder effective HIV programming and frustrate countries struggling with the pandemic."
Tags: AIDS; HIV; South Africa; PEPFAR; Ethiopia; Haiti; condoms; education; generic drugs; brand name drugs
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Pandemic
This investigation examined the outbreak of avian flu in Vietnam and surveyed Canadian and World Health Organization preparations for a bird flu pandemic. The story used hidden cameras to expose the Vietnamese government's failure to end unsanitary methods of slaughtering birds; this failure keeps alive the world's most significant "hot zone" for bird flu.
Tags: disease; WHO; Vietnam; bird flu; avian flu; influenza; H5N1; pandemic; outbreak; public health; vaccine; Canada
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Send Bohos, Nuts & Addicts. How bizarre coalition of Philadelphia misfits confronted the drug lobby and forced the U.S. government to charge the way it thinks about AIDS.
ACT UP Philadelphia has been waging a fierce campaign to focus more attention on the AIDS pandemic. The organization is battling to get full funding for an international AIDS relief fund.
Tags: Act Up; Philadelphia; addicts; drugs
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Global Apartheid
The Nation looks at the AIDS pandemic fueled by unequal access to medical care, and by social and economic conditions. The article reveals that Bush administration and the corporate interests of the giant American pharmaceutical companies prevents Africans from receiving lifesaving AIDS treatment. The author points out that African countries are "forced to give priority to paying illegitimate foreign debts over making investment in public health."
Tags: HIV; AIDS; patents; international political economy; politics; United Nations; pharmaceuticals; racism; World Health Organization